Efficient planning of site logistics can spell the recipe for your building’s failure or success. Obviously, all project stakeholders would want to lean on the latter option but with the notion that success doesn’t come overnight, industry expertise should be complemented and facilitated effectively through a disruptive technology. On-site BIM modelling delivers your constant solution for site logistics and safety planning.

Our planning engineers show you some of the factors at play that you should consider when planning construction site logistics:

• Material sourcing and procurement of local available resources
• Imported materials in cargo ships with customs for trade and non-trade barriers
• Size, specification and type of logistic vehicles for reinforced concrete structure
• Material handling, delivery and transport
• Storage, inventory and warehouse management
• Off-site or on-site fabrication, assembly and installation
• Vehicle access routes to and fro the site location
• Pedestrian routes, safety nets, clearances and scaffolding
• Installation of cranes, derricks, hoists and elevators
• Temporary facilities tapped with electric and water utilities for project team

All these quantitative factors of materials, crew and equipment in-situ should measure up in efficiency, and by definition, this means fast and quality results for you should be delivered. Looking back at the construction methodologies of previous boxy buildings in comparison with curvy hyperboloid parametric shells as of late, technology certainly plays a substantial role in making the impossible possible.

All the more that this is present with construction site logistics and safety planning. When you utilize on-site BIM modelling for your building project, our vigilant engineers can look for opportunities where we can take precautionary measures for the safety and protection of your workforce, regulate the demand and supply of materials on-site to hit the right balance of surplus and scarcity, and update all project stakeholders in real-time for greater change management. In short, you gain a competitive construction edge with on-site BIM modelling.

How 5D And On-Site BIM Modelling Fuse For Construction Cash Flow

Same with project timeline, construction cash flow is the backbone of any building project. As BIM adds more dimension to its capability—with cost and construction overlay as an add-on for 5D BIM and on-site BIM modelling, respectively—it changes the way construction cost estimators and quantity surveyors think and operate in the construction site.

Rather than going through the rigmarole, budget-related tasks are easier to generate now with automated data extraction and cost reporting in 5D BIM. This gives project stakeholders the power to zero in which items serve as assets or liabilities for the construction project—investing more on the former than the latter.

From a financial standpoint, healthy cash flow means your outflows are in proportion with the inflows. In a construction project, however, you can only see the projected inflows during the initial stages versus the actual inflows at a later stage when your building project is handed over for testing and commissioning (T&C)—all ready for occupancy once approved by the authorities. This is why it’s very critical for each party to finish the project on time and well within the budget, as any late delivery could impact both the client and contractor with decreased profit margins.

Through 5D BIM and on-site BIM modelling, our cost-efficient engineers list some of the money-suckers that you can eliminate in the construction site:

• Idle areas where ample supply of labor can suffice
• Non-priority items for construction which could be start at a later date
• Material surplus with frequent transport delivery add up on indirect costs
• Unused construction equipment and vehicles owe to high rental rates