Evaluation Of Efficiency And Effectiveness Of Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an evolving collaborative digital approach in which complex of processes, technologies and procedures are set to create a platform to better manage and coordinate essential aspects in building projects using virtual design and construction methodologies, promoting better stakeholder collaboration from feasibility and conceptual design through maintenance to demolition and recycling.

In my opinion, this way would not be a good way to determine the benefits of BIM when compared to the other two researches because, in this case, the response level was observed as 70%, and the others were case studies, which means they have been already implemented in the field on the site of construction. Two projects were selected where one of it followed BIM techniques and the other didn’t right from the beginning of construction. And from the literature review it is observed that the projects followed Integrated Project Delivery method where the planning starts from the pre construction phase of the project, and this project delivery method is the efficient way of project delivery method since all the teams will be coordinated much before the pre construction phase of the project. The case study presented in the first paper was based on owner's perspective and had less visibility to the contractor or designer. Apart from this, some of the data available was historical, thus an ideal state would be proper tracking of metrics by the team while

It is clear to see that throughout the project the tasks and progress were monitored very closely. The project is heavily dependent on the resources provided by its shareholders and in turn they rely on regular updates to reassure them on their investment. In the construction and building industry the methods and application of project management tools are very reliable and well tested. Therefore, it could benefit the project if the it was managed with detailed and defined practises and also follow standards set and agreed upon on a international level.

It has been recognised that it is common to have much higher real construction costs than what was predicted at early design and plan phrase. Poor data and information management as one of the major reasons causes costoverruns has achieved $16 billion a year in US construction industry given by recent research carried out by US NIST (2004). The adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) was then suggested and encouraged by many expertise which has been proved in many practical construction cases in the past that BIM would help to efficiently reduce the information costs throughout the construction process. In this paper the researcher will briefly introduce the background and development of BIM. The relationship between BIM adoption and project cost-saving in Architects, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry will also be analysed. Besides, this paper also aims to discuss the potential impacts of the use of BIM on total duration and project costs in construction industry. This is carried out through analysing and evaluating the benefits and innovation of project process within BIM environment. Apart from that, challenges associated with BIM technology and barriers that prevent people from adopting BIM technology will be presented in the end.

Building information modelling (BIM) is a new technology that is undoubtedly reshaping the construction industry as we know it. BIM is designed to change the way in which we communicate.

All three respondents agreed that the usage of BIM in Malaysian Construction Industry is low. This is because the understanding of BIM in developers are still low. Many companies only defined BIM as a 3D model. Their concept of BIM only stops at the design stage. Even though, CIDB had made many initiatives to promote BIM, developers are still reluctant to implement

Ultimately, BIM’s ability to integrate processes and ensure accurate, timely and intelligent transfer of information between key project stakeholders lies at the heart of its productivity gains. Many countries have already realised many of these gains, yet the overwhelming majority of organisations using BIM believe it has the potential to offer even greater value in the future. If that proves true, it makes the case for accelerating BIM’s adoption in this country very difficult to ignore.

For us professionals involved in a project, BIM therefore enables a virtual information model to be handed from the design team to the main contractor and subcontractors and then on to the owner/operator with each professional adding discipline-specific data to the single shared model. One of the benefits of this approach is that there is a reduction in the loss of information that traditionally occurred when a new team takes

Depended upon developing trends of not only the U.S. construction industry, also the worldwide one in general, this research is precisely about the cooperating relationships and efficiencies of a full collaboration, including Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Lean Construction, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in intensifying performance of plenty construction project types. Specifically, this research investigates and analyzes numerous necessary means and techniques used for a true collaboration of cooperation of IPD, Lean, and BIM (or ILB in short); additionally, the efficiency of full-ILB cooperation is proved by the examination of two important variables of a construction project, which are Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI), with participation of more than 75 projects and case studies. Technically, three essential phases of a construction project, such as pre-construction (planning, pre-design, estimating costs, schematic design, and constructability review), construction (managing constructing process, tracking project schedule, and controlling costs), and post-construction (closeout work and final completion) are specifically investigated together with proposed conceptually synergistic models of these factors. Investigating all possible components for a perfect ILB and evaluating this partnership’s effects on project cost and schedule performance are spreading more and more knowledge and applications of

A technology solution suggested by Lee and Yu (2012, p. 82) is the web-based Project Management Information System (PMIS), which although not guaranteed to deliver project performance outcomes, is recognised as a vital tool to improving the probability of doing so. The construction industry is highlighted by (Liberatore and Pollack Jackson (2004, p. 170) as one with high usage of the most sophisticated project management information systems,

The size of project construction was huge, including many different departments like design construction operation and supervision department. Meanwhile, human resource management between managers, construction teams, and construction workers is an important issue which influences the cost time and quality.

ABSTRACT: Building Information Modelling, an introduced effective tool in AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) Industry worldwide, is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics generating dramatically higher quality information, collaboration and communication process augmenting predictability and profitability (Crotty,2012)-P57.BIM has been adopted in the USA(United States of America) and UK(United Kingdom) for last few years to improve their construction sector but in contrast to it, Indian AEC firm is just initializing BIM process in the construction and management field. This paper reviews about the percentage of utilization of Building Information Modelling in India, statistics about the

The concept of BIM integrates all the activities related to the design, construction and operation into the ICT model developed and implemented within a communication platform. From the point of view of the project management theory and construction practice, the area of interest is integrated risk based on BIM. Negative consequences such as delays and financial losses that are detrimental conducted by investors raise a question of whether and how implementation of principles of BIM in project management can improve management activities associated with risk in construction projects.

The construction industry needs tools and techniques for land use, economic development, and environment planning to cope with development in various locations. This

BIM can be defined as “a modeling technology and associated set of processes to produce, communicate and analyze building models” (Eastman et al., 2011; p: 117). Some professionals consider BIM as the key to tackling variations and ineptitudes in construction projects (Arayici et.al, 2012; Coates et. al, 2010). The adoption of BIM standards carries with it several advantages but simultaneously poses challenges in the implementation (as it is implemented differently between the industry and the academia). A major hindrance identified in literature is the gap between industry needs and academia readiness.