Cost comparison of a sewage treatment plant unit by conventional method and BIM approach
Description
Quantity estimate and cost analysis of a unit of Sewage treatment plant (STP) is done by manual method and with BIM automation. The components of the unit include inlet chamber, screen chamber (manual and automatic), grit chamber (manual and automatic) and distribution chamber. Construction specifications and unit rate are obtained from state schedule of rates for all the components of the STP unit. Non dimensional drawings of the STP are provided in pdf format for better visibility and excel sheets of quantity estimate is also provided.
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Steps to reproduce
Drawings were studied of the STP and quantity estimate of the STP unit was manually completed first by referring to standard book of Quantity Estimation and Valuation. All drawings were digitized and converted to 3 D drawings and quantity estimation was automated in BIM. The work can be reproduced by obtaining the quantities from the given data and applying construction rates of respective region.