BIM-Assisted Workflow Enhancement for Architecture Preliminary Design

China's urban housing demand has directly influenced urbanization development. To stabilize the level of urbanization, it is urgent to optimize the whole life-cycle efficiency of construction and the preliminary design as the first step is even more significant. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is widely used as information technology in the construction industry to promote the implementation and management of projects. However, the traditional preliminary design approach still occupies the mainstream market without forming a systematic BIM workflow, which causes inefficiency. To address this issue, this research aims to construct a BIM-assisted workflow to enhance the preliminary design efficiency of architecture. This study creates traditional and BIM-assisted workflows for comparative analysis to capture duration data with a questionnaire and validate by practical simulation. The findings show that the BIM-assisted workflow consumes less time than the traditional workflow. This research indicates that the BIM-assisted workflow can significantly reduce operation time to enhance preliminary design efficiency and deserves to be strongly promoted in the Chinese Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.

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China's urban housing demand has had a direct impact on urbanization development. To stabilize urbanization levels, it is crucial to improve the efficiency of the entire construction life cycle, with a particular focus on preliminary design. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an information technology widely used in the construction industry to enhance project implementation and management. However, the traditional approach to preliminary design still dominates the market, lacking a systematic BIM workflow and resulting in inefficiencies. This study aims to address this issue by constructing a BIM-assisted workflow to enhance preliminary design efficiency. The findings demonstrate that the BIM-assisted workflow requires less time compared to the traditional workflow, highlighting the significant potential of BIM in reducing operation time and enhancing preliminary design efficiency in the Chinese Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.