The role of information modeling and automated technologies in the design and construction of high-rise buildings

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to consider the role of information modeling and automated technologies in the design and construction of high - rise buildings. The introduction of digital information tools in the construction sector provides rich ground for the birth and growth of companies specializing in the application of technology in design and construction. While some of the technologies are new, many companies implement ideas proposed in building research several decades ago that were impractical without a reliable digital database of building information. High-rise building information modeling (BIM) itself dates back to a landmark 1975 paper; ideas for artificial intelligence and code-checking tools emerged in the mid-1980s; and construction robots have been working in research labs for decades. However, only during the last five years, venture capital began to actively look for a new company in the sector of construction technologies. After analyzing a number of innovations in the field of digital construction through their known past and their uncertain present, it was concluded that the prospects for the development of these innovations in the construction industry, especially in the construction of high-rise buildings, are quite high. The author came to the following conclusion: a review of three specific areas of construction technologies, representing design and planning, BIM-to-field and field-to-BIM applications, shows that the widespread adoption of BIM environments in the construction industry is not sufficient to ensure the effective use of the information they contain, or to use the potential of AI in this context.