Advances of Bim in Planning & Scheduling

SRM 310 Project Planning & Scheduling

Julian Bevilacqua 211297451

Assignment 3 Information Technology in Project Scheduling

Write a concise report that describes the key challenges and significance of scheduling in project management as a result of recent developments in information technology such as BIM

31/08/14 Word Count: 977

Table of Contents 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6

  Introduction Advances of BIM Advantages of BIM Challenges of BIM Conclusion Bibliography

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Introduction

Construction planning & scheduling is the process of sequencing activities in space and time in order to achieve the shortest and cheapest possible delivery of a project. The development of the BIM based approach over the past 20 years has enabled the project planner to overcome the difficulty of translating traditional 2D plans into a project schedule by placing the building into a 4D space where the building can not only be viewed in its 3 dimensional form but its non visual characteristics including time, weight, quality and process can all be detailed. Traditionally planning & scheduling was undertaken using a bar chart where the quantifiable characteristics of the 2D plans were calculated and input into a bar chart, however with the development of BIM 4D models are able to create Critical Path Method data by linking all the activities together with one and other and providing links between associated activities and here in lies the key to BIM’s success. The development of BIM has provided the project planner with a powerful tool enabling better-planned construction processes, as we will explore.

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Advances of BIM

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the development of the buildings design through the use of 4dimensional computer-modelling software that allows all the practitioners on a project to input project specific data into the model to obtain the precise data needed to construct the building. 4 dimensional models where...