RFID-Enabled BIM Platform

Overview

With the help of LSCM, an RFID-enabled BIM Platform for Prefabrication Housing Production in Hong Kong was developed jointly by The University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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Research completion
2016
Commercialisation opportunities
technology licensing
Problem addressed

While Building Information Modeling (BIM) enables better productivity for public housing construction in Hong Kong, data fragmentation and discontinuity hinder its development. This RFID-enabled BIM platform allows real-time visibility and traceability of prefabricated components and facilitates site management. It also helps bridge the gaps between BIM and HOMES for more efficient and effective project management.

Innovation
  • Three different attributes of the integrated platform include: (1) seamless communication and coordination among multiple stakeholders through improved information interoperability between processes; (2) more efficient cross-border prefabrication logistics and supply chain management through improving real-time information visibility and traceability; and (3) seamless communication and coordination between the logistics and on-site assembly to enable a Just-In-Time (JIT) housing production.
  • The solution uses RFID for tracking the pre-cast components from prefabrication production and transportation logistics to delivery at the construction site, and installation of the prefabrication components where the tracking data is used for life cycle management of the project. The geo-spatial data collected is then fed into the BIM system.
  • Converts typical construction objects into Smart Construction Objects, using IoT and Cloud technology, which is introduced along with an innovative “RFID-enabled Gateway” designed and developed for managing the SCOs.
Key impact
  • Enhance the competitiveness of the construction industry by shortening the project period
  • Reduce the usage of construction resources
  • Improve the responsiveness to market and changes in the construction projects
Award
  • Hong Kong University Knowledge Exchange Award, Faculty of Architecture
  • Construction Industry Council (CIC) BIM achievement award 2020
Application
  • Construction
  • Project / Resource Management
Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre (LSCM)

Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre (LSCM) was founded in 2006, with funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund of The Government of the Hong Kong SAR, and is co-hosted by the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It aims to strengthen the local logistics sector and related industries by providing a one-stop resource for applied research and technology transfer, and to reinforce cooperation between the industry and research institutes to bring about meaningful and significant impact on the industry and the community. 

LSCM serves the industry by initiating research projects, contract research, as well as providing business matching opportunities, technology transfer and intellectual property commercialisation. LSCM initiates technology and knowledge transfer to the marketplace to promote industrial digitalisation, facilitate technology advancement and strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a leading logistics and commercial hub.

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