Table of Contents

Cover

Acknowledgments

General Introduction

1 Introduction to BIM Integration into Railway

1.1. Introduction
1.2. Methodology
1.3. Railway – formulation of the problem
1.4. BIM development
1.5. BIM integration into railway projects
1.6. Feedback from real project experiences
1.7. Discussion of the results
1.8. Conclusions and perspectives

2 BIM into Railway: Optimization of Cost by Using BIM

2.1. Introduction
2.2. Methodology
2.3. Cost structure of a tram – assumptions fixed for the analysis
2.4. Optimization of cost of a tram through the integration of BIM: a theoretical analysis
2.5. Conclusions and perspectives

3 BIM and Sustainability

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Optimizing the use of materials for durability
3.3. Energy efficiency
3.4. Sustainability in the management of the life
3.5. Sustainability BIM and railway?
3.6. Discussion of the results
3.7. Conclusions and perspectives

4 BIM Integration to Railway Projects – Case Study

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Methodology
4.3. Integrating BIM into railway projects: review of experiences
4.4. Integrating BIM into railway projects: review of experiences
4.5. ONCF/Colas Rail Maroc electrical substation – BIM integration
4.6. General discussion
4.7. Conclusions and perspectives

5 How to Successfully Integrate BIM into a Railway Project – Framework

5.1. Framework for the adoption and implementation of BIM – literature review
5.2. Summary
5.3. Framework for the adoption and implementation of BIM – experience review
5.4. Conclusions of the case study
5.5. Discussion of the results
5.6. Conclusions and perspectives

6 Railway Information Modeling – Project Management

6.1. Reminder of the fundamentals of BIM
6.2. BIM and legal environment of the projects
6.3. Prerequisites and integration framework of BIM
6.4. Railway project management with BIM
6.5. BIM dimensions
6.6. BIM, prefabrication and construction
6.7. The BIM life cycle
6.8. Conclusions – general discussion

General Conclusion

References

Index

End User License Agreement

List of Tables

Chapter 1

Table 1.1. Benefits of BIM during all phases [BEN 17]
Table 1.2. Project file: Mälarbanan
Table 1.3. Project file: TUC
Table 1.4. Project file: SNCF maintenance
Table 1.5. Project file: Crossrail
Table 1.6. Project file: ONCF electrical substation

Chapter 2

Table 2.1. Comparison of the costs of tramway projects – construction phase. For...
Table 2.2. Summary of the construction cost structure of a tramway. For a color ...
Table 2.3. Measured benefits of integrating BIM into tram construction and opera...

Chapter 3

Table 3.1. Benefits of BIM during all phases [BEN 17]

Chapter 6

Table 6.1. Software used in BIM project management phases

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1

Figure 1.1. Emission comparison of different means of transport [BEN 18a]
Figure 1.2. Construction productivity index [TOC 11]
Figure 1.3. Modeled building under the 3D BIM process
Figure 1.4. Creation of the railroad-type family using BIM software
Figure 1.5. Layouts of a 3D model of the ONCF electrical substation project

Chapter 4

Figure 4.1. Revit visualization [AUT 18]
Figure 4.2. Bentley overhead line design [BEN 18e]. For a color version of this ...
Figure 4.3. Model visualization of the Colas Rail/ONCF substation

Chapter 5

Figure 5.1. BIM adoption framework [MOM 11]. For a color version of this figure,...
Figure 5.2. Systra – model of LGV Ostlanken (Sweden) [SYS 18]. For a color versi...
Figure 5.3. New Paris metro lines 15, 16 and 17 [EGI 18]. For a color version of...
Figure 5.4. SNCF station in Brétigny (France) [SET 18]

Chapter 6

Figure 6.1. BIM in the infrastructure project life cycle [BEN 17]
Figure 6.2. Overhead contact line (catenary) element model
Figure 6.3. Electrical substation model
Figure 6.4. View of the project 3D model
Figure 6.5. Excerpt from the phasic kinematics of realization of construction
Figure 6.6. Colas Rail Helmet “HoloBIM” for visualization in augmented reality B...
Figure 6.7. Screenshot of augmented visualization for conflict detection and sum...
Figure 6.8. 3D element assembly for prefabrication of a switchgear. For a color ...

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Acknowledgments

We express our sincere thanks to:

Ibn Tofail University, for allowing us to create bridges between the academic world and the industrial sphere, for allowing us to organize scientific symposia and for all the logistics.

ENSAK (National School of Applied Sciences in Kenitra), for carrying the research project to which this work belongs.

Colas Rail, for supporting us and facilitating access to information, especially in the rail sector.

We also thank all those who, from near and far, helped us to realize this work.

General Introduction

The AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry, as we will see later on, is experiencing a drop in productivity around the world. The other sectors (Telecom, IT, Finance, etc.) are ahead of the AEC industry in terms of productivity because they knew how to engage in huge technological developments.

Our research project, from which this book comes, deals with an issue that can bring a great deal in terms of productivity gains for the ACS industry sector. This project involves introducing the BIM method and integrating it into the railway world.

Building information modeling (BIM) is not a technology or software; it’s a new approach to project management that is revolutionizing current practices. It allows simultaneity between stages that for a long time were considered as sequential; it allows the costs of the projects to be reduced; it allows the dematerialization of the process, and so on.

This book aims to give an approach to implement a railway project with BIM by going through several stages:

– Introduction of the BIM in the railway: this is a question of introducing the BIM, to discuss the railway sector.
– Optimizing project costs using BIM: a major argument for using BIM, but one that will not prevent us from talking about other benefits.
– BIM and sustainability: this study will demonstrate how to converge the objectives of sustainable development and how to process optimization.
– Case study: a case study of railway projects conducted with BIM.
– Railway Information Modeling: how to manage rail projects with BIM, including the frame, the contractual outlines, the different dimensions, etc.

Throughout this book, we hope to contribute to scientific research in this innovative field.

Railway Information Modeling RIM

The Track to Rail Modernization

Acknowledgments

General Introduction