Shaoqing Ren, Guofeng Qiang, Shu Tang, Cheng Zhang, Hyung-Joon Seo, Keyao Wu
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ABSTRACTPrefabricated construction is spreading widely for its various advantages like construction efficiency, quality assurance, and environmental protection. However, ensuring project cost-effectiveness under the ever-increasing demands of prefabrication rate requirements has become a challenge. There is a growing need for Quantity Take-off (QTO) feedback on building components for stakeholders in the initial stages of structural design. This paper aims to create an automated design-feedback workflow for the structural QTO using the BIM-assisted visual programming tool Dynamo. The workflow includes model construction, data analysis, unit price data encoding, and design automation. The proposed method demonstrates the pattern of data exchange between stakeholders and is automated by the created visual programming scripts, breaking the original technical limitations, and presenting timely QTO feedback to the clients in a straightforward format. This study contributes to the field of design communication while satisfying the client’s requirements at the structural design stage.KEYWORDS: Building information modellingquantity take-offstructural designautomated design-feedbackdynamo Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementRen, S, Tang, S. Data for An Automatic Design-feedback Process for Structural Prefabricated Components Quantity Take-off Calculation Using BIM. Menderely Data 2023;10. https://data.mendeley.com/drafts/wwnbr2y5hw.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the [National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientist Fund] under Grant [No. 62102324] and [Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Research Development Fund] under Grant [No. RDF 20-10-14].
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Informative and accessible, this publication analyses and discusses the integration of the main stages within the process of design and construction and multidisciplinary collaborative working between the different professionals involved. Ideal for practitioners and academics alike, Architectural Engineering and Design Management examines specific topics on architectural technology, engineering design, building performance and building design management to highlight the interfaces between them and bridge the gap between architectural abstraction and engineering practice. Coverage includes: -Integration of architectural and engineering design -Integration of building design and construction -Building design management; planning and co-ordination, information and knowledge management, vale engineering and value management -Collaborative working and collaborative visualisation in building design -Architectural technology -Sustainable architecture -Building thermal, aural, visual and structural performance -Education and architectural engineering This journal is a valuable resource for professionals and academics (teachers, researchers and students) involved in building design and construction, including the following disciplines: -Architecture -Building Engineering -Building Service Engineering -Building Physics -Design Management and Design Coordination -Facilities Management Published papers will report on both fundamental research dealing with theoretical work and applied research dealing with practical issues and industrial innovations. In this way, readers explore the interaction between technical considerations and management issues.