Abstract
Although the literature revealed the challenges and drivers to implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the building design industry in general, to date, there are few established methods and processes to overcome challenges of BIM adoption in building design, especially in sustainable building design for managing the project. At the present, BIM adoption in building design at micro level, that is, the level of architects, mainly focuses on barriers with little attention to method and the process of implementing BIM. Moreover, there is lack of a robust research method, that is, mixed method, to systematically investigate the process of implementing micro‐level BIM in building design, which is related to the factors, such as challenges and drivers to the challenges of BIM adoption. Furthermore, several studies have looked into micro‐level BIM adoption in architecture firms, but few of them focused on sustainable design. This emphasizes a need to investigate and explore micro‐level BIM implementation challenges alongside its drivers in building design and present methods and processes generated from architects’ perspectives to address the challenges during sustainable design for the project management, which is the aim of this paper. The research investigation was through a questionnaire that is followed by interviews with the leading architectural firms within the UK. The research reported in this paper is to present a clear view of challenges to micro‐level BIM adoption and a framework/road‐map to address the key challenges in managing sustainable building design projects, which are related to cultural resistance and culture change, top‐down management support, current key challenges and drivers, and client and project managers’ interests. The methods and processes that enhanced the framework can be instantly adopted for building design and for architectural companies including small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs).
Highlights
The literature revealed the challenges and drivers to implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the building design industry in general, to date, there are few established methods and processes to overcome challenges of BIM adoption in building design, especially in sustainable building design for managing the project
This paper aims to investigate micro-level BIM implementation challenges alongside its drivers in building design and present methods and processes, such as BIM adoption and a framework/road-map generated from architects’ perspectives in leading architectural design companies. is would address the project management challenges that arise when sustainability targets need to be incorporated into the design process. us, the paper makes an original contribution by targeting sustainable building design at micro level of BIM adoption in architecture firms, focusing on development of method and process for BIM implementation concerning factors, that is, the BIM adoption challenges and drivers, rather than factors and systematically investigating the process of implementing micro-level BIM in building design
This paper reviews the literature in BIM adoption level including macro level and micro level, current challenges of the adoption, and main drivers addressing the challenges during design, which is followed by the identification of a gap in the literature to be addressed by this research
Summary
The literature revealed the challenges and drivers to implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the building design industry in general, to date, there are few established methods and processes to overcome challenges of BIM adoption in building design, especially in sustainable building design for managing the project. Is emphasizes a need to investigate and explore micro-level BIM implementation challenges alongside its drivers in building design and present methods and processes generated from architects’ perspectives to address the challenges during sustainable design for the project management, which is the aim of this paper. E research reported in this paper is to present a clear view of challenges to micro-level BIM adoption and a framework/road-map to address the key challenges in managing sustainable building design projects, which are related to cultural resistance and culture change, top-down management support, current key challenges and drivers, and client and project managers’ interests. This paper aims to investigate micro-level BIM implementation challenges alongside its drivers in building design and present methods and processes, such as BIM adoption and a framework/road-map generated from architects’ perspectives in leading architectural design companies. The paper discusses the four key findings of the study in micro-level BIM adoption, such as cultural resistance and culture change, top-down management support, current key challenges and drivers, and client and project managers’ interests
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