Web-Based BIM Platform for Building Digital Twin

Building digital twin (BDT) is utilized throughout the lifecycle of a building. It serves for efficient operations during the design and construction phases, and during the operational and maintenance phases, it’s used for asset management and as field maps for robots. Building Information Modeling (BIM), which contains both semantics and geometry data of building elements, holds promise as a data source for BDT. We have extracted four key technical challenges of the digital twin, particularly vital during the operational and maintenance phases: software, visualization, update, and real-scene reconstruction. Due to the exclusive and static nature of BIM, these challenges also pose significant issues in the context of BDT. To address these challenges, we designed and implemented a Web-based BIM platform. The implemented application shows not only geometry data but also semantics data, enables easy overlay with the latest indoor conditions, and provides updating functionality. The developed system is essential for the continuous operation of BDT in dynamic indoor environments. We evaluated the application through a questionnaire survey.