Abstract: Which havethe characteristics of rapid, activity and precision that gaining the digital terrain
models and ground photographsby unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) LiDAR. And the digital results are
propitious to be used by building information modeling (BIM) software. This research does the
mapping experiment using UAV LiDAR, and analyzed the accuracy of the result data, and made use
of the experiment data to project planning design using BIM. The results of this paper verified that
the survey data can be used as basic data in the stage of engineering planning, which improved the
efficiency of BIM design, and expanded the form of data chain for the project life-cycle.

Key words: LiDAR, unmanned aerial vehicle, project life cycle, building information modeling, planning design