How Can Building Information Modelling (BIM) Support The New Rules of Measurement (NRM1) (RICS)

Published January 2014

The research piece investigates the required information from a BIM model to support the RICS New Rule of Measurement order of cost estimating and elemental cost planning, (NRM1).

The report reviews the four most well-known tools in the UK market, namely, Solibri model checker, Autodesk QTO, CostX and Causeway BIM measure, based on a set of criteria which is relevant to the NRM1 cost estimating and cost planning exercise.

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