Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2020, 10(2), 123-140
Benefits of Implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Infrastructure Projects
1MSc Student, Department of
Project and Construction Management, Mehralborz Institute of Higher
Education, Tehran, Iran. Email: r.sammimpay@yahoo.com
2Senior Lecturer, School of Construction Economics and Management,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Email:
ehsan.saghatforoush@wits.ac.za (corresponding author).
Project Management
Received August 6, 2019; received revision January 27, 2020; accepted February 8, 2020
Available online March 15, 2020
Abstract: The construction industry is changing constantly and becoming more complex. It requires new strategies for compliance with national and international scenarios. Developing each project is associated with many limitations, including time, cost, changes, wastes, and errors, which are often not avoidable. Due to numerous project stages and complexities in the construction industry, usually, different mistakes and duplications occur. Meanwhile, Building Information Modeling (BIM) has created one of the most important and essential changes in this industry and results in more in-depth cooperation among project stakeholders. BIM is one of the most recent innovations in the construction industry, which resolves the problems of projects faster. BIM can be applied by architects, engineers, contractors, project managers, etc. to achieve objectives such as reducing design errors, reducing time and cost, improving design and construction integration, and increasing coordination and cooperation among different sections. Given the significance of project success in every country and several problems in each project, using BIM is an appropriate solution, which its proper implementation requires understanding its benefits that is the main aim of this study. This research identifies and classifies these benefits through the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, describing the significance of using BIM in infrastructure projects.
Keywords: Building Information Modeling (BIM), infrastructure projects, Systematic Literature Review (SLR)
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Citation: Samimpay, R. and Saghatforoush, E. (2020). Benefits of Implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 10(2), 123-140.
DOI:
10.2478/jeppm-2020-0015
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