BIM plug-in technology for construction waste quantification

André Nagalli , Luna Ollin Steffen de Oliveira , Annelise Nairne Schamne , Brunno Pereira Barros , Hugo Demay Hochleitner e Charles Jaster de Oliveira

Abstract
Current building management standards demand that construction waste management occurs in the planning phase. This paper presents the development of a plug-in as a BIM tool to predict waste generation. As a research strategy, the plug-in was applied to a single-family housing project, the respective construction wastes were predicted in the BIM technology and compared to the literature. Through waste generation indexes, some planning indicators were calculated. The identified wastes were automatically classified, and a management structure was designed. The study showed that the best results are obtained when the construction waste is estimated from Actual Built Volume instead of Apparent Constructed Volume like the traditional models uses. In conclusion, adopting a plug-in do predict construction waste has proved to be advantageous. A specific advantage of the proposed method is that the plug-in user may adopt their waste generation indexes according to the regional and the production team aspects. The adoption of a plug-in made the acquisition and processing of data fast and versatile.

Keywords
Estimation; Waste prediction; Building information modelling; Construction waste; Demolition waste.

Resumo
Plugin para quantificação de resíduos de construção civil em ambiente BIM. Os padrões atuais de gestão das construções exigem que o planejamento para a gestão dos resíduos de construção ocorra na fase de projeto dos empreendimentos. Este artigo apresenta o desenvolvimento de um plugin a ser utilizado em ambiente BIM para predição da geração de resíduos de construção. Como estratégia de pesquisa, o plugin foi aplicado a um projeto habitacional unifamiliar, os respectivos resíduos de construção foram previstos na tecnologia BIM e comparados à literatura. Por meio de índices de geração de resíduos foram calculados alguns indicadores de planejamento. Os resíduos identificados foram automaticamente classificados, e uma estrutura de gerenciamento de resíduos foi projetada. O estudo mostrou que os melhores resultados são obtidos quando os resíduos de construção são estimados a partir do Volume Real Construído em vez do Volume Construído Aparente, como os modelos tradicionais utilizam. Em conclusão, a adoção de um plugin para estimativa dos resíduos de construção mostrou-se vantajosa. Uma vantagem específica do método proposto é que o usuário do plug-in pode personalizar seus próprios índices de geração de resíduos de acordo com os aspectos regionais e construtivos/produtivos. A adoção de um plugin tornou a aquisição e processamento de dados rápida e versátil.

Palavras-chave
Resíduos de construção e demolição; Estimativa de resíduos; Modelagem da informação da construção.

DOI
10.21438/rbgas(2021)082021

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