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Abstract Selection of construction material sources is an important issue in construction supply chain management. This affects not only the shipping cost and schedule of a construction project, but also its environmental impact. However, material delivery cost and time from the source location to the job site concerning sustainability may not be easily estimated. In this paper, a decision support tool that integrates building information modeling (BIM) and web map service (WMS) for the source selection of sustainable construction materials is presented. The BIM-WMS integrated decision support tool is developed in a form of a BIM-integrated plugin, which can help select sustainable construction material sources through evaluating the final cost and delivery time of the material, as well as calculate location-related credits in some green building standards, such as LEED. The developed plugin will make the selection of sustainable construction material and the calculation of location-related credits in green building certification an easy task, with the goal of minimizing environmental impact. Highlights • WMS (web map service) is integrated with BIM for supply chain management. • A BIM-WMS decision support plugin is developed for designers and project managers. • The BIM-WMS tool can help with material selection, cost and schedule planning, and so on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In green buildings design and construction, evaluating the sustainable effects of site location and transportation to the ecosystem and human life is a critical and difficult task. Works regarding these matters require experience, time, labor, and manual calculations. In recent years, many studies have been conducted to enhance the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in green building certifications. However, the application of BIM to site location and transportation analysis is usually considered impractical due to the lack of a powerful map application in present BIM products. The aim of this research is to develop a framework for the integration of BIM and Web Map Service (WMS) technologies for location and transportation analysis in green building certifications. Using Autodesk Revit API and Google Maps API as the development tools, this research converts the integration model into the BIM-integrated plugin in Autodesk Revit. The plugin is used to streamline the certification process of site location and transportation analysis in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), one of the most popular and globally recognized green building standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]