Development of OntEIR framework to support heritage clients

Dwairi, Shadan; Mahdjoubi, Lamine

Abstract

mployers of heritage projects always have a main requirement, which is for the project to be completed within the time scale, budget and with the highest quality. Evidence suggests that for clients of heritage buildings, various factors led to unfortunate increases and out-of-control costs, such as poor definition of requirements and lack of capacity to engage effectively with suppliers. Employer Information Requirements (EIR) are seen as central to delivering the Heritage BIM (HBIM) agenda. The successful and clear identification of the specifications of the employer and heritage building requirements is an important, if not the most important, phase in delivering successful heritage projects, and is referred to as the Employer Information Requirements (EIR). Despite the
various research efforts, the specification of employer’s information requirements is still underdeveloped. Indeed, previous research confirmed that due to complexities in identifying and conveying accurately employers’ actual needs and requirements to the heritage project’s team and the immense
magnitude of project information, project briefings may not truly reflect employer’s requirements. This chapter reports on an ongoing study designed to support heritage clients in making informed and sound decisions in defining their requirements. The aim of this research is to investigate the development of an ontology-based, BIM-enabled framework for EIR. This research examines innovative approaches and methods for conveying employer information requirements (EIR) using a framework to capture, analyse, and translate these requirements based on an ontology model. This framework will enable the heritage team to capture these requirements and convert them to constructional terms understood by all stakeholders. It is the contention of this chapter that this process will save time, effort and cost, and will provide an informed basis for delivering a successful project that satisfies both the employer and the supply chain.

• Publication Date: Feb 14, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 2, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 14, 2018
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 257-268
• Book Title: Heritage Building Information Modelling
• ISBN: 9781138645684
• Keywords: employer information requirements, brief, BIM, HBIM, ontology
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/898410
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Heritage-Building-Information-Modelling/Arayici-Counsell-Mahdjoubi-Nagy-Hawas-Dweidar/p/book/9781138645684
• Contract Date: Mar 2, 2017