With the passing of the MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century) Act in 2012, the United States bridge industry has had a significant push for the use of innovative technologies to advance the highway transportation system. Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM) is emerging as an important trend in the industry, in which various technologies and software are being used in all phases of the bridge lifecycle and have been shown to have a variety of benefits. However, most software are stand alone applications and do not efficiently exchange data among other software. This lack of interoperability creates impediments for the efficient and seamless transfer of information across the bridge lifecycle. In recent years, the building industry developed standards to promote interoperability for Building Information Models (BIM). Unfortunately, these standards lack the ability to incorporate bridges. Therefore, there major need for a standard for Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM). Moreover, as technology and modeling software have been coming more prevalent in other domains (roads, geotechnical, environment systems, etc.) there is an even larger need to expand interoperability standards across multi-disciplinary domains. The purpose of this research is to develop a methodology that would enable the interoperability of multi-disciplinary information models. The scope of the methodology is for Bridge Information Models, but the approach is extendable to other domains. This research is motivated by the fundamental issues of interoperability, such as semantic, logic, and software issues. In this research, the fundamental issues of interoperability are investigated as well as an in-depth review of literature proposing solutions. Additionally, current standards for interoperability of information models are reviewed. Based on the findings of the literature review, this research develops, evaluates, and validates a novel methodology for interoperability of information models. The fundamental issues of interoperability are addressed by the use of a taxonomy and ontology. A new standardization process to capture domain knowledge, called in “Information Exchange Standard” is outlined along with a novel method of developing an ontology based on industry workflows. This methodology has been used and validated by an industry domain case study. A software tool to automate the capturing of domain knowledge and development of a taxonomy is presented.

Los cambios climáticos originados por el Fenómeno El Niño del 2017 han causado el colapso de una gran cantidad de puentes en Perú. La importancia de estas estructuras radica en las fuertes sumas de dinero que son empleadas para la construcción y mantenimiento, es por ello que se debe tomar importancia en los procesos constructivas para hacer un eficiente uso de la gran cantidad de dinero a emplear para materializar estos proyectos. En presente investigación se mostrarán la diferencia en costo y tiempo mediante una simulación con la metodología de Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM). Dicha metodologia integra información en un modelo visual el cual servirá como herramienta para planificación en la construcción de la superestructura de un puente. Mediante este enfoque se estudiarán la construcción de vigas de concreto presforzado y acero; y losa mediante vaciado in-situ y vaciado con prelosas. Asimismo, se diferenciarán los costos de mantenimiento que requiere cada alternativa, determinando así un sistema estructural optimiza el uso de los recursos económicos y el plazo para la construcción de la superestructura. Como resultado se obtiene el costo integral y tiempo constructivo de la superestructura ideal para el caso de estudio. / The climatic changes caused by the El Niño Phenomenon of 2017 have caused the collapse of a large number of bridges in Peru. Large sums of money are used for construction and maintenance, which is why importance should be taken in the construction processes to make efficient use of the large amount of money to be used to materialize these projects. This research will show the difference in cost and time through a simulation with the Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM) methodology. This methodology integrates information in a visual model which will serve as a tool for planning the construction of the superstructure of a bridge. This approach will study the construction of prestressed concrete and steel beams; and slabs by in-situ casting and precast slabs. Likewise, the maintenance costs required by each alternative will be differentiated, thus determining a structural system that optimizes the use of economic resources and the time frame for the construction of the superstructure. As a result, the integral cost and construction time of the ideal superstructure for the case study is obtained. / Tesis