AR based Facility Maintenance

Augmented Reality based Facility Maintenance using Building Information Models

The longest phase in a facility’s lifecycle is its maintenance period, during which operators perform activities to provide a comfortable living and working environment as well as to upkeep equipment to prevent functional failures. In current practice operators need a considerable amount of time to manually process dispersed and unformatted facility information to perform an actual task. Existing research approaches lack comprehensive and integrated data models, rely on expensive hardware infrastructure or use artificial thus unesthetic Augmented Reality (AR) markers. In this paper we present a conceptual framework that uses BIM and natural markers (e.g. exit signs) for AR-based facility maintenance support. The proposed workflow is comprised of three major activities: Digital Work Order Compilation, AR-based Indoor Navigation, and ARbased Maintenance Instructions. Experiments on campus and preliminary results indicate the feasibility and potential of combining BIM and natural markers for AR-based maintenance support.

Neges, Matthias; Koch, Christian; Koenig, Markus; Abramovici, Michael (2017). Combining visual natural markers and IMU for improved AR based indoor navigation. Advanced Engineering Informatics 31 18-31.

Neges, Matthias; Koch, Christian (2016). Augmented reality supported work instructions for onsite facility maintenance. In: Proc. of the 23rd EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. Krakow. Poland.

Koch, Christian; Neges, Matthias; Koenig, Markus; Abramovici, Michael (2014). Natural markers for augmented reality based indoor navigation and facility maintenance. Automation in Construction 48 18-30. 

Koch, Christian; Neges, Matthias; Koenig, Markus; Abramovici, Michael. (2014). Performance study on natural marker detection in BIM based augmented reality for facility maintenance. Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building Conference Series 2(1) 23-34.

Koch, Christian; Neges, Matthias; Koenig, Markus; Abramovici, Michael (2013). Performance study on natural marker detection in BIM based augmented reality for facility maintenance. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR). London. UK.

Koch, Christian; Neges, Matthias; Koenig, Markus; Abramovici, Michael (2012). BIM-based Augmented Reality for Facility Maintenance using Natural Markers. In: Proceedings of the 19th International EG-ICE Workshop. Herrsching/ Germany.