Improving Sustainability in Industrial Plant Construction-Available Tools and Methods

• Eusebio Baranda Rodriguez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de León

     Universidad de León

     León, España

     
• Localización: Global Challenges for a Sustainable Society: EURECA-PRO The European University for Responsible Consumption and Production / coord. por José Alberto Benítez Andrades, Paula García Llamas, Ángela Taboada Palomares, Laura Estévez Mauriz, Roberto Baelo Álvarez, 2023, ISBN 978-3-031-25839-8, págs. 172-180
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the current scenario, sustainability is a factor that is becoming indispensable in the engineering and construction industry as a basis for decision-making during the life cycle of projects, from the engineering phase, to the construction management phase and finally for asset life management. To achieve the desired impact, which is the drastic reduction of pollutant emissions, a holistic vision needs to consider all the different elements of an engineering and construction of an industrial project. Among the currently available options to include the concept of sustainability in industrial plant construction projects, this work explores the contributions of Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Lean Construction, DfMA and Modular Construction. VDC, one of its best known elements is BIM (Building Information Management), provides a collaborative work environment, hence contributing to the creation of synergies and the early resolution of interferences between different systems, what links perfectly with contractual strategies such as IPD. VDC provides also the tools to design entire industrial plants in 3D and to combine such 3D models with the execution program to create virtual construction sequences (4D). Such simulations enable the coordination of different activities and the application of Lean Construction techniques, such as Lean planning or Just in Time to name a few. With regard to the prefabrication and industrialisation of components and their effect on the sustainability of construction, the possibilities and interactions between DfMA and VDC are enormous.