Reflective Journal Week 5: Cost Estimations Using Sigma
Start of Week 5 (BIM Group 1 & 2)
Monday 27th of March
Today was our first formal presentation, after being the first group to present, I think everyone in our group felt that even though there were 6 of us in the group the information that we gained each week.
We felt that it would benefit the pavilion project in the long run when compared to what our arrangement is at the moment. Addressing this uncertainty with clearly assigned responsibilities and goals.
Group 1: Parametric BIM: Responsible for creating the parametric design, analysis of the structure/surroundings and documenting the data in a creative way.
Group 2: Documentation BIM: Responsible for documenting the project in different ways (exploring conventional ways of documentation and comparing it to non- conventional)
Bim Group 1 Roles
Catherine — Designs Specialist + Flux Specialist
Montanna — Structural and Performance Analysis Specialist
Emily — Designs Specialist + Flux Specialist
Bim Group 2 Roles
Saff — Cost Specialist: Exploring conventional ways of documentation with non conventional ways (using sigma to find out costs over entire project)
Merk — Scheduling Specialist: Within Dynamo spreadsheets
Mark — Workflows Specialist: Live Link Software (Rhynamo, Mantis Shrimp, Flux, and being able to read it as a Revit family, masses, properties etc.)
Sigma (Cost Estimation Software)
Overview
- Introduce user interface
- Create content and structure of project
- Reuse parts from previous estimates
- Use libraries
- Sales prices and strategies
- Validate your work before final submissions
I have bought the Sigma package from https://sigmaestimates.com and above I have picked a sample project from Revit and by the use of Sigma I was able to quote an accurate price of each material and find out the total price of the project. This will be beneficial to us when we have a final project design developed.
