Abstract
The transport sector accounts for a large share of global Co2 emissions. To mitigate the impact of climate change, several sustainability-oriented large-scale infrastructure projects such as electric road systems and expanding rail systems have recently been on the policy agenda. A parallel development that is expected to accelerate the transition of the transport sector is digitalization, which, although ongoing for many decades, has recently been augmented by concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI) and smart city technologies. The integration of these digitalization tools at the organizational level poses not only opportunities but also some challenges for the actors involved in infrastructure projects. An approach that is currently promoted in the infrastructure sector is the Building Information Model (BIM), which is a decision-making instrument that leverages various digitalization tools and applications. However, although the economic implications of BIM are widely discussed in the literature, the (inter-) organizational dynamics involving multiple actors in infrastructure projects are not fully grasped. Large infrastructure projects are sociotechnical endeavors embedded in complex institutional frames; hence the institutional norms, practices and logics in them are significant. Responding to this, this paper adopted an institutional analysis and put the BIM approach in the (inter-) organizational context in infrastructure delivery. Drawing on empirical data from three organizations in infrastructure delivery in Spain, this paper analyzed the tensions among actors during BIM adoption and implementation.
Highlights
The transportation sector is one of the five key emitters of global Co2 emissions, with some estimates positioning it as the second most important contributor [1,2]
In the EU, the Directive 2014/24/UE mandates Building Information Model (BIM) adoption in infrastructure projects financed by EU public funds resulting in its application in several different countries [20,21]
The BIM mandate was the product of a broader initiative; it was preceded by the esBIM Spanish Committee, which is chaired by the Ministry of Development and was gathered for the first time in July 2015
Summary
The transportation sector is one of the five key emitters of global Co2 emissions, with some estimates positioning it as the second most important contributor [1,2]. Several infrastructure projects, including electric road systems [3] and expanding existing railways [4] have been initiated. These sustainability-oriented projects are generally multi-actor and leverage the economies of digitalization in terms of decision-making [5,6]. The organization actors in infrastructure delivery focus less on the system process benefits and more on optimizing their own processes. Such characteristics may result in inertia to innovation and challenge the adoption and use of digital technology in general, impeding technological development [7,11]
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