BIM technology offers significant value in managing building spaces, maintaining structural components and decorative materials, and overseeing the operation and upkeep of various systems within power engineering projects. This includes water supply and drainage, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical, intelligent, fire-fighting facilities, as well as environmental hygiene and landscaping. A key application is importing the Building Information Model (BIM) into intelligent inspection systems for substation equipment through data interfaces.
1. The operation and maintenance phase is the longest, most complex, and most costly stage in the entire lifecycle of power engineering projects. It involves multiple departments, specialized personnel, and a vast amount of information, making it the most critical phase. Applying BIM technology during this phase aims to enhance management efficiency, standardize information resources, optimize production planning, and reduce management costs. It provides sustainable solutions for equipment and facility status evaluation, staff safety management, and harmonious coordination with the surrounding environment.
BIM’s application in operation and maintenance is grounded in the core requirements of full lifecycle management for power engineering. It leverages the completion and delivery model to build an intelligent operation and maintenance management platform. This platform addresses diverse operation and maintenance needs through clear, professional modular functions.
The main tasks and steps include:
- Planning the operation and maintenance management strategy,
- Establishing the operation and maintenance management system,
- Constructing the operation and maintenance model,
- Automating the integration of operation and maintenance data, and
- Maintaining the operation and maintenance system.
Key functional modules of BIM-based operation and maintenance management cover asset management, equipment and facility operation oversight, power system operations, personnel management, and comprehensive management.
2. BIM technology also enables safe management of power system operations. Utilizing the BIM operation and maintenance big data platform, secondary development software can assess operating conditions, trigger alarms for issues such as overcurrent, overvoltage, harmonic distortion, insulation aging, and equipment failures. This allows for proactive fault maintenance, maintenance scheduling, and thorough record keeping.
3. Implementing BIM operation and maintenance functions requires a robust management plan. This plan must be tailored to the specific needs of each power engineering project and formulated during the project planning phase. It should incorporate agreed-upon data models, unified coding for power grid assets, interface methods, and other standards throughout planning, design, and digital handover stages. This approach reduces costs associated with later digital delivery and data integration with the operation and maintenance platform.
The operation and maintenance plan should be led by the owner’s operation and maintenance management department. It must involve professional consulting service providers (operation and maintenance module suppliers) and software vendors for the operation and maintenance platform. Detailed research and analysis of requirements, functionality, and feasibility are essential. Key stakeholders include operation and maintenance supervisors and personnel, as well as related departments such as marketing and development within the power company.
In summary, this overview covers the application of BIM technology during the operation and maintenance phase of power engineering projects. I hope you find this information helpful!
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