Using digital design models has been a common practice in the manufacturing industry for decades. Project teams at companies such as Boeing and Toyota have placed digital models at the core of their collaborative, concurrent engineering processes. The same approach, called building information modeling (BIM), is increasingly being adopted by architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) service providers for building and infrastructure projects. Unlike CAD, which uses software tools to generate digital 2D and/or 3D drawings, BIM facilitates a new way of working: creating designs with intelligent objects that enables cross-functional project teams in the building and infrastructure industries to collaborate in a way that gives all stakeholders a clearer vision of the project. Models created using software for BIM are intelligent because of the relationships and information that are automatically built into the model. Components within the model know how to act and interact with one another. BIM not only enables engineers architects and construction firms to work more efficiently, but creates a foundation for sustainable design, enabling designers to optimize the environmental footprint of a structure during the design phase. Convergence is breaking down the barriers between technical disciplines. The integration of BIM, geospatial, physical modeling and 3D visualization provides a framework of interoperability that enables an intelligent synthetic model of entire urban environments.

Building information modeling

Un software especifico, para cuyo manejo deben formarse los tecnicos en edificacion, ayuda
a la gestion de la vida del edificio y facilita su mantenimiento en el tiempo.

Building information modeling (BIM)

Stakeholder behavior and stakeholder management are key success factors within project portfolio management (PPM). This empirical study of 197 project portfolios investigates the effect of the intensity of engagement (IoE) of portfolio-internal stakeholders on project portfolio success. We show that the effect of stakeholders is phase-specific and that role clarity as a measure of PPM maturity affects the nature of the relationship between the IoE of stakeholders and portfolio success. The effects of the IoE of senior managers on success are not clearly positive with regard to strategic portfolio structuring and are even negative in operative portfolio steering in established PPM systems. In immature PPM systems, line managers tend to take advantage of their position in resource management. Surprisingly, the influence of portfolio managers in portfolio steering is insignificant. Altogether, this paper shows the diverse effect of the IoE of stakeholders on portfolio success. This study enriches project research by applying stakeholder theory to the project portfolio context and offers practical guidance for further professionalizing PPM.

Behavior of Internal Stakeholders in Project Portfolio Management and Its Impact on Success

https://research.tees.ac.uk/ws/files/8260308/Automated_planning_of_concrete_joint_layouts_with_4D_BIM.pdf

Automated planning of concrete joint layouts with 4D-BIM

Environmental performance of off-site constructed facilities: A critical review

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an emerging technology. Its application in the refurbishment of building project can significantly improve the construction workflows throughout the project ...

A proposed framework to investigate effective BIM adoption for refurbishment of building projects

ND BIM-integrated knowledge-based building management: Inspecting post-construction energy efficiency

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a new found reality by construction industry towards a Digital Built Envelope (DBE). Realizing its potential, UK government has made achievement of BIM Level 2 mandate essential for all publicly procured projects by 2016. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which form the backbone of UK construction industry are in perplex transition state as most of them are working on traditional project management workflows involving 2D drawings and production and possess silos oriented approaches. The push of government has forced the non BIM SMEs to transform and adopt the technology for long lasting results. The purpose of the research is to carry out an up to date analysis of recent BIM adoption state of UK construction industry SMEs, evaluate opportunities & challenges, and identify a suitable maturity assessment & implementation Strategy to upgrade their present skills and competencies. Both primary and secondary data is used in this paper. For primary data, UK construction SMEs professionals are the targeted groups of the survey questionnaire comprising 60 questions. For secondary data, the extensive literature review is obtained to gather considerable information. A case study of BIM implementation of Baxall Construction Company is also analyzed to glean into right maturity assessment and implementation strategy for a suggested template for wider SME organizations. The research employed questionnaire survey and interviews of top UK Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) practitioners and up-to-date literature review along with a case study revealed that almost 75% SMEs are non BIM. SMEs still need to upgrade their staffs and skills (43%), quality assurance systems (80%), and IT software/hard ware systems (60%). As a yard stick construction industry needs to follow Integrated Design and Delivery Solution (IDDS) as a holistic BIM readiness criteria towards coherent BIM implementation strategy.

A BIM Readiness & Implementation Strategy for SME Construction Companies in the UK

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an emerging technology which is expected to improve building refurbishments throughout the life cycle of an existing building facility. Refurbishment project...

Attiq Ur Rehman

Papers

A proposed framework to investigate effective BIM adoption for refurbishment of building projects

ND BIM-integrated knowledge-based building management: Inspecting post-construction energy efficiency

A BIM Readiness & Implementation Strategy for SME Construction Companies in the UK

Risk factors that influence adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for refurbishment of complex building projects: stakeholders perceptions

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Framework for Practical Assessment