Abstract
Many researchers have stated that lean and building information modeling (BIM) have positive synergies. This integrative literature review aims at exploring this body of knowledge within the scope of combinations of BIM and the Last Planner® System, as an important Lean construction method, in the phase of construction execution. The research motivation is to find out whether a comprehensive understanding of how to take advantage of these synergies exists. Eventually, the question arises of how to condense this understanding—if existing—into a robust conceptual model for integration. As a theoretical backbone, we will make use of the original BIM-Lean interaction matrix. The hypothesis is that new BIM functionalities have been evolved since the first formulation of this interaction matrix almost 10 years ago. These new BIM functionalities cause new interactions with existing lean principles. We will focus on interactions that refer directly or indirectly to production planning and control and use them to find the most relevant literature for this review. Within the content analysis, as a part of this review, we focus on existing conceptual models and frameworks for integration of BIM and the Last Planner® System and reveal their shortcomings. Eventually, we will propose a new conceptual model.
Highlights
building information modeling (BIM) can support Last Planner® System (LPS) decision-making processes thanks to the availability of the right information at the right time [75] and the level of BIM maturity plays a significant role in enabling Lean principles on construction sites [82]
The main points listed below both represent shortcomings of current BIM-LPS applications in practice and theory and the resulting motivation to propose a new conceptual model for integration
A special role is played here by the open BIM exchange format Industry Foundation Classes (IFC): Even though this conceptual model foresees the use of BIM data as input information for the LPS process planning and the subsequent visualization of the process parameters, it is inevitable for actual practical implementations—as claimed by Toledo et al [68]—that this becomes feasible in practical, real-world tools
Summary
Except for a few scientific publications in the field of Lean Construction and digitization, both movements seem to be treated independently in the scientific context [1]. The architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has been experiencing an ever-increasing wave of digitization. This is visible in this sector thanks to the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) [2]. BIM was originally conceived as the last generation of object-oriented CAD systems in which intelligent objects collectively represent the design of a building, coexisting in a single virtual structure.
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