A BIM-GIS integration method in support of the assessment and 3D visualisation of flood damage to a building. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Amirebrahimi, Sam; Rajabifard, Abbas; Mendis, Priyan; Ngo, Tuan
• Is Part Of: Journal of spatial science. Volume 61:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 317
• Page End: 350
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Flood damage assessment -- building -- BIM -- GIS -- city GML -- BIM-GIS integration; data modelling; Geographic information systems -- Periodicals; Cartography -- Periodicals; Surveying -- Periodicals; Geodesy -- Periodicals; Photogrammetry -- Periodicals; Cartography; Geodesy; Geographic information systems; Photogrammetry; Surveying; Periodicals; 526.05
• DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2016.1189365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1449-8596

Abstract

Abstract: Flood damage assessment (FDA) provides an effective basis for the flood risk management process to evaluate and treat risks. Current FDA methods, however, are ill-equipped to account for the distinctiveness of buildings in the analysis. This is mainly due to their limited input data that on the one hand requires complete building information (well-represented in building information models [BIM]) and, on the other hand, the flood information (commonly managed by geographic information systems [GIS]). While such requirements cannot be satisfied via independent use of BIM or GIS, their integration can potentially be used for this purpose. The current BIM-GIS integration methods, however, are limited or application-specific. Therefore they fall short in satisfying the micro-level FDA information requirements. This paper presents a new data model as a profile of Geography Markup Language (GML) for BIM-GIS integration to support the detailed assessment and 3D visualisation of flood damage to buildings. The model was further evaluated using a case study and found effective for this purpose.