An Integrated asset management of buried infrastructure : a BIM-based life cycle thinking framework
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Vadapalli, Venkata Uday Kiran
issued: 2021-08-26T19:54:43Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Master of Applied Science - MASc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Water and sewer pipe networks are core public infrastructure critical for basic human services. These infrastructures should be sustainable as they consume natural resources and produce emissions into the environment during their life cycle. Water and sewer pipes should be sustainable based on their manufacturing and operation, which is typically evaluated using the established methods such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA). Additionally, a standard data management system that can interact with various built environments and collaborate with various databases improves the decision-making process. Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be used for this purpose, which has the capability of collaboration and interoperability, which are useful for infrastructure conflict resolution and stakeholder management. This research has proposed a BIM-based life cycle thinking framework for integrated asset management of buried infrastructure using a stochastic approach such as the Markov-chain model. A geo-referenced 3D model was developed in Civil 3D using GIS shapefiles obtained from open-source data of the City of Kelowna municipality. The life cycle impacts of five different pipe materials were evaluated using LCA and LCCA for the developed 3D model that includes four phases: production, installation, maintenance, and disposal. The results of life cycle environmental impacts with all the midpoint impact categories are aggregated into a sustainability score using a weighted sum method and compared with ReCiPe’s single score. Furthermore, integrated maintenance is suggested as a possible alternative to conventional sequential maintenance, and a common trench is considered following the CSA, ASTM, ASCE, and AASHTO guidelines. The comparison of ReCiPe’s single score to the estimated life cycle sustainability impact (LCSI) index gave contrasting results, mainly in the analysis of ductile iron and PVC pipe materials. Based on the LCSI index, the …
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note: AN INTEGRATED ASSET MANAGEMENT OF BURIED INFRASTRUCTURE : A BIM-BASED LIFE CYCLE THINKING FRAMEWORK by Venkata Uday Kiran Vadapalli B.Tech., Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, 2006 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) August 2021 © Venkata Uday Kiran Vadapalli, 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: An Integrated Asset Management of Buried Infrastructure : A BIM-based Life Cycle Thinking Framework submitted by Venkata Uday Kiran Vadapalli in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Applied Science . Dr. Kasun Hewage, School of Engineering Supervisor Dr. Rehan Sadiq, School of Engineering Co-Supervisor Dr. Ahmad Rteil, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Homayoun Najjaran, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Jonathan Holzman, School of Engineering University Examiner iii Abstract Water and sewer pipe networks are core public infrastructure critical for basic human services. These infrastructures should be sustainable as they consume natural resources and produce emissions into the environment during their life cycle. Water and sewer pipes should be sustainable based on their manufacturing and operation, which is typically evaluated using the established methods such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA). Additionally, a standard data management system that can interact with various built environments and collaborate with various databases improves the decision-making process. Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be used for this purpose, which has the capability of collaboration and interoperability, which are useful for infrastructure conflict resolution and stakeholder managem…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0401735
language: eng
degree discipline: Civil Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Hewage, Kasun
contributor: Sadiq, Rehan
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79459