Application of Virtual Model Utilization for Reducing of Change Order in Construction

Abstract

The objective of this research is to propose an application of Virtual Environment (VE) technology in the construction focused for change orders in the construction project. The possibility of Virtual Environment technology to apply for reducing the problems of change order in the construction project was studied. The assumption of this research is the feeling of users measured by using VE applications and the real situations are not different. The assumption was tested by the respondents’ feeling using the questionnaire that compared between the feeling measured by VE applications and the real situations. The two cases studies in the real construction project were used for the experiment. The 20 respondents were selected to visit the construction site and compared the feeling between using VE application and the real situations. The statistical analysis was applied to analyze the data from the questionnaires. The results of the research show that the feeling of the respondents who applied the VE applications and the real situations in the construction project for both case studies are not significant difference. Therefore, it can be concluded that the VE technology is possibly applied in order to reduce the problems of change orders in the construction project.