Utilizing building information modeling (BIM) to eliminate MEP interference.
In 2009, the Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau completed the publication Impacts to Labor Productivity in Steel Framing and the Installation and Finishing of Gypsum Wallboard. Statistical analysis was performed on 226 individual projects for the purpose of determining the effects to planned productivity when the work was subjected to impact variables such as, trade stacking, out of sequence work, fragmentation, congestion, etc. The research concluded that when specific variables are present, their presence will have an adverse effect to planned productivities. The research examined the effects of 38 separate variables or impacts and provided a value of impact for each of the 38 variables.
Although the degree of impact varied for each variable, few variables are more harmful to the planned productivity of wall framing, drywall installations or finishing, than MEP Interference.