Open BIM Cost Estimator
Automatic cost estimates

Scope of application

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• Scope of application
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Scope of application

The scope of application of the program covers housing, office, industry, cultural, hospitality, hospital, administrative and sport uses, amongst others, for different countries with their respective provinces or federal entities.

The following requirements must be met for the cost to be adjusted to the market:

• The construction system used must correspond to "international architecture" standards, therefore, the peculiar typologies that use artisan construction systems and/or materials, as well as singular buildings, are excluded.


• The building project must meet the minimum safety, habitability and sanitation requirements.


• The building must have the necessary infrastructure to execute the works and have accesses in an acceptable state.


• The duration of the execution must be proportional to the volume of the work. An excessively short or long term implies a deviation from the budget.


• The currency of the country should remain stable and with controlled inflation. Prices cannot be adjusted to the market when the inflation rate is high and/or the currency is fluctuating.

In no case should the estimate of the construction costs offered by the program be used to contract the project, since it requires a greater definition of the qualities, construction provisions and project quantities, which can only be obtained during the project execution phase.

Neither can it be used for valuations and appraisals, since the program only accounts for new construction buildings with current construction standards, and in these cases, there are other factors that intervene such as: the age, degree of conservation and level of maintenance of the building or the environmental aggressiveness of the environment, which influence the value of the building.

 

Details

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• User license
  The permits that must be included in the user license to be able to use Open BIM Cost Estimator depend on the value of the execution cost that is calculated by the program:
  
  
  • Up to 1,000,000 €
    Users can use the program for free.
  • Up to 5,000,000 €
    The user license must include the Open BIM Cost Estimator Pro permit.
  • More that 5,000,000 €
    The user license must include the Open BIM Cost Estimator Expert permit.

 

More information

More information on Open BIM Cost Estimator can be found by clicking on the following links:

• General information


• Aim of the program


• Scope of application


• User interface


• Method used to calculate the cost of the building


• Factors contemplated during price applications (geographic, socioeconomic, typological, construction, climatic and seismic)


• Integration in the Open BIM workflow


• Results, checks and generated support documents