TY - GEN
T1 - Digital construction through BIM systems will drive the Re-engineering of construction business practices
AU - Mihindu, S.
AU - Arayici, Y.
PY - 2008/9/26
Y1 - 2008/9/26
N2 - The construction industry has been facing a paradigm shift to (i) increase; productivity, efficiency, infrastructure value, quality and sustainability, (ii) reduce; lifecycle costs, lead times and duplications, via effective collaboration and communication of stakeholders in construction projects. Digital construction is a political initiative to address low productivity in the sector. This seeks to integrate processes throughout the entire lifecycle by utilising Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems. The focus is to create and reuse consistent digital information by the stakeholders throughout the lifecycle. However, implementation and use of BIM systems requires dramatic changes in the current business practices, bring new challenges for stakeholders e.g., the emerging knowledge and skill gap. This paper reviews and discusses the status of implementation of the BIM systems around the globe and their implications to the industry. Moreover, based on the lessons learnt, it will provide a guide to tackle these challenges and to facilitate successful transition towards utilizing BIM systems in construction projects.
AB - The construction industry has been facing a paradigm shift to (i) increase; productivity, efficiency, infrastructure value, quality and sustainability, (ii) reduce; lifecycle costs, lead times and duplications, via effective collaboration and communication of stakeholders in construction projects. Digital construction is a political initiative to address low productivity in the sector. This seeks to integrate processes throughout the entire lifecycle by utilising Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems. The focus is to create and reuse consistent digital information by the stakeholders throughout the lifecycle. However, implementation and use of BIM systems requires dramatic changes in the current business practices, bring new challenges for stakeholders e.g., the emerging knowledge and skill gap. This paper reviews and discusses the status of implementation of the BIM systems around the globe and their implications to the industry. Moreover, based on the lessons learnt, it will provide a guide to tackle these challenges and to facilitate successful transition towards utilizing BIM systems in construction projects.
KW - BIM
KW - Building life-cycle
KW - Business practices
KW - Digital construction
KW - IFC
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/52249124317
U2 - 10.1109/VIS.2008.22
DO - 10.1109/VIS.2008.22
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:52249124317
SN - 9780769532714
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference Visualisation, VIS 2008, Visualisation in Built and Rural Environments
SP - 29
EP - 34
BT - Proceedings - International Conference Visualisation, VIS 2008, Visualisation in Built and Rural Environments
T2 - International Conference Visualisation, VIS 2008, Visualisation in Built and Rural Environments
Y2 - 9 July 2008 through 11 July 2008
ER -