The Development of 4D BIM Based Infrastructure Construction Time Planning Standard Operating Procedure to Enhance Communication Quality from Infrastructure Contractor Perspective (original) (raw)

Application of BIM for Scheduling and Costing of Building Project

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, 2018

India is a rapidly developing country and its infrastructure development is at an extremely large scale. In India, Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO) industry is the second largest industry after agriculture industry. Indian AECO industry employs more than 35 million people, has second highest inflow of foreign direct investment after services sector, and contributes to about 11.1% of India’s GDP (Mohideen 2015). Recent initiatives set by Indian government, such as Make in India, is serving to grow the AECO industry. There are many mega projects undertaken recently, e.g. high-end road ways or express ways, metro train projects and proposed bullet train project between two cities of India, i.e. Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The initiation of these projects necessitates focus on various technical and non-technical aspects along with technologies, especially the infrastructure for these initiatives (Amarnath et al. 2016). Regarding the technologies and project deliver...

Enhancing Planning and Scheduling Program by Using Benefits of BIM-Based Applications

2D drawings are commonly being used to present the work process of 3D objects in the construction industry. The engineers require having sufficient knowledge to interpret these drawings for use in various areas of the work especially for providing planning and scheduling programs. In the construction projects, construction managers face many problems such as over budget projects, schedule errors, omission of some activities like safety tasks that originate from poor planning methods. Therefore, the study is going to examine alternative tools for better understanding of real project tasks sequences and procedures. One of the most reliable applications is introduced by the Building Information Modeling approach (BIM) that develops four-dimension model based on a combination of three dimension models with time. The benefits of BIM-based on 4D modeling not only improving the perception of planners and construction teams but also facilitate the procedure of planning and scheduling like automatically clash detection, introduce parallel activity and etc. .This study discusses the development and implementation of this innovative approach in construction planning. The research was carried out based on questionnaire survey within construction companies in Singapore. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis and been ranked with Average Index method.

4D BIM Application in AEC Industry: Impact on Integrated Project Delivery

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 2015

As project delivery approaches that are supported by Building Information Modelling (BIM) are continuously acknowledged throughout the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, an innovative modelling approach called 4D BIM is starting to develop, which associates elements of 3D BIM with time and scheduling information. Traditional construction planning applications like bar charts and network diagrams fail to present and communicate the spatial and temporal or 4D components of construction schedules efficiently. As a result, they do not permit project managers to produce scheduling alternatives quickly to obtain the finest solution to develop a particular design. With 4D modelling, the whole period of a sequence of activities that is executed by those involved in the project can be presented visually. With the rising interest in BIM and the wider use of this and other technological innovations in the AEC industry, 4D BIM tools, which has been broadly employed, is becoming increasingly recognized among fundamental technological fields under BIM. This study aims to highlight and review numerous impacts of 4D applications on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) on the AEC industry and suggest the ideal strategy to optimize the tools for rapid project delivery.

Application of 4D BIM in Construction Industry: Challenges and Suggestions

IJRASET, 2021

Construction industry is believed to be one of the most criticized industries worldwide. During the last two decades, this criticism has denoted a lot of problems. Without disregarding any of the industry problems, it seems that the most criticized problems are low delivery performance, lack of innovation, lack of collaboration and fragmented nature of the industry. To overcome these problems, a collaborative work environment is needed. During the last few years, the use of advanced information technologies in construction has increased to support the industry requirement of collaboration environment.

Status of 4D BIM Implementation in Indian Construction

Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC)

Enhanced visualisation is one of the low hanging fruits of BIM implementation. It helps in improving clarity in communications and fosters collaboration & coordination of construction projects for efficient delivery. 4D BIM combines the proposed sequence of work in a project with the 3D parametric digital model of the facility to be built. 4D BIM is highly beneficial both for managing people and materials. It can revolutionise the way facilities are designed, managed and developed. Significant benefits of 4D BIM have been reported in planning & project programming/scheduling, monitoring, progress conflict prevention & resolution, data security and construction safety. 4D BIM also adds value to business by facilitating marketing and sales. BIM has been primarily used by design & management consultants and some large contractors in India for design optimisation and construction project management. While 4D BIM has the potential to contribute for the efficient project delivery, there is limited literature on the extent of 4D BIM implementation in India. An attempt has been made to investigate the status of 4D BIM implementation in India and study the perceived benefits, barriers and drivers by key stakeholders in the construction sector using a questionnaire survey among clients and contractors. The results revealed high levels of awareness of 4D BIM, but the usage is low. Plan for usage in the short term is also found to be low. There is no significant difference in perception between the clients and contractors on benefits, barriers & drivers of 4D BIM. Visualizing the construction flow, Validating the time schedules by simulations and Communicating the construction plan are found to be the most perceived benefits. Lack of 4D BIM knowledge within internal workforce, Traditional project delivery methods/contract and Lack of 4D BIM expertise in the market have been reported as the critical barriers. The key drivers of 4D BIM are Government Mandate for 4D BIM and Awareness of 4D BIM benefits and ROI.