Abstract
Currently, BIM implementation in domestic FAB construction projects is in such an early stage that they are benchmarking the BIM implementation method applied in the conventional building sector. As such, in order to enhance the usability of BIM in FAB construction projects, it is necessary to have a correct understanding of FAB construction and to apply BIM in accordance with the characteristics of FAB. This requires defining critical BIM competencies needed by the participants of FAB construction projects in undertaking their tasks as well as identifying their current level of competency possessed. Accordingly, this study defined and presented BIM competencies that reflect the characteristics of FAB through the analysis of typical tasks related to FAB construction projects. For this, project participants from three FAB construction project sites in Korea (where BIM was implemented) were recruited, and a survey was conducted on their status of competency level. Moreover, a comparative analysis was conducted focusing on the correlations between their career characteristics (‘Construction project experience’, ‘BIM-based construction project experience’, ‘FAB construction project experience’, ‘BIM-based FAB construction project experience’ and ‘Overall project experiences’) and their current level of BIM competencies. As a result, high correlations were found between BIM competencies and BIM-based FAB construction project experience for the owner group, whereas competency items related to BIM-based construction project experience showed high correlations for the designer group.
Highlights
It can be inferred that the owner group should consider hiring more personnel having sufficient Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based FAB construction project experiences for their future
FAB construction project, whereas it will be more effective for the designer group to supplement design staff having abundant BIM-based construction project experiences
This study differs from the other existing studies on BIM competency in that it presented BIM competencies reflecting the characteristics of FAB based on the analysis of typical tasks related to FAB construction projects
Summary
Parallel to the advancement of manufacturing technology, the FAB industry sector, represented by the manufacture of semiconductors and display panels, is undergoing a change by overhauling the conventional production method of delivering new products. Instead, it started to employ a new way to produce new products by predicting the market demand in advance, or to design new production lines that can help match with the tailor-made products requested by the client in a short span of time. Product type, production quantity, and operation start date for new production lines, etc., are typically determined depending on the market demand or the customers’ order, which in turn dictates the design plan and construction duration [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]
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