IoT Platform for Facility Management Practices Using BIM and Blockchain Concept Integration

Facility Management (FM) practices requires an efficient representations and reliable tools. Building information Modelling (BIM) held great potential for FM maintenance practices providing necessary facility information. Slow adoption of new technologies in the built environment is still a burden due to several factors like the lack of information sharing and collaborations, and the poor level of trust of information. In the built environment public sector, data security remains one of the maj or system deficiencies. With the blockchain technology (BC) evolving in recent times, security of data could be leveraged. This research establishes a framework utilizing managed BC in the built environment FM. The scope of this system is to integrate the benefits of BIM and BC to manage data from an loT platform gathering ambient conditions information. The flow of information is regarded in the established framework through the integration of four modules, namely, 1) data collection module, 2) data processing module, 3) data storage module, and 4) data visualization module. Furthermore, the developed framework is tested and applied for the validation of the approach. Results of the system are shown and are established by the system to be continuously updated and stored. The developed system serves as a trusted-fully secure tool for FM practitioners to assess and visualize indoor ambient comfort. Thus, the developed tool is proposing a state-of art-concept in the quest of the industry to reach a common data platform for the whole facility life-cycle.