To browse Academia. Studies of BIM in construction claim that a pronounced BIM strategy, knowledge of the subject and a willingness to change are important factors to succeed, but even when such conditions are in place, BIM implementation in construction production is scant and has limited impact.
So how should the construction industry go from grand digital visions to practical application in reality? By identifying gains, obstacles and success factors on company, project and sector levels the paper aims to set out a road map for successful BIM implementation in construction production.
Data sets, both qualitative and quantitative from eleven studies of using BIM in construction production, show that although the industry is making progresses in implementing BIM and digitalization, the full potential is far from realised. Specifically, the research presents an analysis of factors in relation to 1 strategy and innovation, 2 technology, 3 organizing, and 4 ecosystem. Conclusively, all these levels are strongly interdependent and need to be considered by adopting a holistic approach to reach an enhanced implementation.
This paper will examine the history of Building Information Modelling in the field of construction management, and the role BIM plays in today's built environment in issues of sustainability, cost management, quality control, scheduling, project participant communication and collaboration. In Joseph Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development, the innovatorentrepreneur brings about disturbance to the equilibria through 'a process of creative destruction: technological and organisational innovations' that realign the new reality.
Contrary to other industries that drive the world economy, the construction industry still operates at the level of a craft industry, which leads to immensely inefficient practices including the generation of massive amounts of waste. This is not only detrimental to the cost of the final product but is also unsustainable from a commercial as well as environmental perspective. Furthermore, the business of construction is seen as a high risk environment and is characterised by the lack of cooperation, limited trust and ineffective communication between various members of the project team which has led to non-productive work, contractual disputes and adversarial working relationships.
