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The issue of interoperability is even more present in the building sector as the building is a complex object. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility as a building. The diversity of actors involved and the very long life cycle of the building decrease the ability to solve identified problems. When tackling the importance of interoperability in BIM, overviewing challenges and listing existing solutions is an important step. This work highlights the need of interoperability in BIM. A review of the state of art on encountered interoperability challenges in BIM also helps to enumerate existing solutions. Because of various factors, some of the solutions proposed need improvements. One improvement could be the enhancing of a widely used BIM-based ontology. This identification work is part of a larger project, namely MINDOC. It is a foundation for future proposals in the area of BIM for sustainable construction.
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This work was done in the scope of MINDOC project funded by the region Occitanie.
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Tchouanguem Djuedja, J.F., Karray, M.H., Foguem, B.K., Magniont, C., Abanda, F.H. (2019). Interoperability Challenges in Building Information Modelling (BIM). In: Popplewell, K., Thoben, KD., Knothe, T., Poler, R. (eds) Enterprise Interoperability VIII. Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13693-2_23
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