MEP modelling of a subway station to an executive level of design with clash detection verification Case study: Collegno Centro subway station

In this historical period construction industry is experiencing an important change as a result of the technological transformation of the field. Indeed, transferring all the data of brand new or existing constructions on a digital base is becoming a common tendence. BIM (Building Information Modelling) methodology plays a fundamental role in this objective and provides the control of all the information related to a project. An important aspect of BIM can be found in the MEP modelling, which studies the three systems (Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing) linked to every building project and constitute an integral part of it. MEP design is important for planning, decision making, accurate documentation, performance and cost-estimation, construction, and operating/maintaining the resulting facilities. This thesis contains the modelling of some of the MEP systems made with Revit software of a future subway station of the metropolitan city of Turin, the Collegno Centro station. Once models of various disciplines were obtained, the focus turned to macro and micro clash detections thanks to the use of different software. This last operation has been done both between single disciplines and structural and functional models of the subway station and between MEP disciplines themselves. In addition, it has been analysed a more theoretical part of the MEP which regards drafting of the coding of the modelled single parts of plant engineering.