Tunnel Information Modeling

Abstract

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been a great innovation in construction industry. It has revolutionized the architect and construction field. Many software are available for information modeling of buildings; however any specific framework for information modeling of tunnels has not been performed yet in any part of the world. Our research is based on developing a framework for Tunnel Information Modeling (TIM) for all types of tunnels. Most of the world is moving towards advancement in technologies and modernization in computer techniques. This includes all the data integration that leads to reduction in work greatly. Certain models are prepared prior to the execution of the project during the planning phase, which gives detailed visualizations of the project at the very start, providing all the stakeholders a very good idea of what the end product would be. The report opens with the introduction to TIM, objectives of our project, our assumptions and limitations of TIM. . It proceeds with a literature review of TIM from different research papers and projects executed in different parts of the world. The literature review describes the different frameworks that can be used for tunneling information model. The research will be leading towards the methodology for developing a framework for TIM, implementing it for the 3D modeling, cost estimation and scheduling of a road tunnel.