As such, it can be scheduled or quantified as a wall: a building assembly made of real materials. Computable building information supports numerous building design and construction activities: structural analysis, MEP system modeling, building energy analysis, and specification management, to name just a few.
Cost estimating is yet another aspect of the building process that can benefit from computable building information. Designing a building is the responsibility of architects, whereas assessing the cost to build it is the domain of estimators. In general, the architect’s scope of work doesn’t extend to material takeoffs or cost information. That’s left to the estimator.
When preparing their cost estimates, estimators typically begin by digitizing the architect’s paper drawings, or importing their CAD drawings into a cost estimating package, or doing manual takeoffs from their drawings.
Published By
Arka Roy
www.bimoutsourcing.com
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