Even though broadband expansion is progressing in Germany, there is still a great need for acceleration. As part of the new BIMBreitband project, the Chair of Computing in Engineering is working with other project partners on digital models to significantly improve the supply of high-speed internet.

To date, the coordination and approval processes for broadband expansion have been implemented in analogue form, which means they take a lot of time and are prone to errors. This is where Michael Theiler, project manager in the BIMBreitband innovation project, sees great potential for optimisation: "By using the BIM method (Building Information Modelling), information can be described in a structured way in digital models and can be used, for example, for automated checking in specialist procedures. We want to identify this potential in the project, describe it conceptually, implement it prototypically and validate it with data from real broadband expansion projects."

Together with planen-bauen 4.0 GmbH, the control centre at the State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying, STRABAG AG Deutschland and vsk Software GmbH, the Chair of Computing in Engineering, headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus König, is now developing concepts to digitally support the coordination and approval process for network expansion using BIM. In order to achieve comprehensible communication and decision-making, all parties involved as well as the integration of digital three-dimensional as-built and planning models are to be included.

The project focuses on the following expected project results:

• Acceleration and quality improvement of the planning process
• Integration of the BIM method into the approval and authorisation process
• Semi-automated review of documents
• Validation of the overall process
• Provision of information and geometries of routes via a standardised interface

You can find out more about the project results here.