The Integration of Earthwork Design Review and Planning Using UAV-Based Point Cloud and BIM

Kim, Jeonghwan; Lee, Soomin; Seo, Jongwon; Lee, Dong-Eun; Choi, Hee Seon

doi:10.3390/app11083435

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The Integration of Earthwork Design Review and Planning Using UAV-Based Point Cloud and BIM

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Jeonghwan Kim

¹

,

Soomin Lee

^2,*,

Jongwon Seo

^2,*,

Dong-Eun Lee

^3,*

and

Hee Seon Choi

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Department of Civil Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si 27469, Korea

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea

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School of Architectural, Civil, Environment and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

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Department of Environmental Landscape Architecture Engineering, Cheongju University, Cheongju-si 28503, Korea

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Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3435; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083435

Submission received: 24 January 2021 / Revised: 11 March 2021 / Accepted: 17 March 2021 / Published: 12 April 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Geographic Information System and Building Information Modelling)

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Earthwork is seemingly guesswork, but it requires a high level of accuracy and precise planning. Differences between earthwork design and finishing levels cause project delays and cost overrun due to the time-consuming nature of earthwork re-work. Therefore, error-free earthwork planning and design review is a key to the success of earthwork projects. This study utilized an integrated approach of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based point cloud and BIM (Building Information Modeling) to verify the design and to operate the earthwork planning. The integrated approach was proposed and applied to a 420 square meters housing construction project to review an original earthwork design and create an earthwork plan for excavator work. As a result, errors in earthwork design that caused by inaccurate initial DEM was revealed, thus the earthwork design was revised with a UAV-based point cloud map. Additionally, the integrated approach was able to generate an explicit task sequence for an excavator.

Keywords: earthwork; point cloud; excavation; BIM; UAV; earthwork design

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Kim, J.; Lee, S.; Seo, J.; Lee, D.-E.; Choi, H.S. The Integration of Earthwork Design Review and Planning Using UAV-Based Point Cloud and BIM. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 3435. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083435

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Kim J, Lee S, Seo J, Lee D-E, Choi HS. The Integration of Earthwork Design Review and Planning Using UAV-Based Point Cloud and BIM. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(8):3435. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083435

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Kim, Jeonghwan, Soomin Lee, Jongwon Seo, Dong-Eun Lee, and Hee Seon Choi. 2021. "The Integration of Earthwork Design Review and Planning Using UAV-Based Point Cloud and BIM" Applied Sciences 11, no. 8: 3435. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083435

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Kim, J., Lee, S., Seo, J., Lee, D.-E., & Choi, H. S. (2021). The Integration of Earthwork Design Review and Planning Using UAV-Based Point Cloud and BIM. Applied Sciences, 11(8), 3435. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083435

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