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Statement 1 by https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h en-us 2020-03-22 20:46:07 UTC 2020-03-29 01:06:41 UTC hello@padlet.com I agree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. nkhiyon https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470058030 2020-03-22 20:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470058030 I disagree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. nkhiyon https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470058337 2020-03-22 20:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470058337 I agree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors for the following reason- https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470135502
As technology advances it has been seen to advance processes in the construction industry. Such as that as technology advances the easier it would be for a non-qualified QS to perform the same roles a qualified QS through the assistance of software. As experienced by myself this semester through the use of the current buildsoft software. Just through a basic and simple 120min lesson, I was able to do a basic measurement of a house. With further training and experience I could use this technology very efficiently. Hence, reducing the needs of degrees to perform the QS role.

(Rhys) ]]> 2020-03-22 22:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470135502 I agree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470152961 Yes, I believe that BIM is replacing the roles of quantity surveyors. There seems to be less and less of the pen and paper method. Creating fewer opportunities for specific workers in the industry. Similar to the car manufacturing period. I believe technology is currently overtaking specific roles in the area of Quantity Surveying.Therefore creating less job opportunities. There will still be the need for a niche market to review and check work. But, the general work will be overtaken by digital technologies
(Hayden.)

]]> 2020-03-22 22:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470152961 I disagree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. vanessaxu1114 https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470167529 BIM can help QS to speed up the estimating process by supporting the use of the New Rules of Measurement, but the value of surveying knowledge and experience cannot be replaced by new software or technology.
(Dianze)]]> 2020-03-22 23:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470167529 I disagree that BIM is replacing the roles of QSs. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470173467 BIM is a digital representation of the physical and functional components that make up a building. These representations, shown with the aid of computers and software, give an interactive 3D model of a building throughout its various built stages.

This gives professionals such as Quantity Surveyors the ability to have an in-depth view into that building, giving an accurate and detailed inspection of its various components. And although BIM software often comes with measurement tools, these professionals, with their industry knowledge and expertise, oversee the design from practical and buildable perspective.

Without Quantity Surveyors overseeing the process, the critical analysis of such designs is left to relatively new, inexperienced software without practical, field-based experience. Without the needed developments in BIM software technology, along with professionally sourced historic and field data, the computer software will remain ‘theoretical’, and based of designs and engineering principles that may not work as well in the ‘real-world’. These advancements include historic and field data, more accurate simulations of forces acting on a building, and simulations of the ‘wear-and-tear’ of a building.

I believe that without these technological advancements yet to take place, Quantity Surveyors will remain an integral part of a building’s design and measurement stages.
(Will M)

]]> 2020-03-22 23:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470173467 I agree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470184118 Because nowadays BIM has taken the construction industry into a new-era where all processes has fasten up, the benefits are not just time and cost savings but also reduction of risks and uncertain in construction process. In addition，Uncertainties and errors during manual take-off and estimation is also another traditional deficiency in the Quantity Surveying practice. Included also is the inflexibility in responding to post-estimation design changes and alteration. Adopting digital takeoff and estimation tools would enhance accuracy and flexibility for the operations of a QS -Gillian]]> 2020-03-22 23:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470184118 I agree that BIM is replacing the roles of Quantity surveyors https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470185586 From a large perspective, BIM may not be as detailed as quantity surveyors for the time being. But over time, it is inevitable to squeeze the living space of quantity surveyors. This is a problem faced by many technology industries-being replaced by software / AI or squeezing employment. This is the trend of the society.(Bowen)]]> 2020-03-22 23:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470185586 I disagree that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470190806 BIM is a tool to help the Quantity Surveyor better understand the structure, but at the present stage, the advance of the BIM still can not replace the QS since its lack of experience and flexibility, its all based on the software engineering, the development of the BIM still need the accumulation of a mass of data, the QS will gradually shifting to a role of supervisor before the BIM is fully advanced. (Wenxuan Z)]]> 2020-03-22 23:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470190806 I agree that Building Information Modelling is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470191872 Building information modeling (BIM) plays an important role in the performance improvement of quantity surveying practice. Quantity surveyors are responsible for the cost management throughout the entire life span of a project from the feasibility and design stages until building completion. It appears that quantity surveyors are still lagging behind in BIM application compared to other professionals. Lack of awareness of the potential of BIM application is the main reason for low adoption of BIM. Quantity surveyors are still unsure of the capability of BIM in their practice. The role of Quantity Surveyors whose building procurement is based on BIM would be revolutionized drastically from the existing role where BIM permits to analyze the building, the structure, materials and performance in real time as it is being designed. Hence, a research is conducted with broader aim of exploring the potential expansions of QS roles, changing key roles and responsibilities of future Quantity Surveyors in a sustainable BIM based project delivery which will help in training Quantity Surveyors to face future challenges.

As a digital representation, BIM provides a virtual view of the objects in the building with physical geometry (2D or 3D) and other functional parameters, such as materials, spatial relationship, etc. Designers compose these BIM objects together to define a building model, and this model incorporates both physical and functional information stored in the BIM objects. Once the building model is completed, all the information can be generated by users for fabricating, analyzing, construction scheduling (4D BIM) and cost estimating (5D BIM), and eventually, for facility management during operation phase of the building lifecycle.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) involves generating a visual model of the building which also manages data about it, at the
design stage, throughout the construction phase and during its working life. Typically BIM uses real-time, dynamic building modelling software working in 3D, 4D (workflow) and, increasingly, 5D (quantity surveying) to increase productivity and efficiency, save costs in the design and construction stages, and to reduce running costs, after construction.

When using BIM, The automatic production of bills of quantities is one of the functions that BIM technology developers pride themselves on as the fifth dimension of BIM. The automation of bills of quantities is one of the functions that enhanced BIM technology to be fully collaborative and integrative. The automation of the production of bills of quantities eliminates tedious traditional take off methods and at the same time reduces human error.
In terms of Cost Estimates, BIM technology can extract accurate quantities and spaces that can be used for cost estimating at any period of the design of a project. It also allows estimators to identify and communicate relationships between quantities, costs and locations, and distinguish how areas and components of the building are contributing to the total cost of the project. The realisation and understanding of cost-determinants enrich the competence of cost estimators and along with the accuracy of the quantity take-off produced by the BIM enables the estimator to produce reliable and accurate cost estimates in the early stages of the design phase.
In terms of Rapid Updating of Costs. By integrating cost estimation with a BIM design tool it allows designers, estimators and clients to carry out value management throughout the design phase. As design changes are made to the BIM the cost estimate can be automatically updated with quantities extracted from the modified model, without the estimator needing to take-off quantities.

Therefore, I agree that Building Information Modelling is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. (Jiaming Zhang)

]]> 2020-03-22 23:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470191872 I agree that Building Information Modelling is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470213380 Building information modeling (BIM) plays an important role in the performance improvement of quantity surveying practice. In addition, software has a lower error rate and is faster and more efficient than people. So the trend is BIM will replace some work of Quantity Surveyors, but there are still some work that BIM cannot replace, such as some creative ideas or inspection work. (Zhuoran Liang)

]]> 2020-03-23 00:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470213380 I agree that BIM is replacing the role of Quantity Surveyors. jessica0423zwj https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470213560 The long-term focus on automation and digitization is a threat to quantity surveyors. The purpose of introducing BIM is to avoid making biased decisions and manage the complexity of the construction industry, help reduce workload, and manage budgets in the context of shared data , cost planning, tendering, etc. In addition, the function of 5D BIM can work on a "real-time model", which can update the changes in cost estimates as the 3D geometry of the building model changes, so that quantity surveyors can stay up-to-date, and 5D BIM can also derive productivity. To help contractors more reasonable time to customize on-site materials, reduce cost estimation errors. Manual evaluation of drawings takes more extra time and results are inaccurate. So I agree that BIM is replacing the role of Quantity Surveyors. (Wenjun Zhang)]]> 2020-03-23 00:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470213560 I disagree that BIM is replacing the roles fo Quantity surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470217173 To a large extent, BIM only provides convenience for measurement work, human monitoring and operation are still required in specific practices.However, future surveyors will have to learn these advanced software to improve work efficiency.
(Zexu Lian)]]> 2020-03-23 00:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470217173 I disagree that BIM is replacing the roles of Quantity surveyors https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470218398 I admit that BIM can speed up the process of measurement. However, every project has different condition, and the quantity surveyor can deal with the situation flexibly. Moreover, quantity surveyors' roles also include cost control and determining the feasibility of the project, which BIM cannot do.
(Xin Xu)]]> 2020-03-23 00:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470218398 I agree that BIM is replacing the roles of QS https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470231135 With BIM, measurement can be done efficiently and present directly in 3D view. As for the future, digital working is a trend, a Quantity surveyor might be required to have both of the skills.
(Wanshan Guan)]]> 2020-03-23 01:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470231135 I agree that Building Information Modelling is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470248474 The use of BIM maximizes the efficiency and accuracy of measurement. Therefore, quantity surveyors can master these technologies to create better performance in the future. (Hashin Song)]]> 2020-03-23 01:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/470248474 I disagree that BIM is replacing the roles of Quantity Surveyors. https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/480037568 BIM is assisting surveyors in finding initial information and presenting it. The knowledge required to understand and input the information is still a great tool. BIM can actually add to the role of a quantity surveyor by requiring more accurate data with tools like BIM.
(Luke Allen) ]]> 2020-03-29 01:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nkhiyon/8fkla6tn0v6h/wish/480037568