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Author Lu, Weisheng, author.

Title BIM and big data for construction cost management / Weisheng Lu, C.C. Lai, and Anthony Tse
Edition First edition
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Introduction -- BIM theories and technologies -- BIM implementation strategies, prospects, and challenges -- Adopting BIM for cost management -- Case studies -- Big data for construction cost management -- Current challenges and future outlooks -- Good practices for adopting BIM for cost management -- The future of BIM and big data in quantity surveying -- Conclusion
Summary "This book is designed to help practitioners and students in a wide range of construction project management professions understand what 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 information technologies that support high-profile BIM implementation are introduced, case studies show how BIM has integrated core quantity surveying and cost management responsibilities and how big data can enable informed decision-making for cost control and cost planning. The authors combined professional and academic experience demonstrates, with practical examples, the importance of using BIM and particularly the fusion of BIM and big data, to sharpen competitiveness in global and domestic markets. This book is a highly valuable guide for people in a wide range of construction project management and quantity surveying roles. In addition, implications for project management, facilities management, contract administration and dispute resolution are also explored through the case studies making this book essential for reading for built environment and engineering professionals"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Building -- Cost control -- Data processing
Building -- Estimates -- Data processing
Building information modeling.
Big data.
Building -- Estimates -- Auditing -- Data processing
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General.
ARCHITECTURE / Reference
ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice
Big data
Building -- Estimates -- Data processing
Building information modeling
Form Electronic book
Author Lai, C. C. (Chi Cheung), author.
Tse, Anthony, author.
LC no. 2018038879
ISBN 9781351172301
1351172301
9781351172325
1351172328
9781351172318
135117231X
9781351172295
1351172298