1st Edition

BIM and Big Data for Construction Cost Management

By Weisheng Lu, Chi Cheung Lai, Tung Tse Copyright 2019
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

This book is designed to help practitioners and students in a wide range of construction project management professions to understand what building information modelling (BIM) and big data could mean for them and how they should prepare to work successfully on BIM-compliant projects and maintain their competencies in this essential and expanding area. In this book, the state-of-the-art... Read more

1. Introduction



2. BIM theories and empirics



3. BIM implementation strategies



4. Adopting BIM in quantity surveying



5. Big data for cost management



6. Case projects



7. Current challenges



8. Recommendable best practice



9. The future of BIM in quantity surveying



10. Conclusion

Biography

Weisheng Lu is Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, Hong Kong University.



Chi Cheung Lai is a PRC Register Cost Engineer and Director at Northcroft Hong Kong Ltd.



Tung Tse PRC Register Cost Engineer at Northcroft Hong Kong Ltd.