Development of BIM-based Contract Information System plugin for Revit (BIM-CIS

Abstract

The AEC industry in the world faces many problems regarding contract disputes and miscommunication between contractors and clients when it comes to any construction project. Manual studying of such mammoth documents when referring to any part of the building is a major challenge to the contractor, and it is an unreliable traditional method that needs to be made efficient and digitized. So, incorporating this issue we developed a prototype within the BIM environment to mitigate the problem of contract disputes by digitizing it in a Revit 3D model and connecting all related clauses to its relevant structural items. To achieve this objective, we will be developing a plugin. For the development process, Microsoft Visual Studio is used as the programming platform and Revit API is used as the programming interface that is provided by Autodesk. C# is the programming language used for coding in Visual Studio for plugin development. The BIM Contract Information System plugin (BIM-CIS) was developed for integrating related clauses with the 3D model and digitizing the contractual work in the construction industry. This plugin takes data manually as we have to first add all the contractual clauses and details in the 3D model and when it is completed it can be viewed directly by just a simple click on any item in the model. This project will have a lot of impact on the AEC industry, especially for the contractors and the BIM users, as it provides solutions for contractual disputes and links contracts with the drawing model. This is also useful as it gives information about the contractual clauses related to every item and helps to integrate it with drawings.