Integrating BIM Level 3 Digital Twin and Earned Value Management for Multi-Storey Building Cost and Time Control
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https://doi.org/10.69855/sipil.v2i2.701Keywords:
Building Information Modeling, BIM Level 3, Digital Twin, Earned Value Management, Cost Control, Schedule Performance, Multi-Storey BuildingAbstract
Cost overruns and schedule delays persist in multi-storey building construction, where project control often relies on periodic manual progress assessment and spreadsheet-based Earned Value Management (EVM). This study develops an integrated framework combining BIM Level 3 (digital twin) with EVM to improve the accuracy and timeliness of cost and schedule monitoring. The framework was applied to a 12-storey reinforced-concrete office tower in Padang City, West Sumatra (budget IDR 78.5 billion, planned duration 78 weeks). A federated IFC model was synchronized with as-built data from terrestrial laser scanning, RFID tags, and progress cameras to compute Earned Value automatically, and was compared with conventional manual EVM at eight control points against an independent verified quantity survey. The digital-twin approach reduced the mean absolute percentage error of progress measurement from 11.1% to 1.4%, shortened the reporting cycle from about 120 to 4 hours, and detected the adverse cost trend about 35 weeks earlier. Early detection enabled corrective action that limited the final cost overrun to 3.8% of the budget, against 11.2% forecast under conventional monitoring. Integrating BIM Level 3 digital twins with EVM therefore provides a more accurate, timely, and actionable basis for cost and schedule control.
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