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Linking Effective Whole Life Cycle Cost Data Requirements to Parametric Building Information Models Using BIM Technologies

Linking Effective Whole Life Cycle Cost Data Requirements to Parametric Building Information Models Using BIM Technologies

Dermot Kehily, Trevor Woods, Fiacra McDonnell
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 2156-1710|EISSN: 2156-1702|EISBN13: 9781466635845|DOI: 10.4018/ij3dim.2013100101
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Kehily, Dermot, et al. "Linking Effective Whole Life Cycle Cost Data Requirements to Parametric Building Information Models Using BIM Technologies." IJ3DIM vol.2, no.4 2013: pp.1-11. http://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2013100101

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Kehily, D., Woods, T., & McDonnell, F. (2013). Linking Effective Whole Life Cycle Cost Data Requirements to Parametric Building Information Models Using BIM Technologies. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM), 2(4), 1-11. http://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2013100101

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Kehily, Dermot, Trevor Woods, and Fiacra McDonnell. "Linking Effective Whole Life Cycle Cost Data Requirements to Parametric Building Information Models Using BIM Technologies," International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM) 2, no.4: 1-11. http://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2013100101

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the capabilities of BIM (Building Information Modeling) in leveraging Whole Life Cycle Cost (WLCC) data requirements to perform WLCC calculations and produce WLLC estimates. The research determines the extent to which WLCC data, such as time, interest rates, escalation rates and real costs can be attached to parametric BIM data to be used effectively to create speedier and more accurate real-time WLLC analysis. Without incorporating WLCC data in the BIM, a complete picture of a construction project's WLCC cannot be formed from the default outputs of the model. BIM 5D applications such as CostX utilise the parametric properties of the model, providing users with the ability to generate information and quantities from the BIM to be used in a formatted cost plan. The benefit of the 5D process is that selected quantity surveying information in the BIM can be live linked from the model to the cost plan providing a real-time analysis of WLLC. The authors demonstrate in this paper how they leverage BIM, by incorporating WLCC data and calculations in a customised CostX workbook, thus providing the authors with the ability to live link the output values from the model to the values in the workbook to perform WLCC. This paper demonstrates the practical application of this process on a pilot project in order to complete a WLCC analysis.

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