Case study of construction cost estimation in China electric power industry based on BIM technology

Abstract

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is mainly being promoted and applied in civil and public building cost management, but it is seldom used in power construction industry. Electric power construction project involves many professionals and different types of buildings and structures. Coupled with Chinese specialized quantity calculation rules, these factors led to some obstacles encountered when it comes to the application of BIM. In this paper, a substation is used as the object of the study, Revit software is used to explore 5D modeling method and other problems related to cost. Especially, quantity statistics according to 2013 edition’s power quota rules is the most difficult, three solutions were provided and one particularly detailed. It can be concluded that as long as it achieves data transfer, BIM 5D technology can be used in the power construction industry and it will bring huge impact on power engineering cost.