Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020).

It is increasingly evident that buildings are facing mounting risks due to the ever-changing hazards, and thex000D
tightening requirements and expanding complexity of building designs. Due to the tight coupling betweenx000D
building systems of different types, failures can cascade across a building and its operation. This state wouldx000D
benefit from an integrated approach to risk assessment in the engineering design process that can model andx000D
depict cascade effects.x000D
Completion of the research to meet this challenge is planned through four modules intended to study thex000D
potential of a new workflow to augment building design efforts and a new method to support the workflow.x000D
Module one concerns experimenting with creating a 3D scan of existing buildings and Module two concernsx000D
converting these into Building Information Models (BIM). Combined, these modules are about determiningx000D
how suitable data can be produced of a building to model cascading risk and may include augmentation withx000D
other information about the building or its operation such as condition assessments or other simulations of thex000D
building (e.g., structural) to produce a workflow that can populate risk parameters. Module three is the creationx000D
of a custom VR simulation that ingests the data from the other modules and allows clients to experience thex000D
cascade of hazard effects across building components. The final component is the creation of a risk assessmentx000D
and decision support system within the simulation platform that incorporates a cascading risk computation inx000D
concert with the building information in the simulation to support engineering design.x000D
Canada benefits through the creation of innovative engineering and technology, further advancing Canada'sx000D
position as a world leader by providing our engineers with new capability. Further, application of the capabilityx000D
domestically can serve to reduce the risk to Canadian buildings.