Establishing Construction Scheduling Progress Curve based on Buidling Information Modeling Quantity Takeoffs

Kun-Chi Wang, Wei-Hao Wu, Pei-Yuan Hsu, Abdoul-Aziz Gansonre, Wei-Chih Wang, Cheng-Ju Kung

2015

Abstract

A cost cumulative progress curve (called S-curve) is often used as a basis for effective schedule control which is a key to the success of construction projects. In establishing a planned S-curve of a construction project, the cost of each scheduling activity must be determined. Furthermore, the contractual costs associated with the cost items should be fully distributed to all scheduling activities. However, the relationships between scheduling activities and cost items are complex because these relationships may be 1-to-1, many-to-1 or many-to-many relations. This research proposes a searching algorithm to conduct quantity takeoffs in Revit and QTO to facilitate the establishment of the planned S-curve. The proposed search algorithm defines different search steps (using various searching parameters, such as "floor", "physical object", "cost item", and "area") to identify corresponding cost items associated with different types of activities. The benefits of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated by applying it to a high-tech facility building in northern Taiwan.

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in Harvard Style

Wang K., Wu W., Hsu P., Gansonre A., Wang W. and Kung C. (2015). Establishing Construction Scheduling Progress Curve based on Buidling Information Modeling Quantity Takeoffs . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-114-4, pages 139-144. DOI: 10.5220/0005522901390144


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft-ea15,
author={Kun-Chi Wang and Wei-Hao Wu and Pei-Yuan Hsu and Abdoul-Aziz Gansonre and Wei-Chih Wang and Cheng-Ju Kung},
title={Establishing Construction Scheduling Progress Curve based on Buidling Information Modeling Quantity Takeoffs},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={139-144},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005522901390144},
isbn={978-989-758-114-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2015)
TI - Establishing Construction Scheduling Progress Curve based on Buidling Information Modeling Quantity Takeoffs
SN - 978-989-758-114-4
AU - Wang K.
AU - Wu W.
AU - Hsu P.
AU - Gansonre A.
AU - Wang W.
AU - Kung C.
PY - 2015
SP - 139
EP - 144
DO - 10.5220/0005522901390144