This document discusses how building information modeling (BIM) can improve quality management on construction projects. It defines quality control as ensuring compliance with design standards to ensure the facility performs as intended. BIM allows for virtual construction to identify issues, facilitates collaboration and coordination, and creates more accurate drawings and estimates to reduce changes and rework. This leads to fewer defects, lower costs and schedule delays, and improved productivity and customer satisfaction through better quality control.

1. Importance of a BIM Model in
Quality Management of a
Construction Project
Haitham Sarsam
Email: hsarsam@obriencc.com
Number: 248.320.9006
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarsam/

2. Haitham A. Sarsam
• MCEM,
• DBIA,
• LEED AP (BD+C)
• More than 20 years in the Construction Industry
• PASSSION FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
• Director of Construction at O’Brien Construction
• Adjust Professor at Lawrence Technological University

3. PMI PMBOK®
PMI PMBOK Definition of Quality:
Quality control in construction is the
process involves insuring compliance
with minimum standards of material
and workmanship in order to insure the
performance of the facility according to
the design.

4. PMI PMBOK®
Guide Knowledge Areas
Chapter 4 - Project Integration Management
Chapter 5 - Project Scope Management
Chapter 6 - Project Time Management
Chapter 7 - Project Cost Management
Chapter 8 - Project Quality Management
Chapter 9 - Project Resource Management
Chapter 10 - Project Communications Management
Chapter 11 - Project Risk Management
Chapter 12 - Project Procurement Management
Chapter 13 - Project Stakeholder Management
Chapter 14 - Project HSSE Management
Chapter 15 - Project Financial Management

5. PMI PMBOK®

6. • Process improvement
• Starts from Pre-Construction to Construction,
Closeouts and Warranty
• Risk Management Tool
• Collaboration & Integration
• Preventive & Proactive Measures
• Minimizing rework and construction defects
• Reduce project costs & schedule delays
• Adherence to plans and specifications
• Implementation of Lean practices
• Improve productivity and efficiency
• Precisely coordinated design which yields a more
realistic budget estimate, thus reducing changes
during construction
• Fewer customer warranty calls & achieve
Customer satisfaction
Quality can be defined as …

7. • Optimization
• Used during preconstruction and in the early stages
of construction substantially minimizes conflicts.
The ability to view 3D information via a program
assists in the identification of potential conflicts in
the field, better Constructability Reciews and
provides value to the entire team
• Improves collaboration among the team.
• Digital decision-making tool to quickly evaluate
different options
• The accuracy of estimates are improved by using
the models as visual feedback.
• Coordinate design ahead of the field construction
• More accurate drawings
• Fewer RFIs and Change Orders
• More clear scope
• More coordinated Site logistics
• Spatial coordination and clash detection
BIM

8. BIM
• Components built virtually
• Design documents are more complete and understandable
• Minimize information gaps and reduce errors
• Less rework, yielding a higher quality project in less time
• Additionally, digital model can be used as intelligent “as-built” drawings to manage the
facility over the life cycle of the project
Visualization Improves Quality Control

9. BIM

10. DIVIDER AQUA
PATTERN
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WHY BIM?

11. Conclusion
Preventing mistakes is much more
time and cost-effective
than correcting them!