BIM-Based 4D Modeling and Scheduling - Construction Project Scheduling and Control - page 417

Figure 15.31 Snapshot of the Animation Export settings
participants, and probable time delays arising due to working in diverse environments
and systems. Traditional ERP services, such as accounting, financing, and human
resources management are incorporated into integrated systems to transfer project
management activities to the business solutions. Thus, the integrated systems approach
generally supports the design, estimating, tendering, execution, and operation phases
of projects, and engages designers, estimators, contract managers, procurement offi-
cers, project managers, and controllers during the entire life cycle of a project. The
most common services provided by integrated systems cover design checking, bill of
quantities (BoQ, also called schedule of values), cost estimating, scheduling, mate-
rial procurement, project controlling, clash detection, resource management, change
order management, materials management, contract management, bid analysis, and
other services, such as finance, accounting, cash payments tracking, warehouse man-
agement, and human resources management. The BIM solutions, along with the life
cycle of a project and responsible participants, are depicted in Figure 15.32.
In this regard, the RIB iTwo* BIM ERP 5D system is one of the integrated
project delivery systems that successfully supports construction processes in the civil
infrastructure, process and energy, manufacturing, and public sectors. 2 The system
is compatible with various BIM enablers, such as Graphisoft, Nemetschek, Tekla,
Bentley, and Revit, and can be utilized by designers, estimators, contract managers,
procurement officers, and project managers. It provides savings in analysis time, the
number of change orders received, the cost of materials, the project's lifespan, risk
reductions, and improved quality. The operations undertaken in the context of the RIB
iTwo BIM ERP 5D system are estimation of quantity takeoff and calculation of billing
of quantities, development of the activity models utilizing scheduling software (i.e.,
Oracle Primavera P6), development of assemblies by using resource catalogs (catalogs
2 The RIB Group, founded in 1961 with headquarters in Germany, is one of the companies that designs,
develops, and offers iTwo technology for the construction industry. Please refer to
http://www.rib-software.com/home.html fo r more detailed information.