Abstract:
Being a key contributor to the Sri Lankan GDP, it is paramount for the construction industry to maximize
the productivity, accuracy and efficiency. In order achieve this, it should advance with adoption of modern
technologies, computer software and concepts. Many construction industries around the world are getting
benefits by implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in their projects. BIM has made significant
improvement in productivity, accuracy and efficiency. BIM can significantly automate the BOQ preparation
process primarily through automated Quantity Take-off from BIM models. The process can deliver accurate
quantities as per the model, but these quantities may deviate from quantities measured manually following
a Standard Method of Measurement (SMM). But, not implementing automated BOQ process would become
wasteful in an effort to implement BIM seeking for its benefits. This research was conducted with the aim of
identifying the acceptability of the BIM based BOQ for the Sri Lankan construction industry. A literature
survey was first carried out to identify the features of BIM based BOQ. A desk study was followed to identify
the deviations of BIM based BOQ from the Sri Lankan conventional BOQ. Based on collected details
through these two methods contextualized semi structured interview sessions were conducted to identify the
acceptability of deviations in BIM based BOQ for the Sri Lankan construction industry. From the findings
through the analysis of collected data, it can be concluded that BIM based BOQ are acceptable to the Sri
Lankan construction industry.
