Abstract

GIS/BIM Data Itegration for Facility/Asset Management
Track: Facilities Management
Authors: Dennis Rodriguez, Apostol Panayotov

GIS is a well known stable environment for many solutions where spatial data plays an essential role. The primary method of providing this data prior to construction/survey is via export from CAD software or more recently BIM. Programs such as Autodesk's Revit create data that is tailor made for GIS however accessing the data in traditional CAD/database methods has not been very successful. The challenge to populating a GIS database lies in delivering robust attributed spatial data without costly manual attribution. Integration of environments will provide the basis for a facility/asset management system. Spatial visualization of GIS and its vast web capability can make the job of facility/asset management more reliable, shorten the time for completing work orders and quickly locate the problematic areas/equipment. This paper will discuss ways to transfer and share data between BIM and GIS as well as describe their strengths and weaknesses based on real projects.