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... 3 Literature Review 2.1 Overview of CIM Tools and Functions As a system, CIM consists of both foundational processes and emerging practices in the highway construction sector. As the technology has grown, so has the taxonomy and definitions.
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... 4various countries around the world (Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong 2011)
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... 5 Hong Kong Private sector Building industry, Hong Kong Institute of BIM, BIM software vendors Used by large contractors and developers. Actively studied by public sector, railway operator.
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... 6concepts remain the same, the term CIM is not frequently used in other countries. 2.2.a CIM in the United States -- Trends and Projections Information modeling and its utilization and integration throughout the project life cycle forms the basic tenets of CIM.
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... 7 Figure 2.3. Level of adoption of BIM in infrastructure projects in various sectors.
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... 8• Twenty-three state DOTs reported having already transitioned to 3D modeling. • Seven state DOTs were using only traditional 2D plans and profile sections.
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... 9 from the life cycle of facilities by around 20%. Deployment of BIM technologies and other collaborative strategies is vital to progress toward efficient ways of working at all stages of the project life cycle (BIM Task Group, UK 2014)
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... 10 Ranked Barriers to BIM Adopon Ranked Benefits of BIM Adopon Figure 2.6. Perceived benefits and challenges of BIM.
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... 11 of Geographic and Forestry Information and major utility companies to map their entire underground utility infrastructure in 3D to an accuracy of 16 in. (Zeiss 2014)

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