Integrating BIM and Earned Value Management System to Measure Construction Progress

This paper discusses a framework to track, measure and report construction projects progress in the oil and gas sector. The tracking method has been applied to a natural liquid gas project that involves procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning. The framework consists of: (1) building information model, (2) rules of credit, (3) database system, (4) interface application, and (5) reporting module. To achieve a high level of tracking accuracy, the BIM is developed from the issued for construction drawings. Material takeoff is extracted and classified from the BIM. The field construction supervisor interacts with a mobile application to actualize material received, installed, or quality inspected. The method was tested using natural gas plant project for tracking and calculating progress. The results generated from the progress system such as percentage completion, earned value, project indices, and cash flow provided the management team with information on the health and status of the project. The next stage of the research will involve enhancing the system algorithms and expand the method to progress tracking for turnkey projects.