ABSTRACT
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is being developed in almost all construction sectors in the Czech Republic. For Cost Management, referred to as BIM 5D, this brings many opportunities and challenges associated with the need of local workflows modification in accordance to information modeling needs. This article describes how data from information models can be used today to estimate the costs using the proposed process scheme. It also indicates what needs to be done to achieve the full utilization of the BIM method in terms of cost estimation. In a case study, the current use of the information model is tested in relation to the cost estimation of a typical object.
