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# Benefit-Cost Analysis of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in a Railway Site

Version 1 : Received: 1 October 2018 / Approved: 1 October 2018 / Online: 1 October 2018 (16:54:20 CEST)

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Shin, M.H.; Lee, H.K.; Kim, H.Y. Benefit–Cost Analysis of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in a Railway Site. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4303. Shin, M.H.; Lee, H.K.; Kim, H.Y. Benefit–Cost Analysis of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in a Railway Site. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4303.

Journal reference: Sustainability 2018, 10, 4303
DOI: 10.3390/su10114303

## Abstract

Recent technological improvements have made abundant changes in construction industry. In specific, some technical applications, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) opens up many possibilities. Some studies have articulated the use of BIM and its advantages in construction, but most of them are theoretical, not practical. This study is to provide an insight to such obstacles in BIM research. By investigating a real project that could utilize BIM in planning and construction phases, the authors try to investigate a possible outline of advantages in BIM implementation. The study area was set to a railway construction site in South Korea. The site covers a multiple railway tracks, stations, telecommunication facilities, infrastructure facilities, railway structures, and so numerous. In the site, the authors have identified 12 errors in 7 projects that could be prevented if BIM was utilized before the construction. The total upfront costs required to provide a BIM for 7 projects were $116,348. On the other hand, the total costs required to fix the errors in 7 projects were$166,486. This can be regarded as the benefits of using BIM because if BIM was implemented then the associated errors are easily replaced. Therefore, the benefit-cost ratio can be estimated as 1.32 for one-month delay and 1.36 for a three-month delay.

## Subject Areas

Building Information Modeling (BIM); Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA); Railway construction; Liquidated damage; Infrastructure; Planning and design

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