CB 717-M

Information Technology
Applications in Construction

2021

Lecture No.1
Instructors

Dr. Ahmed Ehab Amer

Assistant professor

E-mail: amerahmed8811@ymail.com
amerahmed8811@gmail.com
a.amer@adj.aast.edu

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 My Background
• Education
• Research

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 Course content

DATE
WEEK week Start TOPICS Delivery of
by assignment

1st 23/10  General, Why Is Technology So Important to

Construction Management?
2nd 30/10  Project Planning
 Delivery system (DPS) AND BIM
 BIM Addenda (Contracts)

3rd 6/11  The Fundamental Uses of BIM

 BIM execution plan
4th 13/11  Exchange Data
5th 20/11  BIM and pre-Construction
6th 27/11  BIM and Construction
7th 11/12 First mid-term exam
8th 18/12  BIM and Construction
9th 25/12  BIM and Construction Administration
10th 1/1  BIM and Close Out
11th 8/1  The Future of BIM
12th 15/1 12th exam (the second mid-term exam)
13th  Programming
14th4  Programming
15th  Project
 Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
1.Explain the importance of construction equipment in the overall
construction process
2.Describe the operation process of earthmoving, lifting, concrete
placing and piling equipment
3.Describe the selection criteria of earthmoving, lifting, concrete
placing and piling equipment
4.Describe the required safety precautions during operating
earthmoving, lifting, concrete placing and piling equipment
5.Calculate the expected productivity of various types of construction
equipment
6.Calculate the ownership and operating costs of construction

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Building Information
Modeling
History

• Drawings
• AutoCAD SOFTWARE
• BIM (CAD)
Historical of Engineering Drawing
 Building design technical development
Compulsory
Construction
drawings started in
Finland in 1775
CAD

Modeling
Simulation
Drawing by
Interoperability
hand, Physical Blue print
Model
Model
Server BIM

1775 1900 1985 2000 2002

BIM
 BIM
• Building information modeling (BIM) involves the generation
and management of digital representations of the physical and
functional characteristics of a building.

• Building Information Model (noun):

BIM is an electronic, virtual representation of a facility, which in many
cases comprises a 3D representation of the facility.

• Building Information Modeling (verb):

The process of creating, managing and using Building Information Models
to design a facility, communicate and refine the design, and plan and
optimize the construction effort.
Advantages
Concurrent Engineering provides benefits such as reduced product
development time, reduced design rework, reduced product
development cost and improved communications.
Examples from companies using Concurrent Engineering techniques
show significant increases in overall quality, 30-40% reduction in
project times and costs, and 60-80% reductions in design changes
after release.
PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
Project Management
More understanding with the BIM
BIM
BIM and traditional way benefits
From traditional systems to BIM

Traditional System BIM

2-D drawings and representations (plans, 3-D (x,y,z) include 4th dimension (time) and
sections, elevations), paper based 5th (cost), parametric objects oriented

Project participants (fragmented) Collaborative team

Limited information exchange and Concurrent process, life-cycle oriented and

segregated process. shared information.

Individually managed Collectively shared and managed

One way flow of knowledge and poor Better knowledge transfer and formal and
knowledge transfer informal mentoring.
BIM and traditional way benefits
BIM and The Social side

10%
technology
BIM
90% social

Group work
BIM and THE Social side
10%
technology
BIM
90% social

Team work
The responsibility of the governments

UK

EGYPT

DUBAI
BIM MATURITY LEVEL
BIM Potentials
BIM life cycle
 BIM Software and Disciplines

Architecture Sustainability Structures MEP

• Autodesk Revit • Autodesk Ecotect • Autodesk Revit • Autodesk Revit MEP

Architecture Analysis Structure • Bentley Hevacomp
• Graphisoft • Autodesk Green • Bentley Structural Mechanical
ArchiCAD Building Studio Modeler Designer
• Nemetschek Allplan • Graphisoft • Bentley RAM, • Gehry Technologies
Architecture EcoDesigner STAAD and ProSteel - Digital Project MEP
• Gehry Technologies • IES Solutions Virtual • Tekla Structures Systems Routing
- Digital Project Environment VE-Pro • Graytec Advance • CADMEP (CADduct
Designer • Bentley Tas Design / CADmech)
• Nemetschek Simulator • 4MSA Strad and • Construction
Vectorworks • Bentley Hevacomp Steel (Simulation,
Architect • Autodesk Robot Estimating and
• DesignBuilder Const. Analysis)
• Bentley Structural Analysis
Architecture • Autodesk
• 4MSA IDEA Navisworks
Architectural • Solibri Model
Design (IntelliCAD) Checker
• CADSoft Envisioneer • Vico Office Suite
• Softtech Spirit • Vela Field BIM
• RhinoBIM (BETA) • Bentley
ConstrucSim
• Tekla BIMSight
• Innovaya
 BIM - Benefits
 Project and Construction Attributions of BIM

1. Design Visualization
2. Design Assist and Constructability Review
3. 4D scheduling and sequencing
4. 5D Quantity takeoffs and cost estimating
5. Subcontractors and supplier data integration
6. Systems coordination
7. Layout and fieldwork
8. Prefabrications
9. Time and cost saving
10. Mitigated risk
11. Improvement in project communication and
collaboration
12. Reduction in RFls,
13. Smoother project scheduling and construction
14. Reduction in claims and rework,
15. Reduction in project scrap
16. Improved morale among the project team members.
 BIM – Sustainable Benefits
BIM makes construction more sustainable
1. Up to 40% of all solid waste comes from construction
2. Sustainable development requires new technology to optimize
resources.
3. BIM to minimize use and waste of material, power and
transportation, costly reworking and documentation
4. Accurate material lists and scheduling to financial and material
management systems directly from the model
5. Direct communication with machinery to integrate design to
production without error-prone key-in
6. Preconstruction moved off site, fewer errors on site
7. Leaner process with less waste and better possibilities for
controlled recycling of extra materials in the factory
Visualization
Clash Detection
About BIM
• “BIM” allows different members of cross-functional team
to work on the project in one place
 USES OF BIM
Collaboration Simulation Visualization
and Access
• Clash detection • Mechanical • Rendering
and coordination simulation
• Conceptual • Air, fluid, flow, and
design and thermal comfort
feasibility • Energy analysis
evaluation • Structural analysis
• Field
management
 COST

TIME

5D BIM

DESIGN and 3D model

What about the old building??
Laser scan is the best solution
The concept of laser scanning
Models of scanning
Type of lasers scanning
Scanning workflow
Point Cloud Distribution
Transform in REVIT
Statistics
Factors effecting on the use of BIM
We can’t go from zero to hero in
one step