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2018

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A Critical Review Of The Requirements Of Quantity Surveyors For Collaborative Bim Engagement And Success, Bim Tudublin, Mary Flynn May 2018

A Critical Review Of The Requirements Of Quantity Surveyors For Collaborative Bim Engagement And Success, Bim Tudublin, Mary Flynn

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This paper sets out to critically review the requirements of Quantity Surveyors (QSs) for collaborative BIM engagement and success. The paper has been set in the context of the Irish QS and his reluctance to actively and collaboratively engage in the 5D QS BIM process (5D –the fifth Dimension designated to QSs). A literature review was undertaken to establish the reasons for this lack of QS engagement. The data from these reviews was collected and analyzed and distilled into the main chal-lenges that required resolution to engage QS participation in the 5 D BIM process. A mixed research methodology based …