CloudBIM: Exploring the Feasibility and Potential for Cloud Research in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Sector

AEC(建筑、工程和建筑)行业是一个高度分散的数据密集型项目行业，依赖于大量非常不同的专业和公司，从概念设计到拆除，整个生命周期阶段都有强烈的数据共享需求。建筑的设计、再利用、建造和运营过程不仅涉及传统的学科(结构、机械和电气等)。而且在能源、环境、废物和辅助生活等领域也有许多新的职业需要大量的数据共享。在这种情况下，对项目生命周期的数据管理支持往往支离破碎，缺乏全面的(项目范围的)数据管理政策。此外，与特定项目有关的数据集通常可以存储在：(1)设计师/建筑师的本地计算机--通常具有有限的网络连接性、持久性和可用性；(2)独立管理的、单一公司所有的档案--其中访问权限由公司特定政策或收费模式规定；(3)由联合体拥有的共享档案，通常是在特定建筑项目的背景下--充其量是基于与该项目相关的访问政策。CloudBIM计划探讨了利用云能力满足AEC(建筑、工程和建筑)领域利益相关者数据存储和处理需求的可行性和潜力，以期提供用于研究的云平台。CloudBIM将与该领域的主要参与者进行密切咨询和互动，以评估利益相关者对支持多站点、多团队协作项目的外包虚拟云存储的看法。将开发一个原型云平台(基于cometCloud-www.cometcloud.org)和相关的治理模型，并将其提供给AEC研究社区。该项目将根据一系列以人为本的活动提交几份报告，涉及BRE(建筑研究机构)和MBEKTN(现代建筑环境知识转移网络)，以及一个使用本特利将提供的真实项目案例研究BIM(建筑信息模型)数据的原型。一项关键成果将是通过旨在利用由此产生的CloudBIM平台的战略路线图，推动广泛的面向研究的活动。

The AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry is a highly fragmented data intensive project-based industry depending on a large number of very different professions and firms, with strong data sharing requirement across lifecycle stages from concept design to demolition. The process of designing, re-purposing, constructing and operating a building involves not only the traditional disciplines (Structure, Mechanical & Electrical, etc.) but also many new professions in areas such as energy, environment, waste, and assisted living with large data sharing requirements. In this context, data management support for the project lifecycle tends to be fragmented with a lack of an overall (project wide) data management policy. Additionally, data sets relating to a particular project can often be stored in: (i) local computers of designers/architects - often with limited network connectivity, persistence and availability; (ii) independently managed, single company-owned archives - where access is dictated by a company specific policy or by a charging model; (iii) shared archives owned by a consortium, often in the context of a particular building project - based, at best, on access policy associated with the project. The CloudBIM proposal explores the feasibility and potential for utilizing Cloud capability to address data storage and processing needs of stakeholders in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) sector, with a view of delivering a cloud platform for research. CloudBIM will involve close consultation and interaction with major participants in the area to assess stakeholders' perceptions about outsourced, virtualized Cloud storage for supporting multi-site, multi-team collaborative projects. A prototype cloud platform (based on CometCloud - www.cometcloud.org) and associated governance model will be developed and made available to the AEC research community. The project will deliver several reports based on a number of people-based activities, involving BRE (Building Research Establishment) and MBEKTN (Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network), along with a prototype using real project case studies BIM (Building Information Model) data to be provided by Bentley. A key outcome will be to spur a wide range of research-oriented activities through a strategic roadmap aimed at the exploitation of the resulting CloudBIM platform.