Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Embargo A Framework for Integrating Building Information Modelling with Operations and Maintenance for Buildings(The University of Manchester, 2024) Abideen, Dania; Yunusa-Kaltungo, Akilu; Cheung, Clara; Manu, PatrickThe revolutionising of Building information modelling (BIM) has altered and transformed the concept of building management. However, its application in the operation and maintenance (O&M) phase remains limited. This indicates a missing opportunity to achieve a good return of investment (ROI) in the O&M stage, especially as it almost account for 60% of life cycle costs. To achieve effectiveness in integrating BIM with O&M, facility managers and building owners require the right level of detail for the information requirements that would facilitate this integration. However, the literature indicates that a primary factor contributing to the gradual incorporation of BIM with the O&M stage is informed by the lack of precise information requirements (IRs) to guide this integration. Additionally, to successfully leverage BIM with O&M and address these IRs to support this integration, a rigour methodology for assessing the operational readiness and maturity for BIM with O&M is needed. This thesis investigates the key IRs that facilitate BIM and O&M integration, along with their respective priorities. Additionally, this research conceptualises capability maturity model integration (CMMI), for the development of the integrated BIM and O&M Maturity Assessment Tool. The methodology comprised a systematic review of literature, followed by expert verification. Then, a two-round Delphi process was conducted to determine the significance of the identified categories and their respective IRs. After that, the Voting Analytical Hierarchy Process (VAHP) was applied to ascertain their global weights. The findings of the study revealed twenty-one distinct IRs which are classified into five main categories, namely, general, strategic, operational, commercial, and continuous improvement IRs. Results show that the topmost important categories, in accordance with the global weights, are the general and the operational IRs, respectively. These IRs have been incorporated into the BIM and O&M maturity assessment tool. The proposed tool enables business owners and industry experts to assess their BIM and O&M maturity based on a five stages rating scheme across five main categories along with their respective twenty-one IRs. To ensure effectiveness and practicality of the tool, twenty-two experts participated in a validation exercise through an evaluation questionnaire. Results indicate that the assessment model serves as a valuable tool for industry practitioners in the construction sector, enabling them to assess their current operational readiness, highlight the areas of strength and deficiency and subsequently prioritise investments to optimise maintenance systems. The proposed model acts as a reference point for continuous improvement and enable policy makers and decision makers to optimise their maintenance regime.8 0Item Restricted Managing BIM based Sustainable Domestic Buildings Adoption in Saudi Arabia(Cardiff University, 2024-07-09) Alghamdi, Mushref; Beach, TomImplementing sustainable construction is a difficult prospect in Saudi Arabia, with the energy consumption in buildings being one of the major problems. The environmental conditions in Saudi Arabia cause increasing energy demand primarily through the significant need for cooling systems. One of the most important factors that governs Saudi Arabia’s building design is the culture of general public in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, there is a distinct lack of skills and knowledge within the construction sector professional’s community related to sustainability. This presents significant barriers to achieving sustainability in Saudi Arabia. This research has identified that there is (a) lack of sustainability adoption, (b) lack of technology to help with sustainable building design, (c) lack of utilisation of Building Information Modelling (BIM), and (d) cultural factors that hinder widespread sustainable design adoption. This research will develop a framework of measures of sustainable design for houses with consideration of specific factors relevant to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Housing Sustainability Framework (SHSF) will; (a) provide a list of sustainable design interventions in Saudi Arabia, (b) provide a list of requirements to deliver an increasing level of adoption of sustainable design in Saudi Arabia depending on criteria such as building requirements, cultural factors, economic factors, climate requirements, sustainability impact, and data requirements, (c) remove unsuitable combinations by showing the positive impact of installing the interventions and list unstable combination between the interventions, and (d) formalizing the data and interactions needed to conceptualise sustainable design. SHSF has been validated by experts within Saudi Arabia. The SHSF framework, developed in this thesis, will guide building designers in Saudi Arabia to improve the sustainability of non-domestic buildings. The SHSF will also consider the use of BIM data thus, enabling the bridging of the data gap to achieve wider adoption of sustainable design in Saudi Arabia and providing a level of automation not before possible.38 0