RICS: BIM for cost managers:

Understanding the production and delivery of cost information The QS/cost manager needs to understand how a model, its attributes and other data will be created and conveyed at different stages of the project life. This will enable the QS/cost manager to make suitable adjustments to quantities, rates and other ancillary costs and modifications, at each… read more »

Using BIM quantification tools This approach associates with the use of specialised Quantity TakeOff (QTO) software, e.g. Autodesk QTO, Vico Office, and Exactal CostX, that transfer the BIM models and their embedded information from BIM design tools into their system. Similar to the previous approach, these tools can support both the automated extraction and manual… read more »