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This document discusses improving the accuracy of quantity takeoff for compound building elements in BIM models. Compound elements consist of multiple material layers, but current BIM software does not automatically account for materials that overlap with other elements like columns and beams. The research proposes a new BCEQTI method to improve accuracy by integrating BIM clash detection concepts into the quantity takeoff process. This allows the method to automatically subtract overlapping quantities and add missing quantities by using intersection information in the BIM model. The objectives are to address current limitations like not properly classifying surfaces if element types are undefined or handling models with multiple materials in a single room.

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This document discusses improving the accuracy of quantity takeoff for compound building elements in BIM models. Compound elements consist of multiple material layers, but current BIM software does not automatically account for materials that overlap with other elements like columns and beams. The research proposes a new BCEQTI method to improve accuracy by integrating BIM clash detection concepts into the quantity takeoff process. This allows the method to automatically subtract overlapping quantities and add missing quantities by using intersection information in the BIM model. The objectives are to address current limitations like not properly classifying surfaces if element types are undefined or handling models with multiple materials in a single room.

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IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF BIM-BASED QUANTITY TAKEOFF FOR

COMPOUND ELEMENTS

PROBLEM STATEMENT:
Compound elements are one of the BIM element categories that have issues when performing
quantity takeoff. A compound element is a building element that consists of multiple material
layers. So the compound element is created by overlapping of the building elements. However,
in fact, the quantities of the wall materials are not yet deducted at this point. This is because the
software does not automatically deduct the wall materials that overlap with columns and beams
which results in the inaccuracy of the quantity takeoff.
PRELIMINARY LITERATURE REVIEW:
Quantity takeoff is a necessary task in construction projects. It provides basic information for
other tasks in the design and construction process. In the preconstruction phase, it is used to
estimate the project cost and prepare the bill of quantities for bidding or tendering the project.
In the construction phase, it is used for schedule planning, purchasing materials, tracking
progress, and calculating change orders and extra work payments. Most of these tasks are related
to the project cost. The reliability of the estimated cost is dependent on the accuracy of the
quantities provided Traditional quantity takeoff is done manually by measuring 2D drawings.
This is a time-consuming and error-prone method because it is based on human interpretation.
Early research attempted to reduce human error by developing an automatic system that can link
2D CAD drawings with the bill of quantities. The development of BIM technology introduces a
new approach for quantity takeoff called BIM-based quantity takeoff.
This method extracts quantities directly from the BIM model; therefore, it is claimed to provide
more reliable outcome and reduce the associated working time and costs. However, some studies
have reported the limitations of the BIM based quantity takeoff method in practice.
A survey study by Sattineni and Bradford showed that most of the BIM models that general
contractors received from design teams cannot be used for estimating purposes.
Olsen and Taylor reported that BIM models given to general contractors have only up to 50% of
the data needed for quantity takeoff. Several studies have been conducted to improve the
efficiency of BIM-based quantity takeoff and cost estimation.
The research papers can be classified into four groups.
The first group focuses on BIM modeling methods that can provide accurate quantity results.
The second group focuses on quantity takeoff and cost estimation methods in early design stages
and the tendering stage, at which BIM models typically do not contain adequate information.
The third group focuses on linking BIM-based quantity takeoff with various standard databases.
This group does not consider the correctness of the quantity extracted from BIM models.
The last group focuses on querying information and quantities from BIM models. Each building
element and sub-element has a different rule of measurement and measurement unit.
There are different rules of measurement by different organizations in the world such as the
NRM by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RISC) and the Standard Method of
Measurement for Building Elements by the Hong Kong Architectural Services Department.
According to both standards, the quantities of walls, wall finishes, floors, and floor finishes are
measured as their surface areas, and the standard measurement unit is the square meter.
RESEARCH GAP:
The BIM-based compound element quantity takeoff improvement (BCEQTI) method still has
some limitations.
Firstly, the calculation method for eliminating the overlapping parts of the walls and the floors
can separate and group the surfaces according to the wall or floor types. Therefore, if the wall or
floor types are not well defined, the surfaces will be classified into the same group.
Secondly, the calculation method for the exterior finish layer can be used in the case in which
only one material covers the entire exterior surfaces of a building. It cannot be used to find the
areas of the exterior finish layer that have multiple materials.
Thirdly, the calculation method for the interior finish layer can separate and group the surfaces
according to their room names. However, if there are multiple wall materials in a room, this
calculation method cannot separate the material types.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
This research proposes the new BCEQTI method, which improves the accuracy of the quantities
of compound elements from the BIM models that are incomplete or incorrect by integrating the
concept of BIM-based clash detection into the process of BIM-based quantity takeoff. The
intersection information in the BIM model is used to automatically subtract the overlapping
quantities and add the missing quantities.

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