TY - JOUR
T1 - Potential Application of BIM in RFI in Building Projects
AU - Morales, Francisca
AU - Herrera, Rodrigo F.
AU - Rivera, Felipe Muñoz La
AU - Atencio, Edison
AU - Nuñez, Manuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Requests for information (RFIs) are frequently used by the architecture, engineering, con-struction, and operation (AECO) industry to resolve doubts and inaccuracies and to request com-plimentary information. However, they can be inefficient due to the lag between issuance and re-sponse, generating delays and cost overruns. The building information modeling (BIM) methodology allows for the integration of information by using virtual models and facilitating the control and management of RFIs; however, the full potential of BIM is not being exploited. Therefore, this work aims to analyze the RFIs of 17 high-rise building projects in conjunction with the application of BIM for their mitigation. To achieve this, categories of RFI categories were identified, the issuance and response process was analyzed, the building projects’ RFIs were classified, the most frequent problems were identified, the BIM uses that would allow for a reactive or preventive action were identified, and, finally, the potential benefits of BIM use for the reduction of RFIs were analyzed. The research showed that the correct use of BIM applications focusing on RFIs allows for an effective information review, generating preventive or reactive management of problems. Thus, it is possible to identify the recurrent causes of RFIs and those specialties issuing the most RFIs, with the objective of mitigating RFI submission in construction projects.
AB - Requests for information (RFIs) are frequently used by the architecture, engineering, con-struction, and operation (AECO) industry to resolve doubts and inaccuracies and to request com-plimentary information. However, they can be inefficient due to the lag between issuance and re-sponse, generating delays and cost overruns. The building information modeling (BIM) methodology allows for the integration of information by using virtual models and facilitating the control and management of RFIs; however, the full potential of BIM is not being exploited. Therefore, this work aims to analyze the RFIs of 17 high-rise building projects in conjunction with the application of BIM for their mitigation. To achieve this, categories of RFI categories were identified, the issuance and response process was analyzed, the building projects’ RFIs were classified, the most frequent problems were identified, the BIM uses that would allow for a reactive or preventive action were identified, and, finally, the potential benefits of BIM use for the reduction of RFIs were analyzed. The research showed that the correct use of BIM applications focusing on RFIs allows for an effective information review, generating preventive or reactive management of problems. Thus, it is possible to identify the recurrent causes of RFIs and those specialties issuing the most RFIs, with the objective of mitigating RFI submission in construction projects.
KW - BIM uses
KW - Building projects
KW - Construction communication
KW - Construction phase
KW - Digital technology
KW - Performance indicators
KW - Requests for information (RFIs)
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U2 - 10.3390/buildings12020145
DO - 10.3390/buildings12020145
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123998251
SN - 2075-5309
VL - 12
JO - Buildings
JF - Buildings
IS - 2
M1 - 145
ER -