TY - GEN
T1 - Technology ontology and BIM-enabled estimating for owners and contractors
AU - Maghiar, Marcel
AU - Livingston, Lauren
AU - Wiezel, Avi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ASCE 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A database of construction methods can help select the optimal approach to building a construction project. To be useful, such a database should be integrated with BIM and, thus, be based on a consistent methodology to define and classify construction methods. Contractors are confronted with problems in selecting proper construction methods and applying their knowledge about specific and well-defined technologies to a project. This paper proves empirically that selecting the right methods, using one of the technologies available for multiple activities, would create accurate costs when not only materials are priced, but also right equipment and available labor. This way, owners can efficiently demand deliverables that can be utilized by them downstream, allowing Contractors and subcontracting trades to work efficiently and to assure the daily flow of operations.
AB - A database of construction methods can help select the optimal approach to building a construction project. To be useful, such a database should be integrated with BIM and, thus, be based on a consistent methodology to define and classify construction methods. Contractors are confronted with problems in selecting proper construction methods and applying their knowledge about specific and well-defined technologies to a project. This paper proves empirically that selecting the right methods, using one of the technologies available for multiple activities, would create accurate costs when not only materials are priced, but also right equipment and available labor. This way, owners can efficiently demand deliverables that can be utilized by them downstream, allowing Contractors and subcontracting trades to work efficiently and to assure the daily flow of operations.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784413616.273
DO - 10.1061/9780784413616.273
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84934300489
T3 - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
SP - 2200
EP - 2207
BT - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
A2 - Issa, R. Raymond
A2 - Flood, Ian
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Y2 - 23 June 2014 through 25 June 2014
ER -