The Development of BIM Model-based Construction Project Performance Evaluation Mechanism

Yi-Jao Chen,Kai-Ming Yang,Chung-Wei Feng

doi:10.13189/cea.2015.030505

Abstract

In construction industries, performance evaluation is used as a systematic way of judging project performance. However, it is still a daunting task for project managers to accurately and timely record of the current status on the site due to the project's dynamic nature. In addition, there is no effective mechanism available yet to integrate information among all the project participants. In view of this, a construction project performance evaluation mechanism based on BIM model will be proposed in this research. Firstly, a systematic analysis will be conducted to analyze the current process and structure of the evaluation of construction projects. Based on existing IFC/BIM, the current IFC data structure will be extended accordingly and BIM graphic objects will be created to describe project information. Using graphic objects to describe relative project information, they form a reliable resource for project performance evaluation. Finally, the construction project performance evaluation mechanism will be developed to verify the feasibility of the proposed approach.

Highlights

In construction industries, successful project delivery requires the concerted effort of the project team to carry out the various project activities, but it is the project manager who, at the center of the project network, is responsible for orchestrating the whole construction process [1]
For facilitating project performance evaluation, more construction knowledge and project information should be implemented in building information modeling (BIM) models to effectively generate the required information
In order to present the information on construction activities and specifications in the BIM model, this paper analyzes the discrete processes undertaken within building construction

Summary

Introduction

Successful project delivery requires the concerted effort of the project team to carry out the various project activities, but it is the project manager who, at the center of the project network, is responsible for orchestrating the whole construction process [1]. It is often the case that the project manager can only examine the project status several weeks after completion of the data collection process. This type of post-evaluation is inadequate given the rapid progress of most construction projects[3]. A construction project performance evaluation mechanism based on BIM model will be proposed in this research. The proposed BIM model incorporates multi-aspects of construction information required for project management and performance evaluation. The essential characteristics of building elements are defined in the property sets of the BIM objects [4] These graphic objects are further developed as schedulable objects and utilized to create the project BIM model. The construction project performance evaluation mechanism will be developed to verify the feasibility of the proposed approach

Construction-driven BIM Model

Project Information Processing

Project Planning and Management

Evaluation Mechanism

Conclusions