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Digital Twin Hospital Buildings: An Exemplary Case Study through Continuous Lifecycle Integration
Joint Authors
Peng, Yang
Yu, Fangqiang
Xu, Jinglin
Gao, Shang
Zhang, Ming
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-11-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hospital buildings usually contain sophisticated facility systems and special medical equipment, strict security requirements, and business systems.
Traditional methods such as BIM are becoming less capable of real-time updates of building status and big data volume.
By proposing innovations both in technique and management—a “continuous lifecycle integration” method based on the concept of Digital Twin (DT) and “early movement” of the general contractor, this paper reported a successful project case in a large hospital in China.
The case realized continuous, scheduled integration of static data and dynamic data of more than 20 management systems from the design, construction, pre-O&M phase up to the O&M phase.
Then, a DT software system with real-time visual management and artificial intelligent diagnosis modules was developed and deployed in a newly built DT control center.
Managers have the ability to grasp the detailed status of the whole hospital by visual management and receive timely facility diagnosis and operation suggestions that are automatically sent back from the digital building to reality.
The case has been steadily running for more than a year in the hospital and achieved desired performance by reducing energy consumption, avoiding facility faults, reducing the number of requested repairs, and enhancing the quality of daily maintenance work.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Peng, Yang& Zhang, Ming& Yu, Fangqiang& Xu, Jinglin& Gao, Shang. 2020. Digital Twin Hospital Buildings: An Exemplary Case Study through Continuous Lifecycle Integration. Advances in Civil Engineering،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123869
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Peng, Yang…[et al.]. Digital Twin Hospital Buildings: An Exemplary Case Study through Continuous Lifecycle Integration. Advances in Civil Engineering No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123869
American Medical Association (AMA)
Peng, Yang& Zhang, Ming& Yu, Fangqiang& Xu, Jinglin& Gao, Shang. Digital Twin Hospital Buildings: An Exemplary Case Study through Continuous Lifecycle Integration. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123869
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1123869