With the rapid growth of economy and the progress of science and technology, modern information technology has been widely used in industrial production as well as daily life. The projects of super high-rise buildings involve large investment, long period of construction, participation of numerous contractors and complexity in construction management. In the principal contract management, the traditional way of information communication and management couldn′t meet the requirements. As principal contractor, we adopted the BIM methodology to help us to manage the complexity. This paper takes the project of South Tower, Pingan International Finance Center as case study. It describes the initial phase of the BIM organization and planning, the construction of the BIM application environment and the application of BIM technology in the high-rise construction management. It demonstrates how the management challenges were met through the integration of design and construction with BIM based solutions.

In this project, the curved surface of heavy bamboo ceiling is parallel to that of metal roof panel, both of which are in hyperbolic shapes with various curvature changes. The traditional 2D deepening design method fails to complete the analysis of double curved bamboo ceiling, let alone to achieve the need of preparing reasonable construction scheme and precise material cutting and processing. The project adopts 3D spatial BIM modeling to implement the layout and vector height analysis of each plate of the whole surface. According to the deformation performance of materials, the BIM model contributes to the selection of best installation method and composite collision detection, which problems such as error accumulation, collision, demolition or installation failure in subsequent construction. The design effect is well guaranteed, and the project cost is saved.