do schedule help much?

[Anonymous]

i am not a quantity surveyor, but just ask because of curious.

do the schedule help much in quantity survey?

or only for estimation?

[Anonymous]

it depends how well you develop your quantity scripts, and ofcause how exact your model is. You can't get more data or detailed data from your model than you put in there (the first law everyone that works with data should now )

1 + 1 can't be 2.0, but it could be 2.

But yes, it can help you on different levels of work. A well organized model and you get alot of information from schedules.

angus wrote:
i am not a quantity surveyor, but just ask because of curious.

do the schedule help much in quantity survey?

or only for estimation?

[Anonymous]

well...yes.
schedule documents are very very handy.
and another thing is that this are the information from the model.
and this what makes the model intelligent...

[Steve Jepson]

Do schedules help much is like asking if a hammer helps much.
It depends on what your doing with it.

[Anonymous]

thanks for your answers.

now the more i explore in schedule, the more i know this is so helpful and we can taylor made our own schedule and fulfill most of our need.

[Djordje]

angus wrote:
i am not a quantity surveyor, but just ask because of curious.

do the schedule help much in quantity survey?

or only for estimation?

Depends on the detail and data level of your model.

[Dwight]

Without putting a lot of quantity survey knowledge into an Archicad document, the lists aren't that useful for estimating.

You can, with great effect, use even rudimentary schedules to compare differing solutions as to relative consumption of materials. This is more important because it aids decision making.