BIM application and management of Khok Nong Na construction project

Abstract

The objective of this research is to present Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how to apply drone aerial photography technology to assist Khok Nong Na project by using a calculation strategy to find water retention by comparing between new volumetric calculation procedure and the standard procedure. For the definition of Khok Nong Na project, the project area can store the volume of water about 4,000 cubic meters per 4,800 square meters of land area. To generate the simulation modeling, researchers will collect the photography information by using a drone to explore the project area and then passing data to Revit program to calculate and design the storage location to be able to contain 4,057.65 cubic meters of water volume. Furthermore, researchers will collect the actual data from the project site by using these 2 procedures; 1. The standard volumetric survey with a tape measure which can calculate storage volume as 4,043.75 cubic meters. 2. The survey using drone aerial photographic can calculate storage volume as 4,042.14 cubic meters. From the study, researchers found that BIM technology can support Khok Nong Na project management to show the volume of the excavated soil, land reclamation, and 3D model for comparing with a standard volumetric method to finalize the calculation result as close as possible. Besides that, the results proved that applying BIM technology can increase project efficiency and overcome project barriers by reducing costs, time, and the number of staff. Additionally, this research and 3D model are a soft power to promote Khok Nong Na project to people who is interested and contractors to see the whole picture and understand the concept easily.