After the reform and opening up, the market economy gradually recovered its prosperity followed by the development and introduction to the information technology industry. Ever since the explosion of the information explosion in the era of the 21st century, almost every companies or industry unable to live without information management. It is undeniable now that there is a necessity and crucial to have an information management team in a construction contracts management due to the information is associated along with the terms listed in construction contracts. Moving on, fulfilment in the management of construction by a certain construction enterprise is necessary with the help of information management, for instance, the transferring, collecting, storage and application of information are lump together and affiliated with the quality and efficiency in construction engineering.
Contracts always play a very crucial part in construction project management. Therefore, the necessity to obtain the information in construction contracts management process took a very important role for the entire course of the project. People who have better access to and able to use information that obtained effectively usually able to compete in the fierce competition. It has been researched that it is not enough to just focusing on the improvement of the management system for excellence and well-organized project. Therefore, information management has to be built on through the process of gathering information, processing, transmission and storage of analysis methods along with the proper techniques to achieve a rapid construction of the project. Only the correct use of information management also with minimizing construction unit needs information in building construction contracts management process capable in promoting scientific and technological progress to fasten up the construction of the development. Hence, a higher requirement of information management have been recommended and highlighted in the construction contracts management process.
On top of that, labour management alone is a time-consuming and also considered has a slow pace of information transfer. It is delaying the time for a claim, especially for those strong timeliness project. If certain information is unable to pass up during the claim researches in a certain time limit, the claim might go to fail and a possibility of gaining loss after that may occur. This will cause the contractors unable to participate in international market competition due to the failure to meet the requirements of the claim file and its illustrative materials which are long and time-consuming during compiling and reviewing. Therefore, it is essential to use modern advanced computer technology in the daily routine for contracts management work for the improvement of a project in operating management level effectively and efficiently. Next, this may create a shield for claims personnel and also the claims archives management staff from heavy work.
The importance of information management in the management of construction contracts has been highlighted, if a leader in a business does not give attention and supports, it may cause a direct impact on the quality of information seriously. Also, it may bring the entire project a serious quality defect only because of a message error. More importantly, Information management can help an organization to get the right information to the right person at the right time with a smooth receive to avoid the error in the project. Information management can also help to keep the record. A company needs records of its activities for financial and regulatory purposes as well as for finding the causes of problems and taking corrective action. The information system stores documents and revision histories, communication records and operational data. This information is very helpful for preparing cost estimates and forecasts.
Stakeholders of the project and the relationships among them on a hierarchy.
A stakeholder is a party that has an interest in a company and can either affect or be affected by the business. Stakeholders can be internal or external. Internal stakeholders are people whose interest in a company comes through a direct relationship, such as employment, ownership or investment. The most important stakeholder of this project is the client. He is the person who carries out the project. Moving on, a project manager was included as a professional in the field of the project. Responsibilities for a construction project with examples like planning and closing the project were assigned to the project manager. On the other hand, senior engineers were hired as an assistant for the project manager that assigned with several tasks such as finalizing a design and monitor the project’s progress. Next, a group of other professionals such as architects and engineers will be appointed to become one of the stakeholders of this project. They will work together and perform their duties to help the client to complete the project. Furthermore, ironworkers, tradesman and labour were hired in the meantime to construct the project. All these people are included in the internal stakeholders.
Subsequently, external stakeholders are those people who do not directly work with a company but are affected in some way by the actions and outcomes of said business. Suppliers are the person or establishment that provides any type of supply essential to the completion of the project, such as equipment, goods or services needed for the execution and success of the project. Customers or users include the individuals or the organization that will make use of the project’s product or outcome. The government authorizes the realization of the project might be an end-of-line consumer of the product or service. These are all considered as external stakeholders.
The hierarchy of the construction project was divided into three levels. Initially, the client has the highest authority inside the hierarchy. The project manager has been considered to have a topmost level seats after the client regarding the hierarchy. Hence, the next seat after the project manager was a senior engineer, a subordinate to the project manager. Next on the hierarchy was architects and junior engineers each entrusted with their own professionals’ job. However, certain people such as ironworkers and tradesman were listed as lower level construction for jobs such as gathered the structural framework with references from engineered drawings or specialized in trade and craft. Lastly, the lowest level among the hierarchy will be hired labour.
Cheryl Yeoh once said that the best way to minimize disagreement is to make sure all stakeholders are in one room. Therefore, all stakeholders play an important role in the hierarchy. Without every single one of them, the project will never be complete perfectly.
Procurement
Development experts are constantly quick to comprehend about acquirement strategies rehearsed in industry. In this way examining prerequisite and qualities of obtainment framework is extremely imperative. Centre target of an obtainment framework is distinguishing duties and undertaking for every single member in a marked venture.
Prior to taking a gander at sorts of acquirement, one should recognize what the capacities are done in the development industry and gatherings required with it. By and large, five capacities are attempted in a task. They are configuration, assemble the executives, fund and activity. It tends to be comprehended that, an acquirement framework characterizes degree or duties of every gathering such as Client, Consultant and Contractor. As it were, the obtainment framework is a critical term to comprehend the properties of the development contract.
First and foremost, the procurement process has been considered a way to use for purchasing certain goods and services. The procedure must be cautiously figured out with the purpose to guarantee great esteem is gotten, for instance, the right products or administrations are bought and an abnormal state of value is gotten or timescales are met. Moreover, there is a requirement for great connections are kept up between the procurer and the provider. Setting up an obtainment procedure at the start is vital to an effective result. Next, identify and obtain both designers and approving design is essential for time-saving. Moving on, construction production organizations should be obtained and clarify at first followed by approval and payment for actual production of the facility.
On top of that, there are a few of advantages to managing the procurement process on individual projects, for instance, a greater competition can be provided, a chance to assess a range of different approaches from different suppliers and the project itself has its own rights. However, if there is always pros and cons, therefore, the cons are that it is expensive and time-consuming for both the clients and suppliers. Next, it may cause less confidence to innovate and higher client management costs. Therefore, a procurement route must be selected with the best suits the needs of the project by balancing time, cost and quality. Due to the risk lies on the responsibilities for project delivery regarding the route selected differently. Development for a vast number of different procurement routes has been conducted by the construction industry.
Design and Build(DB)
Design and build procurement is one of the procurement processes that favoured by the government for the publicly-funded projects because it can let a team work together from the beginning of the project. In this procurement, the main contractor is appointed to design and construct the works, as opposed to a traditional contract, where the consultants are appointed to design the development and then a contractor is appointed to construct the works. The contractor will according to the employer’s requirements to design, planning, organisation, control and construction of the works.
All the design work can either carry out by the contractor that be appointed, or the client can employ a consultant to prepare a concept design and outline if he wants to have a greater influence over the project and then the contractor is appointed to complete the design and carry out the construction. The contractor may use their own in-house designers to design the building, or they can appoint consultant designers, or the client’s designers can be employed by the contractor to complete the design.
If the contractor is appointed at the outset of the project, they may be appointed through a two-stage process. In the first stage, fee, preliminaries, overheads and profit become the basis to select a contractor. After that, they will work with the design team to complete the design, on the basis of which a fixed price is negotiated for the second stage. Next, DB contracts can be awarded on a fixed price, lump sum basis, but price certainty is then dependent on not making any subsequent changes as these could prove to be expensive.
Hence, it is very important therefore that the client gives a great deal of consideration to the preparation of employer’s requirements, and if they have not appointed their own design team, they may wish to appoint independent client advisers to help them do this. Similarly, if any designers appointed by the client are novated or switched to work for the contractor, the client may then wish to appoint independent client advisers to review contractor’s design proposals, administer the contract and monitor works on site.
The project that the responsibility and risk for design and construction are required to take by a single organisation. Overlapping design and construction activities can accelerate the programme. The building of the project is functional rather than prestigious. DB is suitable to use in all this situation.
DB will bring the advantages that the price definitely is received before the construction starts because the requirements of the client are specified. Besides, use of a guaranteed maximum price with a savings option split can stimulate innovation and save more time and cost. Improved constructability due to contractor’s input into the design also one of the advantages. It is easy to communicate as the client only needs to liaise with the DB contractor.
Traditional Procurement
Besides, traditional Procurement method is also a common procurement method. It is usually used in the construction industry. It is a procurement method that the design work will separate from construction. The client would appoint the consultant team to take control of cost and design. An architect is appointed to produce specifications of the building and complete the design. After the design is complete, the main contractor will be appointed to carry out the works through bidding. The tender documents base on the specifications and drawings or the bill will prepare by the contractor. The lowest tenderer usually will be conferred the contract. All the process and materials which including all works by the sub-contractors are the responsibility of the contractor. The client has a contractual relationship with all parties. In this way, the client could control the works closer. The client needs to handle many things that are responsible for, this may increase the risk in control of works of the project.
Firstly, a consultant team of a quantity surveyor, engineers and architect are appointed by the client. The architect will take the responsibility to the drawings and specifications of the building while the quantity surveyor in the consultant team will take the responsibility to the bills of quantity base on the drawings that have been provided by the architect and engineer. The contractor team does not need to take responsibility for the design works because the contractor team is appointed to be in charge of the construction works only. Then, appoint other subcontractors to undertake with specializing works is decide by the contractor.
Traditional procurement is suitable for the project that has some special requirement. For example, the client wishes to appoint the contractors and designers separately. If the client wants to know the confirmed price before the construction starts. Other than that, the project should have a longer overall programme.
The client can manipulate the works closely and detail will lead to high-quality work which are a beneficiary to the client brought by traditional procurement. For instance, the consultant team must provide a design which meets the requirements of the client. Besides, due to the advice and construction expertise provided by the consultant and contractor, the client may compare and consider which design and budget are more suitable for the project. In the traditional method, all tenderers produce a tender base on the same information. Therefore, the client may obtain the best or lowest price through competitive tendering. Other than that, the construction cost will be more accurate since the tender is based on the complete design and specifications. If compare with other procurement methods, the traditional method will be easier to be adopted. It is because this method had been commonly used for a long time, so, both the contractor and consultant team are familiar to solve or face the risks during the procurement stage of construction progress.
Construction Management
Construction management is a procurement route in which the works are constructed by a number of different trade contractors. These trade contractors are contracted to the client but managed by a construction manager(CM). The client employs the CM as a specialist consultant in the same way the client employs an architect. The CM is employed to oversee the construction activities on site but the client has a much closer involvement with the project. The client then chooses to work through the contractor as opposed to the architect. The CM is thus in charge of the design and constriction stage.
Since the client is required to place and administer the trade contracts and perhaps to accept price uncertainty, construction management is only appropriate for experienced clients.
The construction manager is generally appointed early in the design process so that their experience can be used to improve the cost and buildability of proposals as they develop, as well as to advise on packaging, the risks of interfaces between packages, and the selection of trade contractors. Construction managers are often appointed at the end of the concept design stage.
Construction management procurement method is suitable for the project which is flexible in design, procurement, construction strategy. Only the client with rich experience in construction is suggested to use this procurement. The project that need not the price certainty before commencement is also suitable to use it.
The advantage that provided by this procurement to the client is the prices of the project may be lower due to direct contracts with trade contractors. Client no need to pay a premium to accommodate the changes in design. The client has a means of redress to trade contractors through direct contractual links. Overlapping design and construction can reduce the overall project duration.
Design and Manage(DM)
Design and Manage strategy is similar to management contracts. Under a design and manage contract, the contractor is paid a fee and assumes responsibility, not only for works contractors but also for the design team. There are two common variations in design and manage. The first variation is the contractor will take responsibility for project design, management organisation designs and manages the work. It is generally for a fee and delivers the project by employing works contractors as its subcontractors to design or construct. The second variation is the consultant take responsibility to project designer or manager. He is the client’s agent, who designs and manages the work, obtains subcontract tenders from works contractors who then each enter into a direct contract with the client.
This two variation are both benefits at times and quality which means the overall progress is shorter and have better quality. The difference between these two variations are the costs and the risk. The contractor in this DM procurement has been verified to be more expensive than the consultant due to the fact that the contractor needs to take the risk on site during the process of the project.
In conclusion, the most suitable and suggested procurement method to use for this project is Construction Management. The construction manager was appointed to oversee the progress of the project and this may prevent any unreasonable delays occurred by the project. On the other hand, A certain number of funds were provided for this project which capable of ensuring the working capital of the client. Therefore, risks were suppressed to the lowest. Consequently, due to the coincidences and the advantages for this project, time duration of the whole project can be decreased, which may be able to allow the client to earn more profits throughout the project in overall.
Data Flow Diagrams of the Project
Web-Based Collaboration Tools
Web-based collaboration software is a software that enables a team to communicate, solve their problems, share, negotiate, or even compete for the purpose of completing a task. It also allows several users and systems to manage, share and the process of files, documents and other types of data anytime and anywhere. Web-based collaboration software is mainly to improve the productivity of individuals in a team within an organization in order to achieve a particular goal. With this type of program, users can add workflows and data of the project to the individual workspace that be created to coordinate tasks. The primary user who created the workspace can allow others to access, view and make changes, and whatever modifications are made on data and files are synced across all users. This can make sure that everyone involved is on the “same page” and has the latest version of the current project. It brings a lot of benefits for the construction project. The first benefit is flexibility. It keeps everyone connected at all time that’s only needed is a network connection no matter where the crew is. It also enhances project management. Therefore, users can have a good grasp on the project, the team and its member and their progress easily to make sure that everything is on track. On this matter, Buildertrend, Microsoft SharePoint and CoConstruct were introduced side by side.
Initially, Buildertrend is a construction collaboration tool that enables construction management system for construction internal stakeholders. The combination of project scheduling, project management and financial management alongside other management systems in a single tool. This system can be accessed online with any electronic devices, for example, a mobile device and laptop as a cloud-based application.
Buildertrend itself also includes functions like pre-sale tools by enabling built-in CRM, also known as a system called Customer Relationship Management followed by proposals and bids. On the other hand, Scheduling, budgeting and so on were included inside project management tools with the purpose to achieve efficiency. Request for warranty, management settings and payments can be made by using customer management tool. Moving on, this system also supported by other applications such as Xero and other tools, for instance, estimating and take-off tools. Last but not least, the system helps every company by providing them with an account manager with the goal to give assist and training. Support chat and 24 hours help department along with Branding Customization were included as part of the system itself in order to fulfil customer’s demands.
Next, Microsoft SharePoint 2016 was another tool that enlists on the list. It is developed by a well-known organization, Microsoft Corporations. It is a cloud-based tool that serves as a collaboration and document management platform. The platform provided a few notable features such as Information rights management that, which is to offer protection of sensitive data for users to prevent unauthorized access. Other than that, the system able to support two gigabytes files and also has a good mobile experience that able to switch to pc-view without hesitations. Moving on, sharing features of the system has achieved an improvement that allows users to invite other users to access the document and have a look at which the user is sharing the folder. More interesting is that the system gave the ability to create a SharePoint team by using Office 365 to its users. This is because it is essential to provide customers with a location where the team members can shares resources everywhere and at any time. List for web parts and web pages for the team site were customizable at the same time to give a better experience. Lastly, a follow button was provided to pin sites for users through Office 365.
The last recommendations were CoConstruct due to the good ratings on its hand recently Most importantly, CoConstruct is the main home developer and renovated suite for organizations and sole experts with the intentions to facilitate activities and correspondence and control all expenses and related financials. In its job, the system combines digitized building and arranging arrangement to bring them together. On the other hand, CoConstruct prides itself with unparalleled flexibility, and one of a kind highlights that keep current organizations on track with industry headways. It is verifiable that a task the executives’ menu changed in accordance with the development organization was the primary module given. In the meantime, this referenced function enables an individual to make a savvy plan for the day and track the advancement of an individual’s job site action. The uniqueness about this function is the assortment of effective offering highlights, specifically the solid guarantees and punch records which will effortlessly give you an aggressive edge in the business. The Communicate module is completely committed to group coordinated effort, making it conceivable to accumulate the learning of all colleagues and submit all around educated quality proposition. Last but not least, the CoConstruct Control module watches out for funds and costs, deals with your financial plan and estimates venture costs, and coordinates effectively with various mainstream bookkeeping applications. Therefore, a diagram was created to show the comparison for these tools.
Diagram: Comparison between the Web-Based Collaboration Tools
Software/
Comparisons Buildertrend Microsoft SharePoint CoConstruct
Integrations DropBox, Microsoft Excel, Xero, QuickBooks Online and more (17 in total) BIM360, Microsoft Excel & OneDrive, Procore and more (233 in total) DropBox, Microsoft Excel, Xero, QuickBooks Online and more (8 in total)
Supported Platforms Web-based, Android and IOS Web-based, Android and IOS Web-based, Android and IOS
User Activity Monitoring No Yes Yes
Activity Dashboard No Yes No
Data Policy Backup in multiple locations No Backup in multiple locations
Encryption • Encryption of sensitive data
• HTTPS for all pages
No HTTPS for all pages
Project Time Tracking and Management Yes Project Management Only Yes
Typical Customers All All All (Except Enterprise)
Microsoft Outlook Integrations Yes Yes No
As a sequel, Buildertrend can be the chosen one of the features provided were much needed by construction while CoConstruct is was left out by the enterprise’s choice. On the other hand, Encryption of sensitive information was presented by Buildertrend to ensure the privacy and security of the company. However, Microsoft SharePoint can be used side by side with Buildertrend as it is free of charges and their 233 integrations will surely be able to come in handy one day followed by both of the systems has differences between the features provided.
eTendering
In this ever-changing, challenging and dubious world, electronic exchange information is extremely common in the construction industry. The development company should become innovative and have a good grasp of opportunities appeared. Consequently, eTendering was introduced to the construction world with the purposes of providing an efficient and time- saving lives. eTendering is an electronic tendering solution that empowers the total tendering process from the distributing of the prerequisite and necessity through to the setting of the agreement or contract. A good system for eTendering is not only focused on the functions of uploading and downloading files but there are comparison features between the bid provided by the system itself. Unfortunately, there are certain questions that must be taken into considerations by Quantity Surveyor before choosing or utilizing an eTendering system, for example, system security accreditations and features of pricing documents. Following up is three chosen eTendering applications that might be able to put in use on Community Sports Hall Project is PCS-Tender, Procurify, Tradogram and Tender Tailor.
PCS-Tender also commonly known as Public Contracts Scotland-Tender was chosen due to their national advertising website was based on Scotland and it is provided free of charge. The Scottish Government published PCS-Tender along with several partners to lend a hand to Scottish Public Sector Organizations with a large broad of contracts to acquire a quality process such as goods and works. This system is totally secure and easy to use for both buyers and suppliers with the purposes to handle and oversee their tender exercises online as it is protected by the legislation. This system allowed suppliers to earn a better and consistent tendering experience by providing them with the features to store answers to standard questions. This is valuable for the supplier and service due to the quick response of the system itself to worries as for duplication of effort and inconsistency in sensitive documentation by contracting specialists. Networking for private companies with the features to access contract availability and enjoyment from public sector purchasers also presented by PCS. However, this software is only available for Scotland.
Other than that, Tender Tool can be used in this project because it is an ultimate tool for streamlining the tendering process. It is specially made for most property managers and contractor that involved in a construction project. This tool can save a lot of problem and time because the carriers can just copy and paste their quotes in the software instead of uploading files and documents. The status of every step will be shown online during the tender process so that users have maximum visibility. TenderTool is rapidly becoming the industry standard for freight sourcing as it can handle air freight, ocean freight, domestic and international road freight and parcel tenders. Besides that, it contains a useful reporting and scenario-building module which allows users to analyse their needs. With this, budget owners know the exact impact for their business unit of the carrier nomination. For more, it has fraud prevention function which can prevent the growing troubles of tendering fraud by filtering out the contractors. Most importantly, the information such as pictures and descriptions i7 in a tender can be view and check easily, so that users can make their decision wisely instead of getting scammed or cheated. And addition, TenderTool provides you with appropriate training, material and support to enable the active partnership of the TenderTool services.
Besides that, Tender Tailor also listed as one of the recommended software that enabling an organization-wide, normalized, standardized and calculated approach to e-procurement through designing a situation that circumscribes and encloses all stakeholders, for instance, decision makers, suppliers and buyers followed by auditors in a collaborative environment. This software was created purposely to increase the efficiency of users by streamlining tender changes underwire. It also has rapid replies to questions and issues directly after points of verifications and clarifications during tender stage. The software also creates a sharpened and improved communication within departments, for example, the system will alert users for serious and vital issues and completed works by other teams with the aim to lessen the human flaws and mistakes. Moving on, the software creates a cost reduction environment for its use by reducing the advertisement cost and rework costs. Subsequently, the contracts may result in a more profitable way followed by lessening forms fillings done by hand on tender development. Users can acquire real-time updating information and also supplying excellent quality management data. Moreover, the user will be able to envision the value on every tendering growth and mechanism by practising and applying the far-reaching tracking function.
In spite of all, PCS-Tender may be the best-suggested choice among the other two. The reason is that PCS-Tender offered a good security system which allows its user to have a good journey with the system. The system itself was developed by the Scottish Government which also make them invulnerable and the users were protected by the Scottish Law and Regulations since the Sports Hall Community Project was located in Scotland.
BIM-Based Applications
BIM, also known as Building Information Modelling is mainly considered an intelligent 3D model-based process that provides architecture, engineering and the other professionals who involved internally inside the construction world the insight and tools for the purpose of a more efficient design, plan followed by better management of the infrastructure and buildings. Decision-making nowadays has an upward trend due to the assistance and existence of BIM which are files that can be extracted and networked according to the buildings or any other built asset although it is not always in proprietary formats and consist of proprietary data. Moving on, there are three suggested BIM-based application that is capable to put in use in Revit, Autodesk BIM 360 and Hevacomp. Each tool provides a different benefit to the user according to the researches was made. By implementing these BIM-based applications, it can overcome construction matters, for instance, a clash of design.
First and foremost, Revit BIM software has been considered as one of the building information modelling tools. They functioned as structural, MEP engineering, construction and architectural design for a construction project. Moving on, CAD giant Autodesk has announced that this is one of their most popular software packages that has been developed. It is specially designed construction internal stakeholders. On the other hand, an offer such as intelligent model-based approach was made by the robust platform for planning, designing and constructing infrastructures and buildings.
Generally speaking, their interoperability offered by the software itself was one of the reasons to choose Revit. They functioned together with members on an extended project team. This may provide them with flexible and efficient work. In contrast, this reason also makes the work easy and cost savings, for instance, construction work can be finished within a short amount of time may reduce the cost for the whole project for people who are putting investments inside the project such as developers. On top of that, Revit provided a high impact on 3D visual. It has proven that the teams will be able to stay on the same page for both idea and design. Moreover, enhancement of efficient in works also occurred at the same time. Next, there is a multi-discipline action provided by Revit. That is why it is specifically built for disciplines, for examples structural engineers and construction professionals including architects. Lastly, Dynamo was introduced to become the third hands of Revit for clash detection with their abilities to test performance during the design stage and so on.
Autodesk BIM 360 is another protected and preferable choice to enlist on the list with a few connectable modules. It is grown principally with associating office and field the executives in development and construction environments, also a cloud-based web administration that empowers groups to access to information so as to bring enhancement for settling on choice and prevent costly deferrals. Autodesk BIM Layout is the heart of the system, a minimal automated station that streamlines the development layout process.
The other accessible modules that empower in front of timetable achievement are Glue, with the functions to surveys object properties for the purpose of taking basic estimations and measurements. Next, Team was introduced in Autodesk which was commonly known for a module for construction players such as internal stakeholders for the project which brings together information stockpiling and guarantees simple access for the team. Moreover, there is a solitary application named Docs that are able to allow the team to allow team members to do discussion and also decision-making such as approving project designs and plans. Ops was created as to make free arrangements from conceptualization and structure the whole distance to the dispatching and handover. Last but not least, there are also other supporting applications such as Field and Plan with the purpose to provide convenience and efficiency for users.
Following up of suggested BIM-based application is Hevacomp. Hevacomp has been considered as the specialist in a building energy analysis solution created and introduced by a company called Bentley Systems. It has different tools under the care by itself such as Electrical Designer, Mechanical Designer, and Dynamic Simulation. With Electrical Designer, users are able to plan and dissect building electrical systems. At the same time, the requirements and standards of the United Kingdom can be met as well by using the tools mentioned such as designing, analysing, and measuring cables that are consistent with the electrical establishments of British Standard 7671, to guarantee the safety of electrical wiring in buildings. Moreover, designing building electrical system is not a matter anymore with the help of Electrical Designer. It provides a model complex building electrical frameworks with coordinated plan lighting programs in order to create increasingly effective plans that decrease capital investments and vitality costs. This tool also enables users to watch and inspect lighting levels on all surfaces inside rooms from any point and angle with a 3D visualization module. In addition, users are ready to get to a broad database of luminaire and source information with the Electrical Designer.
On top of that, Mechanical Designer was tailored to meet the UK building regulations by analysing and designing mechanical systems of the building. This software is fit for contrasting information from a typical model with nation explicit construction regulations by accessing local codes to guarantee the building is able to compliant with the UK standards. Next, this tool can calculate building heating and cooling loads by directing load estimations. In addition, it has capabilities of designing building mechanical services and sizing pipes and duct systems which make the application different from the others. Lastly, with Hevacomp Dynamic Simulation, users can structure exact building reproductions while staying pleasant with the UK guidelines. Moreover, the user can enhance and improve the building examination process by using one customary building model for computations and complex building amusements.
As a conclusion, Revit was chosen as the preferable choice although both Revit and BIM 360 come with similar functions such as Revit completed clash detection job alongside with Dynamo while BIM 360 introduced Glue to do clash detection. However, Revit was assisted by Dynamo, which makes it’s the most preferable choice due to Dynamo has more options to create better and accuracy reports. On the other side, Hevacomp gives a hand to Revit as an assistant and reference since Hevacomp has some functions that were tailored to meet the UK buildings regulations which are a recommended choice as the Sports Hall Community Project was located in Scotland, United Kingdom. Since Revit has Dynamo on their hands which leads them to create a more accurate report, it will sure to lead a successful project as safety was ensured.