1 Application of high-resolution scanning and HBIM tools for damage assessment of the José de Alencar house Mylene VIEIRA 1 , Gilmário RIBEIRO 1 , Maycon BESSA 3 , Renan PAULO 4 and Esequiel MESQUITA 5 1 LAREB, Federal University of Ceará, Russas, Brazil, mylene.melo@ufc.br 2 LAREB, Federal University of Ceará, Russas, Brazil, gilmarioribeiro@alu.ufc.br 3 LAREB, Federal University of Ceará, Russas, Brazil, myconbessa2014@hotmail.com 4 LAREB, Federal University of Ceará, Russas, Brazil, renanpaulo2712@gmail.com 5 LAREB, Federal University of Ceará, Russas, Brazil, emesquita@ufc.br Abstract: Heritage buildings are of great importance to the human perception of the culture of a community. HBIM (Historic Building Information Modelling) tools offer a possibility of an improved data set of information related especially to the restoration and preservation of historical buildings. This work aims to assess the damage of a historic house by means of integrated HBIM tolls and experimental procedure. 3D modelling with REVIT, 3D modelling with point cloud data and visual inspection of the historic house were performed. The comparison between the two 3D modelling techniques showed a level of damage consisting of a difference between the levels of the roofs. In addition, the visual inspection detected presence of cracks in the walls which agrees with the damage observed from the 3D models comparison. Results indicate that HBIM tools significantly contribute to damage assessment in heritage constructions. Keywords: Heritage building, HBIM, visual inspection, point cloud, 3D model. 1. Introduction The existence of heritage constructions (HC) in contemporary society is of great relevance due to its contribution to cultural profile of a community. The HC is the physical representation of part of the history of its communities leading to evidence of the past communities and the development of the history of humanity (Mesquita et al. 2015). As part of the valorisation of these historical buildings, the development of techniques for supporting the maintenance, the documentation, the Goedert et al. (2008); Biagini et al. (2016) and Acierno et al. (2017). Heritage maintenance involves fully comprehension of the buildings concerning to constructive process, materials, historical importance, compatible technologies, and all possible documentation of the building characteristics. In this sense, historic documentation plays an important role to maintenance measures. Heritage documentation is the systematic collection and archiving of tangible and intangible elements of historic structures and environments (Dore and Murphy. 2017). The documentation provides accurate information for the correct building’s conservation, monitoring, and maintenance (Eppich et al. 2007; Bryan et al. 2009). Techniques for acquiring modern construction documentation may include 2D/3D CAD (Computer Aided Design), also 3D modelling improved with tools of parametric and feature-based modelling with a level of intelligence into model elements. The recent development of the concept of BIM incorporates the main developments in 3D modelling including parametric and feature-based modelling combined with dynamic 3D database for storing information relating to buildings (Dore and Murphy. 2017). According to Quattrini et al. (2015) special data collected with advanced geomatic technologies may reproduce with accuracy all singularities and specifics of the objects, commonly used to collect the geometric characteristics of architectural heritage. In the case of historic buildings, the virtual reconstruction procedure of historical-cultural heritage is not an easy task, as the object to model consists of components whose https://doi.org/10.4322/CINPAR.2022.002