Article: Building Information Modelling and Estimation

Article for a magazine; should be of a high standard; Good English proficiency is expected.
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Article Title: Influence of BIM (Building Information Modelling) towards Quantity Surveying

Content to cover:
Introduction:
- Construction (500 words)
- BIM (Building information Modelling) (800 words)
- Quantity Surveying (500 words)
o Estimation Methods (800 words)
o Reasoning the usage of software for estimation (800 words)

Literature Review:
- Development/History of BIM (800 words)
- International Application of BIM (referring each country on how it adapted) (500 words)
o Challenges in adapting BIM (500 words)
- Influence of BIM in Quantity Surveying (1,000 words)
o Available major tools for estimation (1,000 words)
o Advantages and challenges of such tools (800 words)
- Challenges in adapting BIM for Quantity Surveying and the solutions found/available (similar to History of Model based Estimation) (800 words)
- Challenges still available with the advancements we have achieved (800 words)

Conclusion: (1,000 words)
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To be completed in 4 days (96 hours) from awarding the project.
The work must be of up to date information according to the current practice.
*** it is important to cover the usage of Revit, CostX, Autodesk 360 as the use of modern techniques.
The whole work must carry the necessary citations (including figures, tables etc).
All conclusions must be made evident.

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