Open AccessApplication of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for automatic integration of construction costs management information into 3D models in consideration of Vietnamese regulations
Author(s) -
Nguyen Quoc Toan,
Nguyễn Thị Hằng,
Hoai Nam Le,
Dang Hong Duyen,
Tran Phuong Nam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/869/6/062007
Subject(s) - building information modeling , consistency (knowledge bases) , computer science , schedule , vietnamese , facility management , database , construction engineering , operations research , engineering , operations management , scheduling (production processes) , business , linguistics , philosophy , marketing , artificial intelligence , operating system
Some countries concentrate to study on BIM as an effective tool in quantities taking-off and costs estimating. In contrast, due to special features of Vietnamese law regulations, issues on BIM application for these works are still not considered properly in Vietnam. Therefore, in this research, the authors would like to review studies performed on BIM uses on these works in Vietnam, and to analyze the necessities and difficulties when using BIM for automatically taking off quantities and estimating construction costs, then to propose technology methods for addressing this issue. Two methods are proposed to automatically calculate construction works quantities and costs based on models designed in Revit, more specifically, the first one is using Keynote to develop a database on components codes and to establish the components schedule in Revit; the second is using Dynamo to develop connection nodes between Revit models and Excel Sheets, facilitating the data export from Revit to Excel, then using Excel to adjust data in consistency with models.