Status of BIM adoption and the BIM experience of cost consultants in Australia

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Aibinu, Ajibade ^a   Venkatesh, Sudha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Building information modeling; Cost consultants; Estimating; Professional services; Quantity surveying; Quantity take off

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST ESTIMATING; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY; MODEL CHECKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING; TAKEOFF; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

ADOPTION; BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL - BIM; ESTIMATING; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; QUANTITY SURVEYING; QUANTITY TAKE-OFF;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84902679100     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000193     Document Type: Article

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