Heritage Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being debated, tested and implemented wherever you look across the built environment sector. This book is about Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM), which necessarily differs from the commonplace applications of BIM to new construction.

Where BIM is being used, the focus is still very much on design and construction. However, its use as an operational and management tool for existing buildings, particularly heritage buildings, is lagging behind.

The first of its kind, this book aims to clearly define the scope for HBIM and present cutting edge research findings alongside international case studies, before outlining challenges for the future of HBIM research and practice.

After an extensive introduction to HBIM, the core themes of the book are arranged into four parts:

• Restoration philosophies in practice
• Data capture and visualisation for maintenance and repair
• Stakeholder engagement
• Building performance

This book will be a key reference for built environment practitioners, researchers, academics and students engaged in BIM, HBIM, building energy modelling, building surveying, facilities management and heritage conservation more widely.

Dr Yusuf Arayici is a Reader in teh School of Built Environment at the University of Salford, and his research spans from BIM and process modelling to sustainable urban regeneration and heritage modelling through research and enterprise projects.

Professor Lamine Mahdjoubi is Professor of ICT in the Department of Arcitecture and the Built Environment, UWE, Bristol. He leads the interdisciplinary Building Information Modelling Research Group, at the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment.

John Counsell is an academic and head of postgraduate studies in Cardiff School of Art and Design of Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has expertise in Conservation, Heritage-BIM (HBIM), BIM, GIS, Architectural Technologies, Building Pathologies, RFID, dynamic monitoring of building performance using sensors.

Dr. Gehan Nagy a resarcher in teh Faculty of Engineering at the Britsish University, Cairo, Egypt

Prof. Sohier Hawas is a professor of architecture in the department of architecture and urban planning of Cairo University, Egypt.