Operational risk assessment and decision support in a 4D simulation using building information modeling

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It is increasingly evident that buildings are facing mounting risks due to the ever-changing hazards, and the**tightening requirements and expanding complexity of building designs. Due to the tight coupling between**building systems of different types, failures can cascade across a building and its operation. This state would**benefit from an integrated approach to risk assessment in the engineering design process that can model and**depict cascade effects.**Completion of the research to meet this challenge is planned through four modules intended to study the**potential of a new workflow to augment building design efforts and a new method to support the workflow.**Module one concerns experimenting with creating a 3D scan of existing buildings and Module two concerns**converting these into Building Information Models (BIM). Combined, these modules are about determining**how suitable data can be produced of a building to model cascading risk and may include augmentation with**other information about the building or its operation such as condition assessments or other simulations of the**building (e.g., structural) to produce a workflow that can populate risk parameters. Module three is the creation**of a custom VR simulation that ingests the data from the other modules and allows clients to experience the**cascade of hazard effects across building components. The final component is the creation of a risk assessment**and decision support system within the simulation platform that incorporates a cascading risk computation in**concert with the building information in the simulation to support engineering design.**Canada benefits through the creation of innovative engineering and technology, further advancing Canada's**position as a world leader by providing our engineers with new capability. Further, application of the capability**domestically can serve to reduce the risk to Canadian buildings.