Simulation of building construction planning by using Building Information Modeling

Abstract

Nowadays, Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology is increasingly playing a role in the construction industry. Therefore, in order to know the potential, guidelines of application and limitations of BIM in construction project management from the actual case study. The objective of this research is to study the BIM application for construction project planning by creating a simulation of construction planning from a case study of building construction project (5 floors, total usable area of 2,377 square meters). In this study, the researcher used BIM since the 3D building model process to the material quantity process, and the construction cost estimation in order to create a simulation of construction planning for controlling and monitoring the construction project performance. The results of the study, the information of project cost estimation can be used to create a construction planning simulation. All parties involved in project management have access information in order to control and monitor the performance together effectively. The benefits of BIM, the conflicts in 2D construction drawing can be checked from 3D model. The same workpiece can be edited automatically. The amount of construction work can be quantified by the same standardized method. Moreover, It can checks the correctness of the construction planning. The limitation of accuracy depends mainly on the experience and the thoroughness of the user and the limitation of computer capacity.