VIRTUAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: AN INTERFACE BETWEEN BIM AND AWP IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

Abstract

Digital technologies represent advances for the construction sector and can promote its transformation process with more sustainable buildings. In this sense, strategies such as Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) integrated with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) stand out as potential ways to create a clean, collaborative and shared production system. These strategies seek greater efficiency in the use of natural resources such as water, energy and materials, as well as improving people's quality of life. In this article, a case study describes the means and methods used in the interface between BIM and AWP, as well as the state of the art of the subjects covered. The results show that changes in the traditional management model allow the integration of BIM and AWP and can promote transformations in the sector at all stages of a building with quality, productivity, reliability and safety.