Design and implementation of BIM collaboration cloud platform
Journal
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
4
Pages
309-321
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Abstract
In current BIM (Building Information Modeling) practices, integrating, exchanging and managing information in BIM collaboration across disciplines have been major challenges in the AEC industry. Cloud computing offers an opportunity to provide the solutions to the current challenge, and its centralized data control feature not only upgrades the level of information security, but also allocates computational resources more effectively. Moreover, Cloud computing provides an advantage of minimizing the hardware requirements for the end users in a collaborative environment. In this research, we designed and constructed a "BIM collaboration cloud platform" based on Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The platform benefits from the advantages of cloud computing which helps facilitate the integration of information across disciplines during the design and construction phase. ©, 2014, Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering. All right reserved.
Subjects
Building information modeling; Cloud computing; Collaboration; Virtual desktop infrastructure; Visualization
Other Subjects
Cloud computing; Flow visualization; Information theory; Security of data; User interfaces; Building Information Model - BIM; Cloud platforms; Collaboration; Collaborative environments; Computational resources; Design and construction; Design and implementations; Virtual desktops; Architectural design
Publisher
Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering
Type
journal article