The IFC-Tunnel Project – Extending the IFC Standard to Enable High-Quality Exchange of Tunnel Information Models

André Borrmann; Michel Rives; Sergej Muhic; Lars Wikström; Jonas Weil

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35399-4_36

The IFC-Tunnel Project – Extending the IFC Standard to Enable High-Quality Exchange of Tunnel Information Models

André Borrmann, Michel Rives, Sergej Muhic, Lars Wikström, Jonas Weil

Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

The paper reports on the buildingSMART International project IFC-Tunnel that is developing an extension of the vendor-neutral data exchange standard Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). The paper highlights the importance of a well-defined development process and the involvement of international domain experts. It discusses in detail the requirements analysis conducted as well as its outcome in terms of the tunnel types and the use cases covered. It subsequently reports on the conceptual model that includes all proposed extensions and modifications, as well as the alpha version of the EXPRESS encoding which will be integrated into future versions of the IFC standard.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1
Editors	Sebastian Skatulla, Hans Beushausen
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	487-516
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Print)	9783031353987
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35399-4_36
State	Published - 2024
Event	19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2022 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 26 Oct 2022 → 28 Oct 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	357
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2022
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	26/10/22 → 28/10/22

Keywords

BIM
Geology model
Geotechnical model
Industry Foundation Classes
Tunnel Information Modeling
Underground Constructions
Voxel Geometry

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-35399-4_36

Cite this

Borrmann, A., Rives, M., Muhic, S., Wikström, L., & Weil, J. (2024). The IFC-Tunnel Project – Extending the IFC Standard to Enable High-Quality Exchange of Tunnel Information Models. In S. Skatulla, & H. Beushausen (Eds.), Advances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1 (pp. 487-516). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 357). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35399-4_36

Borrmann, André ; Rives, Michel ; Muhic, Sergej et al. / The IFC-Tunnel Project – Extending the IFC Standard to Enable High-Quality Exchange of Tunnel Information Models. Advances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1. editor / Sebastian Skatulla ; Hans Beushausen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024. pp. 487-516 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering).

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Borrmann, A, Rives, M, Muhic, S, Wikström, L & Weil, J 2024, The IFC-Tunnel Project – Extending the IFC Standard to Enable High-Quality Exchange of Tunnel Information Models. in S Skatulla & H Beushausen (eds), Advances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 357, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 487-516, 19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2022, Cape Town, South Africa, 26/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35399-4_36

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Advances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1. ed. / Sebastian Skatulla; Hans Beushausen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024. p. 487-516 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 357).

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