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Building_Information_Modelling_Technolog
Building_Information_Modelling_Technolog
Building_Information_Modelling_Technolog
Mohamed Murteza Gulamhussein Moledina, Goh Wei Pin, Wallace Imoudu Enegbuma
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science
Swinburne University of Technology
Kuching, Malaysia
4314077@students.swinburne.edu.my, wenegbuma@swinburne.edu.my, wgoh@swinburne.edu.my
D. Bill of Quantity degree of work and this permits the work to be estimated.
Bills of Quantities contain a list of things of work which Moreover, the work incorporated into the thing is
are quickly depicted. The Bills likewise give an amount of characterized in subtle element by the principles of the Method
the of Measurement. The item portrayals are in this way shorthand
to
permit the applicable principles of the Method to be III. METHODOLOGY
distinguished. In addition, the measure might be an individual
item or number, measurement (direct meter or square meter or The research began with an examination of literature in
cubic meter), time (hours or weeks) or weight [19]. The Bills cost estimation, BIM and IBS [26][3][4]. The second stage of
of Quantities can aid several functions such as [19]: (1) A the research is a structured questionnaire survey carried out
breakdown of the tendered cost, with no legally binding status, with the quantity estimators in Malaysia. All members in the
however giving data for the choice from tenderers, (2) A construction industry may have unique views, practices and
forecast quantity of the work at the tendered cost, to be appreciation on the matter of project cost modelling of IBS.
utilized to land at an overhauled contract cost once the real The questionnaire survey examined the demographics of the
amounts of work completed are measured. This is the re- respondents, the present cost modelling that have been
measure type of agreement, (3) A timetable of rates as the generally used, inaccuracy level of cost estimates in both
agreement premise for esteeming varieties in the work and (4) conventional and IBS projects, and subjective variables that
A premise for measure of the estimation of work finished for are speculated to be influencing the IBS project cost. A mail
interim expenditures. survey was used since it is generally cost effective to
administer and the same survey can be sent to a larger number
of people. The survey permits the respondent to fill the
E. Building Information Modelling questionnaire at their own time. The sampling technique used
BIM is an insipid term used to refer to propelled 3D is convenience sampling such that the questionnaire survey
Computer Aided Design (CAD) innovation for modelling and targets the quantity surveyors. The questionnaire survey was
overseeing structures and data associated with them; however, emailed to all the registered quantity surveying companies
which are separated from conventional CAD frameworks in with the Board of Quantity Surveying Malaysia (BQSM); the
that the product objects in a BIM model are logical to specialised organisation that manages the quantity surveyors in
computer programs as demonstrations of true building parts, Malaysia. In addition, of the 354 registered companies, only
dissimilar to the realistic items in a two-dimensional CAD 333 had valid email addresses. As for the remaining
document. A 5D BIM application is brilliantly intended to companies email addresses, 10 of them were repeatedly
relate 3D model segments with time and cost-related data [20]. registered while 11 emails were not in use or the server was
The requirement emphasis for predictable definitions and down or the email address was wrong. The minimum
phraseology to report the significant puzzlement and responses expected are in the range of 15% to 20% of the 333
misconception about BIM in an industry is still developing companies because from the past researches done in Malaysia
with this innovation [21]. One of BIMs acknowledgements is and other South-Asian countries which had a total of 61
to permit the clients to concentrate on the data and choice respondents return rate. The real-life project used was to build
making of the venture, rather than the squandering time on two structures that contain eight classrooms, one science
documentation devices and the real tiring procedure [22-24]. (laboratory) room and six toilets for a school which was
Educational frameworks for BIM training in institutions of proposed by Ministry of Education Malaysia. The following
higher learning still need upgrading to meet industry demand are some of the project details: 6000mm precast concrete piles;
[25]. There are two sorts of amounts to reflect when taking-off elevated above ground by 900mm using the stumps; it has
[23]: (1) The Product/Procurement Quantities (PPQ), which precast concrete slab panel with bondek for both structures
are the quantifiable physical magnitudes resulted, by the except for the toilet side which is reinforced concrete slab; it
design of the venture such as are length, volume and so on and had steel framing with cement boards, steel roof truss system
(2) The Process of Construction Quantities (PCQ), this kind is and steel roof. This project is selected as it is an IBS hybrid
a further detailed breakdown associated to PPQ. The amounts Project for a village school in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
are influenced by the construction technique, particular Autodesk Revit 2015 mostly utilised by the architects and
situations of the job such as labour hours, areas of formwork, engineers to aid in designing and structuring a project.
scaffolding and so on. Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2015 used for automatically
generating the quantity take-off for the project in the shortest
time and with a high level of accuracy while Microsoft Excel
was used to lay out data, rearrange and reformat data and to do
analysis. Summary of the research method outline is shown in
Fig 2.
Literature Detailed
Review Building Design
Manual
Take-off
Schedule
Analysis
of Rates and
Discussion
Automated
Take-off
Fig. 1. RIBA plan of work and its relationship to cost data
B. Cost Estimation Inaccuracy in Construction Industry presents that there is higher inaccuracy level but lesser then
The Fig 4 shows that there is higher inaccuracy level such conventional project such that 66% say that the inaccuracy
that 49% say that the inaccuracy is less than 5% and other level is less than 5% while 30% say is between 5% to less than
49% say the inaccuracy level is between 5% to less than 10% 10%. Therefore, indicating that use of IBS method of
for a conventional construction project. On the other hand, construction can decrease the project cost overrun.
Figure 22
D. Quantity Take-off Simulation can be input into the model to generate 5D BIM. The data
BIM permits incorporation of the data delivered by diverse entered into the model by diverse professionals will store and
contributors in the project such as Architect, Landscape turn out to be a valuable tool for construction management.
Architect, Building Services Engineer, Structural Engineer Figures 5 and 6 shows the building design development in
and also Interior Designer, to be in a sole model. Furthermore, Autodesk Revit, simulation in Navisworks and quantity
the project data of structure programme schedules and extraction in excel spreadsheet.
expenses
Fig. 5. Floor plan drawn in Autodesk Revit and 3D Model View in Navisworks
Fig. 6. Display of All Data in Excel and display of Groups Pivot Table –Items in Groups and total quantity