Contents
Disadvantages of access to data. 2
Eradication of Professional Functions in the Current World. 3
Solutions to the challenges. 8
Digital Practice
Introduction
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a mechanisms supported different instruments, technologies and contracts pertaining to the production and management of digital representations. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is used to create and manage data during various stages of the construction project. One primary aspect of BIM is the digital depiction which assists quantity surveyors come up with definite images and measurement of the entire project. This BIM model is able to draw data collected collaborate and improved at vital phases of the project. The creation of digital BIM facilitates the interaction between workers, materials and actions undertaken during the entire process (Wu et al., 2014). There are three themes tied to Building Information Modelling- easy access to data, complete outline of the entire project and a holistic building process. In terms of easy accessibility to data, BIM has enabled physical demonstration of the outline and practical features of the entire construction procedure, which in turn gives all the detailed information on the entire project. Every participant make discipline-specific efforts which is then shared through the BIM resources. Hence people can access this information for effective and reliable decision making process. Secondly, the BIM provides comprehensive summary of the whole project through BIM technologies which construction 3D geometry images of the entire structure thus one can see the start and the end of the entire project through the spatial relationships formulated. Thirdly, the BIM provides a holistic process, once feeds the BIM useful data, it is able to provide, cost estimations of the entire project.
Disadvantages of Access to DataRisk of Job Losses
Just like any other technological advancement tools, Building Information Modelling has automated more jobs hence reducing actual man power. Due to easy access to data, building managers no longer search for professional counsel from other third parties. BIM has made information available to numerous people. Most people can access and implement this information with ease because BIM makes it possible to minimize error. Therefore, the ability of BIM to coalesce all professional information from different areas make it more useful but it denies people jobs and reduces chances of hiring professional help from other people. Anyone can access data for various reasons. There is no need for hiring architects because BIM can come up with a standardized design which is improved on with time. Mistakes and risks are also minimized through the verification and workflow models generated in the application. In addition, the project consume less time and brief project cycles have reduced the finances spent on the entire project hence participants can design building at a faster rates and also finish it in a short period of time.
Eradication of Professional Functions in the Current WorldIn the current world, a quantity surveyor and project manager can keenly supervise work advancement from the comforts of their workplaces without the need to visit the actual construction site. This solution saves time as employers can clearly communicate with their employees on any progress made. Workers can send digital images to the employer who can then verify the progression made on that particular day. Exceptional applications can also assist to plan work, control and then give feedback to the head office. Therefore, digital practices have improved output. Most of this digital devices are cloud- enabled hence actual data can be accessed on a daily basis. Over the years digital practices have saved both time and money. Consequently, quantity surveyors can work from their office without stepping foot in the field. With instantaneous internet accessibility surveyors are now able to modernize cost plans from the actual field sites and also generate BOQs on site. This has made it cost processing fast and accurate due to accurate final models.
Quantity surveying plays an essential part in the building sector. Despite of the technological changes, quantity survey remains relevant and central to the construction industry. Conventionally, the role of quantity surveyors has been making estimations, cost planning, procuring counsel, measuring, formulating bill of quantities and tender certification. Lately, due to digitization, in the construction sector, quantity surveyors have had the chance to advance their role by becoming more productive and accurate in service delivery. For example digitalization has expanded quantity surveying roles to include computerized measurement and quantification. Additionally, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has made it possible for the quantity surveyors to attain efficiency. Therefore, digitalization is slowly becoming one of the key component in the construction industry all over the world. Subsequently, customers expect quantity surveyors to adapt digital practices for the sake of cutting costs and increasing efficiency (Hatuka, Zur, & Mendoza, 2020). The demand for digitalization from clients has forced most of the quantity surveyors to adopt BIM practices. Specifically, quantity surveyors have been slow in accepting digital practices and applying them to their functions. According to surveys, most quantity surveyors are not aware of digital practices and only a minute number have used digital platforms to perform and complete most of the tasks.
According to digital experts, cost estimation and cost planning are some of the roles that need to be automated and digitized. This is because these functions are vital for budgeting and tending within the building industry. Cost estimation and cost planning prevent reduce inherent risks and regulate project expenses pertained to building materials, workforce, expertise services among others. Digitization of cost planning procedures has facilitated the quantity surveyors’ role to offer reliable cost estimates in the initial phases of the entire project (Dincer, 2020). At the end, the best value is offered to the customers and the coordination of the construction project is done under clear supervision and guidance. A timely cost estimation generates basic frameworks which in turn determines project viability and also serves as a primary parameter to which the project strategy is aligned to throughout the entire development. Additionally, cost estimation unveils the options which are to be considered during the initial phases of the entire project. Therefore, digital practices impacts building design, documentation, evaluation procurement and management of the whole project. Also, digital techniques creates new ways of carrying out duties in the construction sector.
Digital practices provides visualization to simplify the generation of theoretical estimations and the functionalities of measurements in the construction industry. As noticed by experts majority of the estimation software are created to hasten labor-intensive operations that come with quantification activities. It is easier, to determine measurements from digitalized drawing and other digital platforms. Therefore, the software achieves extensive levels of efficiency due to the isolation and definition of essential features from the drawing and dimensions. None of the operation are reliant on manual input. As stated earlier, the development of initial cost estimations is extensively regarded as one of the most pivotal ways of digitalization practices. Digital practices enhances quantity survey due to effective cost estimation and elimination of redundancy.
Digital Practice AspectsA stated earlier, digital practices situate people, stuff, and data material through the application of practice-based strategies which have been vital in the interrelation between these three aspects. For instance, the internet enables readers to interact with more material existing in various formats. At the same time, an internet user can incorporate more than one way of accessing other activities which they wish to engage in. therefore, the internet offers its users digital space and ensures collaborative openings for sharing and reacting to data situated in various places all over the world. Similarly, there is numerous empirical evidence that supports the collaborative opportunities the digital platforms create for their users. For example, digital software can simplify users’ work during any task undertaken. Importantly, there is a need for digital literacy to practically, put into practice scholarly and operational perspectives of the digital world (Smith, Kahlke, & Judd, 2018). For instance, for the sake of coming up with more than one solution, most of the people have resulted to acquiring skills that will enable them to efficiently convert analog systems into digital platforms that simplify the workload and build, up efficiency which in the long run upgrades the performance of the workers. On the first hand, digital literacy is key in reading and writing skills which in turn help in the execution of digital tasks. Thus, digital literacy has to help people find, consume and generate digital material while at the same time communicate and share information with other people.
About digital practice, collecting and consuming digital material is more beneficial to users because it can incorporate more than one action. Reading a text on paper and reading the same text on-screen is different because digital practices are more interactive and effective. For instance, on digital platforms, users can access search engines, navigating tools, and thousands of images. More so, the construction of various digital tools creates more than one way of implementing issues and coming up with solutions to more than the intended challenges (Galani, Mason, & Arrigoni, 2020). The third aspect of digital practice is the application of technology in communication and sharing material due to digital reading. Based on past evidence, digitization of material enables the incorporation of multiple tools which facilitate socialization, participation, teamwork, and the generation of content. More recently, other experts claimed that comprehending digital practices was important for the cross-cultural exchange of information across different digital platforms. Additionally, two key elements emerge from the analysis of digital impact in the current society-content and systematic application of content hence curating define a digital platform for more practical usage in various fields. For example, a digital practice such as digital reading integrates and builds up social and cultural norms into digital practice.
The digital revolution caused creative resolutions and technologies which in turn supported organizational and managerial performance. Yet, the issue lies in the digital divide resulting from the digital shift. Analog and digital practices are extremely opposite of each other and give people a hard time adapting to the new online systems (Yasser et al., 2017). To completely comprehend the terms and conditions that are accompanied by digital practices and access. The digital divide focused on the accessibility of digital tools and the ability of people to buy and maintain computers. Due to the inequalities emerging from digital practices, society is forced to become up with ways of training digital skills.
Time ConsumingBIM is time consuming because it is not integrative, it only provides the tools for the performing the job. For example, the building process takes place in four phases, initiative stage, designing, construction and terminal stage. The manager is supposed to adhere to each details according to the specifications of the BMI. All the steps must be adhered to if the entire project is to succeed. More so most of the people have to verify the information provided for the in the BMI platforms. This eventually leads to delays and even more scrutiny. Also, due to the incompatibility with other stakeholders there are delays in the implementation of the entire project due to the poor coordination.
Advantages of BMIThe digital practice is focused and aligned to logistics. The alignment of construction practices is rooted in intellect, culture, and other forms of analysis. It is through societal practice that digital practice disposes of its operative structure. Therefore, the vast information on behavior, identity, and socialization is considered vital for comprehending digital practices as the new normal. However, digital practices are informed through the comprehension of practice and delivery of other forms of digital material available across the entire world. For the better part of the day, most people with access to digital platforms can review more material instantaneously (Lehman et al., 2018). Therefore, digital practice is normally seen as a matter of solid reliable actions which people perform in conjunction with other things such as mobile phones and social groupings. In these perspectives, digital practice is used for observation, collection, and documentation of actual events. In simpler terms, the digital practice combines actions related to digital technologies which are then transmitted into human societies through specified interactions and relations.
One common assumption is that digital technologies are altering social practices due to their modes and frameworks. Hence, there is a clear distinction between digital and analog practices. For instance, social media has inhibited actual social interaction because people can use the internet to communicate with other people and keep in touch via these digital platforms. Also, internet users can generate videos and images for their social media followers. In the end, digital practice influences social practice in its entirely. Digital practices rely on software tools, websites, and other semiotic tools. Thus, the digital practices are considered to be virtual hence can only take place online and not in reality. However, numerous other activities can take place in other mediums other than. Subsequently, digital practices can be said to be transverse due to the interchange between tangible and online actions. Thus, the integration of the social and technological world makes digital practice to be one of the most integrative processes in the entire world (Bohm, & Hintze, 2017). A similar perspective is the completion of digital tasks. For illustration, the integration of texts, course of action, and other digital instruments enable the usage of digital platforms for connection and the integration of communication tools which in turn can be used in companies and even domestic areas. Even though most of the digitalized materials can be mediated through text and other devices, the connection relies on the sequences generated from one end to another user end. For instance, communication needs two or more users and smart devices that can enable the installation of these devices to meet most of the needs and demands of the entire network. Digital practices are based on technological advancement and the need to come up with more than one internet connection for communication and connection.
Solutions to the challengesInvestors of built surroundings can find it beneficial to digitize their environment. Some of the advantages connected to the digitization of the built environment are the use of the internet and other forms of technology which will make the built environment more viable (Hatuka, Zur, & Mendoza, 2020). To make use of existing data reservoirs and numerous gauging mechanism frameworks, to increase efficiency and accuracy, stakeholders need to digitize the built environment for the sale of collecting data, collection of geographic information, and modeling the frameworks around them. Therefore this will create an interface between the physical and virtual world.
Digitization has impacted most parts of contemporary society because of the nature of the community design and even management. Several developmental issues have affected research projects such as shifting to digital procedures and cutting out the limitations that come with the digitization of activities. One of the impacts of digitization is data accuracy and quality which in turn give more proper goal-oriented results. As a result of accurate data, digitization has reduced wastage as people can easily predict the outcome (Hatuka, Zur, & Mendoza, 2020). Digitization cuts out the middlemen who can come and report false information. Digitization is one of the most accurate ways of verifying data and even putting in place the materials needed to see to it that most of the project materials are put to good use. Thus, the monitoring aspect of the building is done well with the application of digital tools. It is vital to note that digitalization will make the building environment cheaper due to the accurate application of data. Digital platforms can gather tools and data from various sources and then apply them to the construction of the entire building environment. Therefore, in terms of the planning and organization of materials, digital practices will enable more use of digital platforms for the sake of coming up with more solid plans and predictable patterns that will eventually shape how people do things in the future.
Impact of Digital PracticeDigital practices have helped make human society more politically stable and peaceful. Digital advancements have hastened the attainment of community development through the alleviation of poverty and reducing infant mortality in the current world as more people can access data and universal (Hatuka, Zur, & Mendoza, 2020). More so the main issues which can impede human society are poorly developed road networks and health, digital practices have paved the way for the advancement of efficient construction and decrease inequality in the current world. Therefore, they have closed in the gap and enabled an effective way of practicing human rights activism throughout the entire world.
ConclusionIn summary, In terms of quantity surveying content, BIM comes with fair share of problems and prospects, specifically, in terms of cost estimation and quantification. BIM provides building industry the ability to automate and produce quantity take offs and dimensions straight from digital frameworks, a procedure which used to be time consuming to quantity surveyors. The ability of BIM platforms to carry out quantification of products, regions and measurements of building aspects fails to generate cost estimations. Application of BIM to cost estimation is an extensive mechanism which leads to automation of dimensions. There are various ways of integrating BIM to cost estimation- exporting construction materials into BIM software, bridging BIM tools into estimation software and suing BIM quantification instrumentation. Quantity surveying plays an essential part in the building sector. Despite of the technological changes, quantity survey remains relevant and central to the construction industry. Conventionally, the role of quantity surveyors has been making estimations, cost planning, procuring counsel, measuring, formulating bill of quantities and tender certification. Lately, due to digitization, in the construction sector, quantity surveyors have had the chance to advance their role by becoming more productive and accurate in service delivery.
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