Purpose: The purpose of this study was to increase the efficiency of the planning stages in the building industry. The goal was to produce valuable information that will be useful in the future development of Swedish national BIM guidelines. Method: The study has been conducted by following the principles of content analysis. “Content analysis is a research method that uses a set of procedures to make valid inferences from text”. By searching for and analysing the content of national BIM guidelines, valuable information for future development of Swedish national BIM guidelines would be produced. The BIM guidelines had to fulfil two criteria in order to qualify for the study: Be a national BIM guideline. Have a version in English. Once selected, the guidelines were analysed using 11 topics, namely BIM execution plan, Level of Development, Format standards and their application – interoperability, accountability, filing, archiving, modes of collaboration, operations and maintenance, simulations, pre-qualifications, BIM functions through project phases. These were chosen based on works by R. Sacks, Gurevich, & Shrestha and Hooper. Findings: Out of the 81 BIM guidelines listed in the BIM guides project by BuildingSMART, 10 national BIM guidelines from 10 different countries were chosen for further study. NATSPEC from Australia, Belgian guide for the construction industry, CanBIM from Canada, COBIM from Finland, HKIBIM BIM project specification from Hong Kong, New Zealand BIM handbook, Statsbygg BIM manual from Norway, Singapore BIM guide, Level 2 PAS from the UK and NBIMS from the USA. All topics have a high level of inclusion, pointing to that the topics from Hooper and Sacks are relevant on a global scale. Pre-qualifications scored the lowest, and BIM functions through project phases scored the highest. Implications: Cover all 11 topics reviewed in this study. Avoid strict protocols with excessive level of detail, but rather formulate guidelines as frameworks, thus making them user-friendly and usable. Formulate guidelines so details may easily and logically be worked out in a BIM execution plan. Make a plan to keep the documents up to date. Limitations: This study only includes national BIM guidelines with English versions available. It has solely been conducted by document analysis and does therefore not provide much information on what current users of national BIM guidelines think of the guidelines reviewed, apart from what is mentioned from Hooper’s work. The score of each guideline indicate how much information it contains, and a high score may therefore not necessarily indicate it is the most user-friendly and readable guideline. Keywords: BIM guidelines, national BIM guidelines, BIM implementation / Sammanfattning Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att öka effektiviteten i planeringsstadiet inom byggbranschen. Målet var att producera värdefull information som kommer att vara användbar vid den framtida utvecklingen av svenska nationella BIM-riktlinjer. Metod: Studien har genomförts genom att följa principerna för innehållsanalys. Innehållsanalys är en forskningsmetod som använder en rad tillvägagångssätt för att dra giltiga slutsatser från text. Genom att leta efter och analysera innehållet i nationella BIM-riktlinjer, bör värdefull information för framtida utveckling av svenska nationella BIM-riktlinjer kunna frambringas. BIM-riktlinjerna behövde uppfylla två kriterier för att kvalificera sig till studien: 1. Vara en nationell BIM-riktlinje. 2. Ha en version på engelska. Riktlinjerna som valdes ut analyserades utifrån 11 ämnen, nämligen BIM:s genomförandeplan, utvecklingsnivå (LoD), formatstandarder och deras tillämpning - driftskompatibilitet, ansvarsskyldighet, register och mapphantering, arkivering, samarbetsformer, drift och underhåll, simuleringar, förkvalifikationer, BIM-funktioner genom projektfaser. Dessa valdes utifrån verk av R. Sacks, Gurevich, & Shrestha och Hooper. Resultat: Av de 81 BIM-riktlinjerna som listades i BIM-guideprojektet av BuildingSMART valdes 10 nationella BIM-riktlinjer från 10 olika länder för vidare studier. NATSPEC från Australien, Belgian guide for the construction industry, CanBIM från Kanada, COBIM från Finland, HKIBIM BIM project specification från Hong Kong, New Zealand BIM Handbook, Statsbygg BIM-handbok från Norge, Singapore BIM-guide, Level 2 PAS från Storbritannien och NBIMS från USA. Alla ämnen är inkluderade till hög grad och pekar på att ämnena från Hooper och Sacks är relevanta på global nivå. Förkvalifikationer fick lägst poäng, och BIM-funktioner genom projektfaser fick högst. Slutsats: Inkludera alla 11 ämnen som ses över i denna studie. Undvik strikta protokoll med överdriven detaljnivå och formulera riktlinjer som ramverk, vilket gör dem användarvänliga och användbara. Formulera riktlinjer så att detaljer enkelt och logiskt kan utarbetas i en BIM-genomförandeplan. Gör en plan för att hålla dokumenten uppdaterade. Begränsningar: Denna studie innehåller endast nationella BIM-riktlinjer med engelska versioner tillgängliga. Den har enbart genomförts med dokumentanalys och ger därför inte information om vad nuvarande användare av nationella BIM-riktlinjer tycker om de riktlinjer som granskats, förutom vad som nämns från Hooper-arbetet. Antalet poäng för varje riktlinje anger hur mycket information den innehåller, och ett högt betyg behöver därmed inte nödvändigtvis indikera att det är den mest användarvänliga och läsbara riktlinjen. Nyckelord: BIM-riktlinjer, nationella BIM-riktlinjer, BIM-implementering

The adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) on construction projects is not widespread yet, because there is a growing albeit slow uptake. There is no strategically structured BIM adoption guide available on construction projects for ensuring integration and collaboration among the Building Information Modelling- Supply Chain Members (BIMSCM). Scholars adduce the lack of adoption of BIM on construction projects to the use of ineffective BIM implementation strategies. Therefore, this research investigated BIM adoption and the current dominant BIM implementation strategies used in the South African construction industry. It also examined whether BIM implementation strategies and BIM adoption on construction projects impact on the occurrence of integration and collaboration among the BIM-SCM in the South African construction industry. Using modified Implementation Process Theory, the research collected primary data using a mixed-methods research approach that involved the collection of both qualitative and quantitative data from 872 respondents randomly selected from the 1,871 BIM-based construction projects' direct participants who indicated their willingness and availability to participate in the research from the cidb databse of construction professionals in South Africa. The qualitative data collected with respect to barriers to BIM adoption and dominant BIM implementation strategies were analysed using thematic analysis. The quantitative data collected with respect to BIM adoption, barriers to BIM adoption, integration and collaboration, and BIM implementation strategies were analysed using Mean Item Score (MIS), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM).The SEM method used was the Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Before modelling process, CFA was used to confirm the validity and reliability of the quantitative data using the Factor Loading, Eigenvalue, correlation coefficient, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value, Bartlett's test results, and Average Variance Explained (AVE). It emerged that the possibility of getting high-value clients, quest for a competitive edge, need for technological sophistication, need to be socially acceptable to the clients, incorporation of BIM adoption into the vision of the organisations, and development of BIM capabilities as new values in their organisations are the dominant BIM implementation strategies used in the South African construction industry. The findings also revealed that the dominant BIM implementation strategies are private driven and are not bringing about an adequate reduction in the BIM adoption barriers. Investigation of the evidence of the application of BIM tools and processes with respect to the adoption of BIM on construction projects showed that fewer building information models were developed for projects, BIM performance assessment was not intensive, emphasis was not placed on the level of objects' clarity of building information models, BIM skills and competencies were insufficient, and BIM management was dis-organised. The parameter estimates from the SEM analysis of the interactions between the BIM implementation stages indicated that the success of the BIM implementation process in South Africa depends on a positive interplay between the interacting implementation stages. The parameter estimates from the SEM analysis of the interaction between the BIM implementation stages also revealed that BIM implementation strategies control the impacts of a reduction in BIM adoption barriers on the extent of BIM adoption. However, the findings revealed that the BIM implementation strategies currently in use did not possess the required forces and intensity to strengthen the positive interplay between the interacting BIM implementation stages. The study concluded that the essential BIM implementation strategies are not in use in South Africa, while the BIM implementation strategies currently in use are not appropriately and effectively employed. However, there is evidence of elementary BIM adoption on projects and low occurrence of integration and collaboration among the BIM-SCM in South Africa. The lack of adequate skills and experience of BIM management and the inadequate understanding of what BIM adoption on projects entails mean that working policies and legislation on BIM adoption are required to drive a successful BIM implementation process. This research provides new insights on the structures and stages of the BIM implementation process and postulations that will aid the comprehension of the interconnections between BIM implementation strategies and BIM adoption on construction projects in South Africa. More importantly, this research has extended the existing theories on BIM adoption and the interactions between the levels of BIM adoption on construction projects and collaboration among the BIM-SCM.

[pt] Embora o uso de tecnologias de informação na construção seja de extrema relevância para o aumento da produtividade em busca do desenvolvimento sustentável, não se encontra na literatura orientações claras para sua implantação. O propósito deste trabalho é identificar barreiras e benefícios para propor diretrizes de implantação do Building Information Modeling (BIM) no Brasil. O protocolo adotado para a pesquisa é qualitativo e quantitativo, contendo as etapas de revisão sistemática da literatura, estudo empírico, proposição de diretrizes, validação e conclusão. Há evidências na literatura de barreiras em tecnologias, envolvendo limitações de softwares e falta de interoperabilidade, frequentemente citadas. Além disso, identificou-se falta de colaboração e diferentes expectativas entre disciplinas em fluxos de trabalho. Sobretudo, a falta de conhecimento, a resistência à mudança e a descontinuidade das equipes afetam a implantação de BIM. Após comparar o que foi observado no estudo empírico com o identificado na literatura, analisando as barreiras e benefícios, propõem-se diretrizes envolvendo processo, tecnologia e pessoas para guiar a implantação de BIM. Finalmente, é utilizada uma pesquisa do tipo survey para validação do proposto. / [en] Although the use of information technologies in construction is highly relevant for increasing productivity seeking sustainable development, the literature lacks clear guidelines for its implementation. The purpose of this study is to identify barriers and benefits to propose a set of guidelines for implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Brazil. The study protocol is qualitative and quantitative, containing the stages of systematic literature review, empirical studies, guidelines proposal, validation and conclusion. Evidence in the literature points to barriers in technologies, involving frequently cited software limitations and lack of interoperability. Lack of collaboration and different expectations between disciplines involved in the work flow were also identified. Above all, lack of knowledge, resistance to change, and team turnover affects the implementation of BIM. After comparing the observations from empirical studies and the literature, analyzing barriers and benefits, guidelines are proposed that involve process, technology, and people to guide the implementation of BIM. Finally a survey is used to validate the findings.

The Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is often described as fragmented, highly complex and risk-oriented with major challenges due to the high level of conflicts and low level of productivity. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is claimed to be the future of the AEC industry and is a way to address these issues. A BIM model can be used in all the phases of a facility's life cycle and can result in better quality at lower cost and reduced time-consumption. However, there are not just benefits with BIM but also risks and problems, which can be hard to manage and prevent the adoption of BIM. Several of the risks and problems are connected to legal issues.  This thesis consists of a qualitative research study that explores the current situation of the legal challenges with BIM, which companies are facing in their construction projects in the Swedish AEC industry. The study intends to develop an understanding of the legal problems that hinders the adoption of BIM and how these problems can be minimized. Semi-structured interviews were held with ten respondents in different companies in Sweden to get an understanding of the legal issues with BIM in their construction projects. The result of the interviews showed that the major legal issue with BIM is the capability to define the model as a legal act and rank the model higher than drawings in a contract. In addition, it was found that the difficulty to review that the model is sufficiently correct and reliable is also something that companies see as a hinder for the full adoption of BIM. Therefore, companies still often prefer to have the drawings as a legal act rather than models. / Arkitektur-, ingenjörs- och byggindustrin beskrivs ofta som splittrad, mycket komplex och riskorienterad med stora utmaningar på grund av mycket konflikter och låg produktivitet. Det hävdas att byggnadsinformationsmodellering (BIM) är industrins framtid och ett sätt att ta itu med dessa problem. En BIM-modell kan användas i alla faser av en anläggnings livscykel och kan resultera i bättre kvalitet till en lägre kostnad och minskad tidsåtgång. Dock finns det inte bara fördelar med BIM utan även risker och problem som kan vara svåra att hantera och som förhindrar införandet av BIM. Flera av riskerna och problemen är kopplade till juridiska frågor. Detta examensarbete består av en kvalitativ forskningsstudie som undersöker den nuvarande situationen för de juridiska utmaningarna med BIM som företagen står inför i sina byggprojekt i den svenska byggindustrin. Studien avser att utveckla en förståelse för de juridiska problem som förhindrar införandet av BIM och hur dessa problem kan minimeras. Halvstrukturerade intervjuer hölls med tio respondenter i olika företag i Sverige för att få en förståelse för de juridiska problemen med BIM i byggprojekt. Resultatet av intervjuerna visade att det stora juridiska problemet med BIM är svårigheten med att definiera modellen som en juridisk handling och rangordna modellen högre än ritningar i ett kontrakt. Dessutom fann man att svårigheten med att granska att en modell är tillräckligt korrekt och tillförlitlig är något som företag ser som ett hinder för BIM:s fullständiga införande. Därför föredrar de flesta företag att fortfarande ha ritningarna som juridisk handling och inte modellerna.

Compared to other industries, the construction industry is slow to take advantage of the benefits of digitalization. There are many different parties involved in projects, which makes it a versatile but also fragmented industry, which in this case is not to its advantage. Building information modeling (BIM) is a tool that could improve the cooperation between these parties and which has many other benefits associated with it, such as time- and cost savings. Quantity take-off in BIM is something that can be carried out at a low degree of maturity and is considered to be one of the most useful working methods that BIM enables. Despite the many benefits that studies have shown, many companies in the construction industry have still not fully implemented a working method where BIM is used for quantity take-off.The purpose of the project is to investigate the BIM use among parties in the Swedish construction industry. More specifically, this study will examine the working methods of medium-sized construction companies with quantity take-off. Since the work with quantity take-off has been shown to be linked to more basic BIM use, this factor can be seen as a good indicator for the development of BIM within companies. Medium-sized construction companies have been chosen as they are a good representative of the large mass of parties in the construction industry who have both the capacity and the finances to implement BIM. Furthermore, this project also aims to locate the difficulties in using these digital working methods for quantity take-off.The study is performed as a qualitative case study where ByggDialog AB exemplified a medium-sized construction company in the construction industry. In semi-structured interviews, employees were asked to answer questions concerning the subject of the study.The results of the study have shown that the willingness to develop working methods with BIM at medium-sized construction companies exists, but that visions and ambitions are limited by the adjustment costs that a BIM-implementation would entail. The fact that there are no requirements or demands from customers is another factor that contributes why BIM is not used more today. As a result of the fact that the customers today are not prepared to finance a BIM-implementation, the development is not driven further within the studied company.In this case study, we have identified that the studied medium-sized construction company does not use BIM for quantity take-off. This is not due to that the contractors do not want to, but because it is difficult to motivate that a BIM-implementation would cover the costs involved. This study therefore indicates that in the short term it is not profitable to implement BIM as it entails large conversion costs for companies. / Byggbranschen är jämfört med andra branscher långsam på att utnyttja de fördelar som finns med digitalisering. Det är många olika aktörer inblandade i projekt vilket gör det till en mångsidig men även fragmenterad bransch, vilket i det här fallet inte är till dess fördel. Building information modeling (BIM) är ett verktyg som skulle kunna förbättra samarbetet mellan dessa aktörer och som har många andra fördelar kopplat till sig såsom tids- och kostnadsbesparing. Mängdavtagning i BIM är något som kan genomföras vid en låg mognadsgrad och anses vara en av de mest användbara arbetsmetoderna som BIM möjliggör. Trots de många fördelar som studier påvisat har många företag inom byggbranschen fortfarande inte fullt ut implementerat ett arbetssätt där BIM används vid mängdavtagning.Syftet med examensarbetet är att undersöka BIM-användningen hos aktörer i den svenska byggbranschen. Mer specifikt kommer detta examensarbete att granska medelstora entreprenörers arbetssätt med mängdavtagning. Eftersom mängdavtagning har visats vara kopplat till mer grundläggande BIM-användning kan denna faktor ses som en god indikator för utvecklingen av BIM inom företag. Medelstora entreprenadföretag har valts då dessa är en god representant för den stora massan av aktörer inom byggbranschen som både har kapaciteten och ekonomin att implementera BIM. Vidare syftar detta examensarbete också till att lokalisera svårigheterna vid användning av dessa digitala arbetssätt för mängdavtagning.Studien är utförd som en kvalitativ fallstudie där ByggDialog AB fått exemplifiera ett medelstort entreprenadföretag i byggbranschen. Medarbetare har i semistrukturerade intervjuer fått svara på frågor som berör studiens ämne.Resultatet i studien har visat att viljan att utveckla arbetssätt med BIM hos medelstora entreprenadföretag finns men att visioner och ambitioner begränsas av de omställningskostnader som en BIM-implementering skulle medföra. Att det inte finns någon efterfrågan eller krav från beställare är en annan faktor som spelar in i varför BIM inte används mer idag. Som en följd av att beställarna idag inte är beredda att finansiera en BIM-implementering så drivs inte utvecklingen vidare inom det studerade företaget.Vi har i denna fallstudie identifierat att det studerade medelstora entreprenadföretaget ej använder sig av BIM vid mängdavtagning. Detta beror inte på en ovilja hos entreprenörerna, utan för att det är svårt att argumentera för att en BIM-implementering skulle täcka de kostnader som det innebär. Denna studie indikerar därför att det på kort sikt inte lönar sig att implementera BIM då det innebär stora omställningskostnader för företagen.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has become extremely prominent in the construction industry in the past twenty years. It serves as a digital repository that can, when used to its fullest potential, combine all aspects of designing, building, and managing a structure in one place, alongside all the data produced in those processes. The construction industry has to date struggled to increase productivity alongside similar fields, such as the manufacturing industry, though the construction industry generally has far more stakeholders on one project than the manufacturing industry. Further, building designs are becoming more complex while project schedules are becoming tighter. As states look to better manage and develop their infrastructure in the most efficient manner possible, it is critical that all options to improve both project results and efficiency are considered. Organizations such as the International Standards Organization (ISO) and British Standards Institute (BSI) have created standards such as ISO19650 and PAS1192 to provide guidance for how to best implement BIM. This study begins with an extensive literature review to determine the current state of practice of BIM from an academic standpoint. Semi-structured interviews with industry experts on BIM from those working as academics, architects, contractors, clients, software vendors, and engineers are used to inform a two-round Delphi study. The Delphi study seeks to elaborate on the potentials and barriers of BIM, and to determine the consensus or lack thereof within the overall building industry with respect to BIM. The various industry sectors are found to have poor agreement on the potentials and barriers of BIM, but the potentials are found to outweigh the barriers, aligning with the industry’s increasing adoption of BIM since its creation 20 years ago.

Many literature suggested that BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a promising future for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry that offers enormous benefits to its actors, such as improved design quality due to less collision between disciplines and better understanding of building overview for better communication among the project team and decision-making process. However, lack of BIM knowledge and skill, absence of BIM legal acts, huge investment, software limitations, etc, are most of the time becoming barriers for them to reap the full potential of BIM. Especially during the project processes, there is a loss of value in information assets across phases.  In a project setting, CPM (construction project management) organisation is believed to be in a key position between the client and the other project team members to encourage BIM implementation, for instance by the ability to formulate BIM guidelines, influence the organisational and contractual arrangement, and mandating model-based deliverables. Yet, this power comes with a bigger responsibility to manage those challenges aforementioned. The purpose of the study is to investigate the current practise of a chosen CPM organisation, Forsen Projekt AB, and propose a suggestion of improvement to implement BIM during the design and construction phase. This study adopts qualitative method that builds on literature study and semi-structured interview in order to answer the research questions on what are the gaps faced by CPM organisation in implementing BIM and how to align BIM with the CPM practise in order to manage those gaps. The interview with eight different project roles from Forsen and its affiliated organisations in a project setting enables multiple perspectives about the challenges they perceived when working in BIM environment. The findings revealed that the major gaps founded in BIM implementation are related to organisational, legal or contractual, people and process, and IT-capacity. Suggestions on how to bridge those gaps are then formulated accordingly, such as the collaborative organisational structure, BIM general guidelines, and knowledge management strategies. / Många litteratur föreslog att BIM (Building Information Modeling) är en lovande framtid för AEC (arkitektur, teknik och konstruktion) som erbjuder enorma fördelar för sina aktörer, till exempel förbättrad designkvalitet på grund av mindre kollision mellan discipliner och bättre förståelse för byggande överblick för bättre kommunikation bland projektgruppen och beslutsprocessen. Bristen på BIM-kunskaper och färdigheter, frånvaron av BIM-rättsakter, stora investeringar, programvaru begränsningar, etc, är emellertid oftast hinder för att de kan skörda BIMs fulla potential. Speciellt under projektprocesserna finns värdeminskning i informations tillgångar över faser. I en projektinställning antas CPM-organisation (byggprojektledning) vara en nyckelposition mellan klienten och de andra projektgruppsmedlemmarna för att uppmuntra BIM-genomförandet, till exempel genom förmågan att formulera BIM-riktlinjer, påverka organisatoriska och avtalsmässiga arrangemang , och mandatmodellbaserade leveranser. Ändå kommer denna kraft med ett större ansvar för att hantera de utmaningar som nämns ovan. Syftet med studien är att undersöka den nuvarande praxisen hos en utvald CPM-organisation, Forsen Projekt AB, och föreslå ett förslag om förbättring för att implementera BIM under design och konstruktionsfasen. Denna studie antar kvalitativ metod som bygger på litteraturstudie och halvstrukturerad intervju för att svara på forskningsfrågorna om vilka luckor som CPM-organisationen står inför för att implementera BIM och hur man anpassar BIM med CPM-praxis för att hantera dessa luckor. Intervjun med åtta olika projektroller från Forsen och dess anknutna organisationer i en projektinställning möjliggör flera perspektiv på de utmaningar som de uppfattar när de arbetar i BIM-miljö. Resultaten visade att de stora luckorna som grundas i BIM-genomförandet är relaterade till organisatoriska, juridiska eller avtalsmässiga, människor och processer och IT-kapacitet. Förslag på hur man överbryggar dessa luckor formuleras därefter i enlighet med den samarbetsorganisationsstruktur, BIM: s allmänna riktlinjer och strategier för kunskapshantering.