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| First foreword |
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| Second foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Abbreviations |
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1.2 Current practice of construction cost management |
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1.2.1 Preliminary cost estimate |
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1.2.2 Design-stage cost plan |
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1.2.5 Variations and final accounts |
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1.3 The evolving roles of QS |
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1.4 Problems of existing QS practices |
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1.4.2 Estimating `the inestimable' |
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2 BIM theories and technologies |
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2.2 Overview of commercial BIM software |
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2.2.1 Revit and Navisworks |
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2.2.4 Dassault Systemes and CATIA |
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2.3 Expandable BIM took and platforms |
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2.3.2 On mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) |
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2.3.4 On facilities management (FM) |
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2.4.1 Semantic information in BIM |
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2.4.2 Standards relating to BIM semantics |
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2.4.3 The importance of BIM semantics |
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2.5 Level of Development (LoD) |
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2.5.2 Level of development |
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28 | (3) |
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3 BIM implementation strategies, prospects, and challenges |
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3.1 From 2D drawings to 3D models to nD BIM |
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3.2.1 Enhancing productivity through virtual design and construction (VDC) |
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3.2.2 Detecting design errors and clashes |
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3.2.3 Improving interoperability |
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3.2.4 Reducing fragmentation and discontinuity |
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3.3 BIM costs and benefits analysis |
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3.3.2 Cost drivers of BIM implementation |
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3.3.3 The importance to have a BIM business case |
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3.4.1 Specifying BIM objectives at each project stage |
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3.4.2 Mapping out BIM procedure |
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3.4.3 Defining information flows |
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3.4.4 Selecting BIM software, hardware, and human infrastructure |
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3.5 Issues concerning BIM implementation |
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3.5.1 Contractual framework for incorporating BIM |
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3.5.2 Intellectual property (IP) rights |
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3.5.4 Risk management and liability |
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3.5.5 Organisational issues |
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4 Adopting BIM for cost management |
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4.1 Prospects of BIM for cost management |
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4.2 Developing a QS-BIM execution plan |
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4.2.1 Preliminary cost estimate process in the context of BIM |
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4.2.2 Design-stage cost plan in the context of BIM |
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4.2.5 Variations and final accounts |
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4.3 Critical success factors of BIM adoption for QS |
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4.3.2 Information availability |
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4.3.3 Compatible with current QS practices |
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4.3.4 Compatible with existing BIM-based QS solutions |
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5.1 Case No.1 BIM-based QTO |
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5.1.2 Overview of the adopted BIM software |
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5.1.4 Findings and lesson learnt |
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5.2 Case No.2 BIM-based tender document preparation |
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5.2.2 Overview of the adopted BIM software |
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5.2.3 BIM-based tender document preparation |
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5.2.4 Findings and lesson learnt |
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5.3 Case No.3 BIM-based remeasurement |
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5.3.2 Overview of the adopted BIM software |
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5.3.3 BIM-based remeasurement of rebar |
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5.3.4 Findings and lesson learnt |
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6 Big data for construction cost management |
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6.2 Why is big data in vogue? |
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6.2.1 Data, information, and knowledge |
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6.2.2 Unbinding the `bounded rationality' |
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6.3 Cases of big data for construction cost management |
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6.3.1 Big data to help prepare tendering and cost estimate |
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6.3.2 Big data to help prepare bidding |
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6.3.3 Big data to help analyse bidders' behaviour |
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6.5 Prospects and challenges of big data for construction cost management |
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105 | (3) |
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6.5.1 Big data technologies |
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6.5.2 Life cycle costing (LCC) enabled by BIM and big data |
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6.5.3 Breaking down the silos |
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7 Current challenges and future outlooks |
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7.4 Organisational challenges |
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7.5 Legal and contractual challenges |
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114 | (1) |
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8 Good practices for adopting BIM for cost management |
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8.1 Encouraging research and development (R&D) |
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8.2 Continuous training and education |
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8.3 Makinga strong BIM business case |
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8.4 Sharing costs and benefits |
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8.5 Embracing innovative procurement models |
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9 The future of BIM and big data in quantity surveying |
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9.2 Ubiquitous BIM service |
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9.5 New quantity surveyors |
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10.1 A sea change in the longstanding QS profession |
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10.2 BIM technologies demystified |
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10.6 Challenges of BIM and big data for QS |
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10.7 Recommendable good practices |
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137 | (2) |
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10.8 A bright future of BIM and big data for QS |
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| References |
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| Index |
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