BIM Technology in Underground Transportation Engineering

Abstract

The purpose of this Bachelor thesis was to study the Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology used in underground transportation engineering. This thesis aimed at analyzing the significance and methods of the use of BIM in underground transportation construction. The theoretical analysis covered the construction process from the design through construction to the maintenance phase of underground transportation engineering. Software related to the topic was listed and compared. Furthermore, specific software which supports tunnel design was studied. In addition, this thesis also studied pipeline clash detection, which is a common in the underground transportation station design phase. Finally, the use of BIM application in a Chinese metro station project was illustrated. The information and data for this thesis were collected from various articles and websites. As a result of this thesis, the use of BIM in an underground transportation project was clarified. The advantages of using BIM for underground projects were presented. In addition, the development and challenges of BIM combined with underground transportation engineering were studied. Overall, this thesis can be further used as a guide to studies related to underground transportation engineering based on BIM technology.