Built Environment Modeling

CE 52501

Credit Hours

3

Instructor

Hubo Cai

Learning Objectives

By successfully completing the course, students should be able to:

  • Integrate geographic information system (GIS) and building information modeling (BIM) into a digital twin.
    • Explain the fundamental concepts and theories in BIM to more effectively use it as a tool in infrastructure life cycle management
    • Apply BIM tools to design infrastructure, estimate cost, and plan its construction process
    • Reason the necessity to incorporate GIS in supplementing BIM in infrastructure engineering
    • Explain the fundamental concepts and theories in GIS in order to identify the right tools for given tasks
    • Apply GIS tools to model infrastructure and its surroundings
    • Apply object-oriented modeling approach in both GIS and BIM to identify the common ground for integration
    • Design an object-oriented model to integrate GIS and BIM
  • Use modeling tools to model the civil infrastructure and its spatial context from a life cycle perspective.
    • Identify the data needs and functionality requirements in life cycle infrastructure engineering
    • Select and apply sensing technologies to collect data
    • Design geospatial database to store and manage infrastructure data
    • Design a system to use geospatial database for varying tasks throughout the infrastructure life cycle
  • Develop a digital twin to solve a selected infrastructure engineering problem.
    • Identify and articulate an infrastructure engineering problem
    • Propose a methodology to address the problem
    • Work as a team to implement the proposed method
    • Communicate and present the findings

Description

A study of computational tools to model, analyze, and manage the built environment, specially the civil infrastructure from a life cycle and system’s perspective. Such computational tools include geospatial technologies, engineering sensing technologies, engineering database, building information modeling, object-oriented modeling, and spatial analytics.

Topics Covered

Week Topic(s)
1 Course Introduction / Syllabus / Policies
Introduction to the Geospatial built environment and BIM
2 Object-oriented modeling, UML, and field models
3 Geospatial locations and spatial data registration
4 GPS
5 GIS: modeling and data models
6 GIS: mapping and spatial analysis
7 Modeling roads and bridges
8 Database and spatial database (design, data structure, and spatial queries)
9 Database and spatial database (design, data structure, and spatial queries)
10 GPR and underground utilities modeling
11 BIM and IFC
12 BIM and IFC
13 BIM and IFC
14 Ontology and knowledge graph for modeling knowledge
15 Selective topics
16 Finals week

Web Address

https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/login

Web Content

Syllabus, grades, lecture notes, homework assignments, solutions and quizzes

Grading

Your course grade will be based on the following grading scale:

Exam 1 20%
Quiz 20%
Term Project 30%
Labs and Assignments 25%
Participation 5%

Textbooks:

Official textbook information is now listed in the Schedule of Classes. NOTE: Textbook information is subject to be changed at any time at the discretion of the faculty member. If you have questions or concerns please contact the academic department.

Lecture notes and class readings will be posted on a weekly basis on the class Brightspace page. The following will be the optional textbooks for this course:

  1. Shellito, B.A. (2012). Introduction to Geospatial Technologies, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York.
  2. Demers, M.N. (2005). Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  3. Sacks, R., Eastman, C., Lee, G., and Teicholz, P. (2018). BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Designers, Engineers, Contractors, and Facility Managers. 3rd Edition, ISBN: 978-1-119-28755-1. Available as e-book and hardcover on www.wiley.com. 1st edition of the book (2008) is available in the Purdue Libraries.
  4. Holzer, D. (2016). The BIM Manager’s Handbook: Guidance for Professional in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction. Note ebook is accessible through Purdue Libraries.
  5. Eynon, J. (2016). Construction Manager’s BIM Handbook. Note ebook is accessible through Purdue Libraries.