Closing out QTO/Pricing

QTO proved useful in organzing quantites, making some sections relatively simple to takeoff. Pricing took the longest, as we still had to use the traditional Means book method of looking up labor/mat/equip and applying burden. All that is left is throwing in the recap sheet.

As the due date approaches I took a glance at the Table of Contents and realized there is still a few more items of note to get through. Site Safety plan, phasing plan, and the structural assessment seem like they may take longer than I expect.

I have been able to devise an organizational method for the material though, using a single spreadsheet to navigate to each item on the list with the click of a button. I've already applied this method to my QTO/Pricing, and figure it would work just as well for a general project table of contents.

We still have about 2 and half weeks to finish up any work we have left, which should allow us to finish on schedule.

T/O & Pricing

Autdoesk QTO, while useful for organization and extracting quantities easily, is not very efficient for pricing. There are so many variables with equipment and labor crews, that the traditional method of pricing is being used.

Divison 2 is basically finished, with a few minor edits still required in pricing. I am now moving on to Division 3 for QTO and a by-hand comparison. Hopefully I will be finished with QTO&Pricing by the week's end.

I went back and modeled a bit of my rebar for the structural model, to both experience the feature and use for my comparison.

Div 2 - Earthworks

Stepping out of Autocad, I'm having to go into Earthworks to generate site takeoff for Divison 2. Cutting out a certain section of my site, I've concentrated on the South-East HQ building for my project. Part of the reason in choosing this is the Chiller Pad inclusion for additional work, possibly in modeling the full HVAC system chiller pump.

Autodesk QTO

After completion of a clash detection report and model merge in Navisworks, I am currently figuring out Autodesk QTO. It will take some time to manipulate and figure out, but it essentially allows me to drop item quantities taken from the model and put them into assigned Divisions. While not everything is included I can bring in PDFs of floor plans if I need additional linear footage items not modeled.

This will be taking a large amount of time to figure and place correctly, so I imagine I will be doing multiple extra tasks in addition to this work as the due date closes in.

Navisworks - Clash Detection

After merging all three files together I am dancing back and forth between Revit and Navisworks to provide clash detection fixes. It can be irritating to have to go back and forth so much, but so far I have a good handful of clashes and fixes documented.

Once I finish wrapping this up, I will need to hammer out a schedule for the project and see if I can tie it to the model and continue on to project Takeoff. I've come a long way in this Thesis, but still have so much left to do.