Author(s)

Hailong Cao, Tianze Cong, Xilong He, Zixiang Yu

Corresponding Author

Hailong Cao

ABSTRACT

The progress of science and technology has contributed to the emergence of BIM Technology in construction engineering. However, at present, BIM Technology is mainly developed in housing construction engineering, and very few efforts are paid in the construction of infrastructure, such as bridges. In bridge engineering, there are many participating units and complex processes, whether in the early construction or in the later operation and management, which makes it difficult to apply BIM Technology in the whole process of bridge engineering. In this paper, the application of BIM technology in the bridge design planning, construction, management, and operation were described, respectively. Meanwhile, the application of BIM technology was summarized in the whole life cycle of Bridge projects. In this way, engineers can better apply the BIM technology on bridge engineering, making the project more simple, convenient, and accurate. The visualization and resource sharing etc. of the BIM technology can greatly improve the collaborative ability of work, so that engineers can more intuitively monitor the construction process of every step of the bridge projects, and complete better monitoring.

KEYWORDS

BIM, bridge whole life cycle, bridge construction