Empreendimentos hospitalares são reconhecidos pela complexidade que está associada a todas as fases de seu ciclo de vida: projeto, construção e operação. Os projetos da saúde são altamente influenciados por regulamentações locais. Estes conjuntos de códigos e legislações contém informações prescritivas e são importantes ao projeto, uma vez que as especificações são, usualmente, definidas de acordo com os critérios neles contidos. Ao longo do processo de desenvolvimento de produto, as especificações devem ser verificadas frente aos requisitos extraídos destas regulamentações. Este processo, se realizado manualmente, tende a ser demorado e propenso a erros. Tentativas de desenvolvimento de sistemas de verificação automatizada não se mostraram completamente satisfatórias. Muitos dos problemas estão relacionados à forma como novas abordagens são concebidas, muitas vezes desenvolvidas de acordo com métodos codificados e fragmentados, e à tipologia de informação que está nas normas e regulamentações. A abordagem metodológica utilizada nesta pesquisa foi a Design Science Research. Como artefato, foi desenvolvido um framework com base na abordagem semântica, para fornecer suporte ao desenvolvimento de sistemas de verificação automatizada, com ênfase em requisitos regulamentares no contexto de projetos de edificações hospitalares. As principais contribuições teóricas deste estudo, portanto, estão relacionadas às taxonomias e às transformações da informação, bem como às relações entre os constructos utilizados. Os resultados indicam que a natureza das regulamentações possui impacto significativo na possibilidade de tradução em regra lógica parametrizável. Apesar de a automação ser desejável, os resultados deste estudo indicam, ainda, que atualmente nem todos os requisitos podem ser completamente traduzidos em termos de processamento e verificação automatizados. Apesar de este fato diminuir o nível geral de automatização no processo, ele pode trazer benefícios ao contexto de projetos da saúde. O atendimento de alguns dos requisitos depende em um certo grau, em critérios subjetivos, que estão relacionados à interpretação humana e à criatividade. / Healthcare facilities are recognized for the complexity associated to all phases of their lifecycle: design, construction and operation. The design of healthcare projects is highly influenced by local healthcare regulations. These legislations usually contain prescriptive information and play an important role, as design specifications should be defined based on the criteria defined therein. In the design phase, during the product development process, requirements extracted from legal regulations must be verified against design specifications. This process, if done manually, tends to be time consuming and error prone. Attempts to develop automated rule checking systems for healthcare projects have not been fully successful. Most flaws appear to be related to the way new approaches are conceived, being mostly developed according to hard-coded and fragmented approaches, and the typology of information bounded by the regulations. The methodological approach adopted in this investigation was the Design Science Research. The main outcome of this research study is a semantic-based framework, devised to support the development of automated rule checking systems, focused on regulatory requirements of healthcare building design. The main theoretical contributions of this research work are concerned with the taxonomies and information transformation, as well as the relationships among the constructs involved. The results indicate that the nature of regulations have a major impact on the possibility of translating them into logic rules. Even though automation is desirable, the findings of this study also indicate that currently not all requirements can be fully translated into rules for automated processing and checking. Although this decreases the overall degree of automation in the process, this fact may provide benefits to the healthcare context. The fulfillment of some requirements to some extend should rely on subjective criteria, which depends on human interpretation and creativity.

Modern manufacturing processes are becoming more integrated and relying on measuring performance to better identify ways of improvement. The AEC industry is now moving in this direction through IT-based Design and Construction Integration (ITDCI). ITDCI is a collaborative knowledge-based activity in which each participant continuously and timely contributes and shares his/her knowledge to realize a specific goal, bonded by a unified and cohesive culture with the use of the supportive IT-tools. Executing the project in an ITDCI fashion requires the satisfaction of these conditions. This research developed a formal model that consists of 75 ITDCI mechanisms distributed over the different phases of the facility development process within colleges and universities to enable the knowledge transfer process and achieve the highest level of integration. The level of ITDCI involved in a particular project can be then measured by quantifying the number of ITDCI mechanisms introduced. The research methodology included the following activities: reviewing the related literature, developing and validating a scenario for the facility development process within typical colleges and universities through literature review and interviews, providing a definition for each phase of the process to be executed in an ITDCI fashion and finally identifying actions or mechanisms that have to be activated to obtain the highest level of ITDCI. The model was validated through an online survey that targeted the members of the Society of Colleges and Universities (SCUP) and a case study. WPI's new East Hall residence facility was used as a case study to validate the model. This model is a significant contribution to the construction industry because it acts as a measuring tool to assess the corresponding level of ITDCI in the facility development process. It also helps to develop a common understanding among industry practitioners on what is required to achieve a desired level of ITDCI in their project. This comprehension would guide them to a better recognition of the benefits and consequences of each specific level of IT-based integration on their project outcomes. It will also enable them to execute more accurate cost/benefit analyses and eventually opt for the optimum ITDCI level. For future work, the model could be expanded to include other types of facilities, such as residential, healthcare and commercial facilities to achieve wider adoption within the AEC industry.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-12-13T15:16:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Júlia Stradiotto_.pdf: 6066989 bytes, checksum: 3e8b5920abe56e064f188b5ed013c581 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-13T15:16:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Júlia Stradiotto_.pdf: 6066989 bytes, checksum: 3e8b5920abe56e064f188b5ed013c581 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-31 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O aumento de prazos e custos previstos em obras públicas, principalmente em países em desenvolvimento, gera a necessidade de buscar soluções para este problema. O processo BIM (Building Information Modeling) apresenta-se como alternativa para trazer mais transparência nas etapas de projeto e obra. Neste trabalho, buscou-se investigar a aplicação do processo de projeto em BIM em obras públicas do Centro de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS) de Santa Catarina, sendo este o primeiro projeto desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Estado do Planejamento (SPG) em BIM. Este trabalho visa analisar reduções de aditivos de prazo e custo, comparando com as mesmas obras realizadas em dois editais, sendo que no Edital A foi utilizado o processo de projeto tradicional (CAD) e no Edital B foi utilizado o processo BIM para o projeto. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em 3 etapas: a primeira refere-se aos projetos desenvolvidos em CAD (Edital A) e engloba 61 obras licitadas, sendo 46 construídas com aditivos de custo e de prazo extremamente elevados; a segunda etapa, com projetos em BIM (Edital B), abrangendo 50 obras; e a última etapa teve por objetivo realizar a comparação entre elas. Para isso foram realizadas entrevistas com envolvidos nos projetos, construção e fiscalização, além de 2 visitas para auxiliar na investigação durante a execução de obras do Edital B. Os resultados apontam que nas obras do Edital B, somente uma delas foi executada dentro do prazo e custo estabelecido originalmente, uma obra possuiu aditivo de prazo e atendeu o custo original e outras 3 obras foram finalizadas com aditivo de prazo e custo até julho de 2018. Embora muitas obras do Edital B tiveram a necessidade de aditivos, os resultados obtidos demonstram ganhos em relação ao Edital A. No que se refere aos aditivos de custo, o projeto desenvolvido no processo BIM, os dados corretos de quantitativo, juntamente com a revisão do projeto foram um dos principais responsáveis pela redução dos aditivos de custo. Os aditivos de prazo sofreram influências diversas, sendo a principal delas com causa desconhecida, observada nos dois editais analisados, além de fatores relacionados à contratação, planejamento e contrapartidas dos municípios. Em aditivos de prazo, fatores relacionados ao projeto apareceram com menor relevância. / The increase of cost and schedule delays in public construction projects, mostly in developing countries, brings the need to find solutions for this issue. BIM process is understood as an alternative to achieve more transparency in the design and constructions stages. This paper aims to investigate the BIM design process of public constructions of Centro de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS) of Santa Catarina, which is the first project designed by this State in BIM process. This study aims to analyze reductions of costs overruns and schedule delays, comparing the same project in different bids: the Edital A was designed by traditional process (CAD) and the Edital B was designed in BIM process, analyzing the design and construction stage. This study was developed in three stages: the first investigated the projects made in CAD and construction of Edital A, which includes 61 constructions, but only 46 was built, presenting extremely high schedule delays and costs overruns; the second stage aims to analyze the Edital B, with project reviewed and designed in BIM and 50 constructions; and the third stage refers to the comparison between the first and second stage. In addition, interviews were conducted and two visits to the constructions of the Edital B were required. The results indicate that in the constructions completed of the Edital B, only one construction project was finished according to the cost and schedule originally established, one construction had only schedule delay and another tree were concluded with schedule delays and costs overruns until July 2018. Even though, the constructions of Edital B had cost overruns and schedule delay, the results show gains in relation to Edital A. The design in BIM process with the appropriate quantitative takeoff and the review of the original design were the main responsible for the reduction of the cost overruns. In terms of schedule delays, these were influenced by several factors, the main factor has unknown cause and was observed in both analyses (Edital A and B), besides there are factors related to contracting, construction planning and counterparts of municipalities. The causes related to the design process has shown less relevance in terms of schedule delay.

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-01T23:01:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 08.pdf: 5067048 bytes, checksum: 82f5a88d9c0784ceff1cf8542e4bfa7c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-01T23:01:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 08.pdf: 5067048 bytes, checksum: 82f5a88d9c0784ceff1cf8542e4bfa7c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-22 / Caixa Econômica Federal / O setor da construção civil tem buscado se adequar às exigências do mercado imobiliário para atender a um novo perfil de consumidor, com novos estilos de vida, esquemas de trabalho individualizados e maior nível de exigência. Empreendimentos têm sido reconfigurados e passaram a considerar com mais ênfase questões como a satisfação dos usuários e a qualidade da edificação. Algumas das opções adotadas pelas empresas são a flexibilização de projeto (diferentes opções de plantas) e a possibilidade de personalização das unidades (modificações de layouts de plantas, materiais de acabamento e instalações). Entretanto, com a participação dos usuários nas definições de projeto, a quantidade de intervenientes no processo e a troca de informações aumentaram, originando falhas na comunicação e na retroalimentação do projeto. Esta é uma das causas de retrabalho e perdas durante a execução da obra, gerando atrasos no cronograma da obra e elevando os custos de produção. Este trabalho tem o objetivo de investigar os processos de flexibilização e personalização de unidades habitacionais, em edificações verticais residenciais de classe média comercializadas em Porto Alegre, RS. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida através de um estudo de casos, com entrevistas e acompanhamento de obras em quatro empresas construtoras de Porto Alegre. Além disso, foi realizada uma pesquisa na publicidade de venda de empreendimentos para identificar o nível de flexibilização e personalização ofertado no mercado imobiliário da Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. A partir da análise destas informações foram propostas diretrizes para melhoria da gestão de projetos com possibilidade de modificações, tais como dispositivos móveis com Internet sem fio; extranets de projeto e softwares BIM, visando à eficiência da comunicação entre os intervenientes e a redução de retrabalho. / The construction sector has sought to suit the requirements of the real estate market to meet a new consumer profile, with new lifestyles, individualized work schemes and greater level of requirement. Ventures have been reconfigured and have come to consider issues such with more emphasis on user satisfaction and quality of building. Some of the options adopted by companies are the flexibility of design (different options of plants) and the possibility of customization of the units (modifications of plant layouts, finishing materials and installations). However, with the participation of users in the project settings, the quantity of interveners in the process and information exchange increased, causing failures in communication and feedback of design. This is one of the causes of rework and losses in the execution of the work, causing delays in the schedule of work and raising production costs. This study aims to investigate the processes of flexibility and customization of housing units in residential buildings vertical middle class sold in Porto Alegre, RS. The research was developed through a cases study with interviews and monitoring of works in four construction companies in Porto Alegre. In addition, a survey was conducted in the advertising sales of ventures to identify the level of flexibility and customization offered in real estate of the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. From the analysis of this information have been proposed guidelines to improve the management of projects with possible modifications, such as mobile devices with wireless Internet, extranets design and BIM softwares, aiming at the efficiency of communication between interveners and reducing rework.

A crescente necessidade de reduzir os prazos e os custos dos empreendimentos de construção e de melhorar a qualidade das edificações e as condições de trabalho tem incentivado a adoção de sistemas pré-fabricados. Entretanto, a adoção desses sistemas exige uma intensa troca de informações entre a obra e a fábrica, de forma a sincronizar a fabricação dos componentes, as operações logísticas e o processo de montagem na obra, principalmente em ambientes engineer-to-order (ETO). Em sistemas do tipo ETO, o pedido do cliente é realizado nas etapas iniciais do projeto, e existe um elevado grau de incerteza principalmente pelo desconhecimento das atividades a serem realizadas. Em ambientes com esse tipo de complexidade, a literatura sugere o uso de Building Information Modeling (BIM) para facilitar o compartilhamento de informações e apoiar a tomada de decisões nesses ambientes, assim como a aplicação de conceitos e princípios da filosofia da Produção Enxuta. Particularmente em relação aos processos de montagem, o uso de BIM 4D pode ser utilizado para simular e analisar algumas operações, apoiando o processo de planejamento e o controle da produção. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo desenvolver um modelo para gestão dos processos logísticos em obras de sistemas pré-fabricados do tipo engineer-to-order com o apoio da modelagem BIM 4D A abordagem metodológica adotada foi Design Science Research (DSR), sendo desenvolvidos dois estudos empíricos. O primeiro foi realizado em colaboração com uma empresa responsável pelo projeto, fabricação e montagem de estruturas pré-fabricadas de concreto, sendo implementadas diversas melhorias em uma obra de uma universidade. O segundo, de caráter descritivo, foi desenvolvido em um empreendimento de construção de shopping center, sendo envolvidas uma empresa gerenciadora de obra e uma empresa que produziu e montou na obra a estrutura pré-fabricada de concreto. As principais contribuições da aplicação de BIM 4D como suporte à tomada de decisão referem-se ao aumento da confiabilidade do processo de montagem e da produtividade, principalmente pela clareza e rápida atualização das informações geradas pelos modelos 4D. / The growing need to reduce construction project duration and cost, as well as to improve building quality and working conditions, have encouraged the adoption of prefabricated building systems. However, the adoption of those systems requires an intense exchange of information between the construction site and the plant, in order to synchronize the production of components, logistic operations and site assembly, especially in an engineer-to-order (ETO) environment. In ETO systems, the client’s order is placed at the early design stages, and a high degree of uncertainty exists mostly due to the lack of knowledge about the tasks to be carried out. The literature suggests the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to facilitate the sharing of information and to support decision-making in this type of environment, as well as the application of Lean Production concepts and principles. Particularly in relation to assembly process, the use of 4D BIM modelling can be used to simulate and analyze some operations, supporting production planning and control This research work aims at to devise a model for the management of logistic processes for engineer-to-order prefabricated building systems, with the support of 4D BIM modelling. Design Science Research was the methodological approach adopted in this investigation, and two empirical studies were carried out. The first one was undertaken in close collaboration with a company that designs, manufactures, and assemble prefabricated concrete structures, and some improvements were implemented in a project for a higher education institution. The second was undertaken in a shopping mall project, and two companies were involved: a project management company, and a company that produced and assembled on-site pre-fabricated structures. As a result of this research work, the application of 4D BIM to support decision-making contributed to improve the reliability of the assembly process and to increase productivity, mainly due to the clarity and timeliness of the information made available by 4D models.

No mercado de construção civil, o BIM ou Modelagem da Informação da Construção, deixou de ser um modismo com poucos pioneiros, para ser a peça central da tecnologia do mercado de Arquitetura, Engenharia e Construção (AEC), abordando aspectos de projeto, construção e operação de edifícios. Além das informações de projeto, pode-se agregar ao modelo BIM dados externos oriundos da execução, avaliação e manutenção da construção. Cresce, com isso, o número de informações que podem ser armazenadas nos modelos e a oportunidade para identificação de padrões não explícitos, relacionados à geometria e topologia de seus componentes. Para análise destas informações, faz-se necessária a utilização de técnicas que permitam o seu processamento. Dentre as técnicas existentes para a descoberta de conhecimento em bases de dados está o KDD (Descoberta de Conhecimento em Bases de Dados) e, especificamente, a mineração de dados. Focando especificamente os dados oriundos do registro de defeitos da construção e considerando que o modelo BIM não é um repositório de dados no qual técnicas padrão podem ser aplicadas diretamente, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento de um arcabouço teórico que define os pontos relevantes para a utilização de técnicas de mineração de dados de defeitos construtivos em modelos BIM, fornecendo uma base conceitual para a sua aplicação prática. Acredita-se que a aplicação de mineração de dados em modelos BIM pode propiciar a identificação de padrões que são influenciados de alguma forma pela geometria dos elementos construtivos, padrões estes que podem ser úteis tanto para a análise de problemas de qualidade de execução, quanto para produtividade, manutenção, pós-ocupação, entre outros. Além da proposta de arcabouço teórico para mineração de dados em modelo BIM, esta pesquisa propôs um conjunto de componentes BIM para registro de informações de defeitos de construção, bem como uma proposta para categorização das relações entre os defeitos e os componentes do modelo BIM, de forma a tornar explícitas informações relevantes para mineração de seus dados. / In the construction market, BIM - Building Information Modeling is no longer a fad adopted by few pioneers, but the centerpiece of technology in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction market (AEC), addressing aspects of design, construction and operation of buildings. In addition to engineering design information, the BIM model allows for storage and management of information from the construction process, facilities operations and building maintenance. Alongside with this, the amount of information stored in models and the opportunity to identify patterns related to geometry and topology of construction components also increase. For the analysis of this information, the use of appropriate data processing techniques is essential. Use of KDD (Knowledge Database Discovery) and Data Mining are among the existing techniques used for knowledge extraction in large databases. While focusing on data from construction defects and considering that a BIM model is not a standard data repository, in which standard data mining techniques could be applied directly, this research aimed to develop a theoretical framework that defines the requirements and procedures for the use of Data Mining Techniques for construction defects in BIM models, while providing a conceptual basis for its practical application. It is based on the concept that the application of data mining in BIM models is able to retrieve patterns that are influenced by the geometry of building elements and that these patterns can be useful for analyzing issues of construction quality, productivity, maintenance, and post-occupancy, among others. In addition to the proposition of a theoretical framework, this research developed a standard set of BIM components for the record of construction defects data, and suggested a structure for the categorization of correlations between defects and BIM components, with the purpose of clearly identifying relevant information for the data mining process.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) plays an important role in today's construction industry. Models are tools that help stakeholders communicate, visualize building geometry, perform trade coordination and clash detection among others. A less popular aspect of BIM that shows high potential is the quantity take-off (QTO) feature. Yet, its implementation among commercial general contractors (GC) has not received as much attention. The purpose of this study was to identify how the BIM QTO features were being implemented among commercial general contractors, what challenges they faced and how they worked to overcome those challenges. Through a three-step process including semi structured interviews with estimators, preconstruction, BIM and Virtual Design Construction (VDC) managers, valuable insights on the BIM QTO implementation state among general contractors were gathered and analyzed. Links between BIM QTO benefits, project design phases and delivery methods, software, training, leadership and jurisdictions were discussed. The data indicated that BIM QTO's benefits were best leveraged through early general contractor involvement, the adequate contract framework, trained BIM QTO estimators, and early and strategic communication between owners, designers and estimators. The conditions for increased efficiency were discussed along with the solutions to the common BIM-based QTO challenges.

The  construction  industry  is  a  costly  business  such  in  respect  of  capital  for  most construction defects which then require rework, tear down and rebuild again. This study is  meaningful  awareness  of  tools  that  can  reduce  this  best  through  communication  and information sharing between the parties.  The  construction  industry  is  known  as  temporary  projects  organizations,  where  the construction  project  consists  of  several  actors  who  have  to  communicate  and  share information  between  them  to  avoid  mistakes  later  in  the  build  time.  These  actors  are bounded together thus for the duration of the project, then broken when the project has reached its end. The challenge here is for these actors to apply a tool that can help and simplify communications, information sharing, and perhaps the most important aspect is to  create  a  routine  for  the  association  and  the  shattering  of  these  actors.  To  implement such  behavior  using  a  tool  such  as  BIM  in  the  industry  whose  size  perhaps  is indescribable may be a very hard task.  BIM (Building Information Model) could be seen as the solution to this problem because it  acts  as  a  portal  where  the  actors  involved  must  sign  in  and  communicate,  share information, and eventually create a behavior, a routine for this association and division of  the  actors  following  the  end  of  the  project.  The  technology  could  help  the  involved from  the  beginning  of  the  project,  already  in  the  model  stage,  break  down  and  prevent any construction barriers when the building has been placed in the works.  In the current situation used paper models, 2D models and three-dimensional models, 3D, where  the  last  one  is  a  part  of  the  BIM.  BIM  makes  it  also  possible  to  implement  4D, price  calculation  for  the  construction  from  beginning  to  end  and  5D  ie  construction details such as what kind of wood the door is made of, what kind of concrete it is, and even the amount of cable for the construction for example.  BIM  is  seen  as  a  information  technology  used  primarily  in  construction,  where  to encounter  several  obstacles  during  the  implementation  and  use  of  such  technology  is expensive  to  implement  in  a  small  operation,  but  it  creates  many  drivers,  many  agents that  have  implemented  BIM,  which  ultimately  pays  according  to  those  who  can  afford and in the current situation using it

The study addresses the automated translation of architectural drawings from 2D Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) data into a Building Information Model (BIM), with emphasis on the nature, possible role, and limitations of a drafting language Knowledge Representation (KR) on the problem and process. The central idea is that CAD to BIM translation is a complex diagrammatic interpretation problem requiring a domain (drafting language) KR to render it tractable and that such a KR can take the form of an information model. Formal notions of drawing-as-language have been advanced and studied quite extensively for close to 25 years. The analogy implicitly encourages comparison between problem structures in both domains, revealing important similarities and offering guidance from the more mature field of Natural Language Understanding (NLU). The primary insight we derive from NLU involves the central role that a formal language description plays in guiding the process of interpretation (inferential reasoning), and the notable absence of a comparable specification for architectural drafting. We adopt a modified version of Engelhard's approach which expresses drawing structure in terms of a symbol set, a set of relationships, and a set of compositional frameworks in which they are composed. We further define an approach for establishing the features of this KR, drawing upon related work on conceptual frameworks for diagrammatic reasoning systems. We augment this with observation of human subjects performing a number of drafting interpretation exercises and derive some understanding of its inferential nature therefrom. We consider this indicative of the potential range of inferential processes a computational drafting model should ideally support. The KR is implemented as an information model using the EXPRESS language because it is in the public domain and is the implementation language of the target Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) model. We draw extensively from the IFC library to demonstrate that it can be applied in this manner, and apply the MVD methodology in defining the scope and interface of the DOM and IFC. This simplifies the IFC translation process significantly and minimizes the need for mapping. We conclude on the basis of selective implementations that a model reflecting the principles and features we define can indeed provide needed and otherwise unavailable support in drafting interpretation and other problems involving reasoning with this class of diagrammatic representations.

Det primära syftet med detta examensarbete kan sägas vara att skapa en uppfattning hos Skanska Väg & Anläggning Sydost, som är initiativtagare till detta examensarbete, om vad BIM (Building Information Model) är och hur det lättast kan implementeras i deras arbetsprocesser. Det skulle vara omöjligt att täcka in alla aspekter av BIM under den korta tid som funnits till förfogande och inom ramen för detta examensarbete, därför har de aspekter som ansetts vara viktiga för företaget samt författaren lyfts upp för utredning. För att kunna nå dit har examensarbetet till uppgift att kartlägga och synliggöra de skillnader som finns mellan dagens byggprocess och BIM (Building Information Model) och utifrån det föreslå möjliga sätt att implementera denna arbetsmetod hos Skanska Väg & Anläggning Sydost. I examensarbetets första kapitel ges en kort introduktion och bakgrund till hur byggprocessen förändrats under tidens gång. Ett syfte och en frågeställning formuleras och en avgränsning för examensarbetets omfattning görs. I examensarbetets andra kapitel ges den teoretiska bakgrunden till dagens byggprocess. Viktiga aspekter av dagens byggprocess lyfts fram och förklaras. Därefter följer en presentation av begreppet BIM och vad det innebär. Därefter görs en kort genomgång för hur arbetet med BIM ser ut hos Skanska Sverige AB och generellt i byggbranschen. I examensarbetets tredje kapitel presenteras hur BIM används idag på vägprojekt utanför Katrineholm i ett projekt kallat för Förbifart Katrineholm där BIM tillämpats i viss utsträckning. Skillnaderna som finns mellan dagens byggprocess och BIM samt de för- och nackdelar som kan konstateras hos BIM i relation till dagens byggprocess presenteras. I examensarbetes fjärde kapitel besvaras frågeställningarna och resultatet analyseras samt diskuteras ur viktiga aspekter för byggande, för att i det femte kapitlet komma med konkreta förslag på hur en implementering av BIM i Skanska Väg & Anläggning Sydosts arbetsprocesser kan se ut. / The primary purpose of this thesis can be said to be to create a perception at Skanska Civil Southeast, which is the initiator of this thesis, on what BIM (Building Information Model) is and how it can most easily be implemented in their work processes. It would be impossible to cover all aspects of BIM in the short amount of time that has been available and in the context of this thesis, therefore, the aspects that were deemed important to the company and to the author has been picked up for investigation. To achieve this, the task of the thesis is to identify and highlight the differences between today's construction process, and BIM (Building Information Model) and from that suggest possible ways to implement this way of working to Skanska Civil Southeast. The thesis first chapter provides a brief introduction and background to the construction process and how it has changed over time. A purpose and questions on which the thesis is being based on are formulated and a boundary for the thesis is done. The thesis second chapter provides the theoretical background to today's construction process. Key aspects of today's construction process are highlighted and explained. This is followed by a presentation of the concept of BIM and what it means. After that, a brief review of how the work with BIM looks at Skanska Sweden AB and in the construction industry generally. The thesis third chapter presents how BIM is currently used on a road project just outside of Katrineholm in a project called Förbifart Katrineholm where BIM is being applied to some extent. The differences that exist between today’s construction process and the BIM and the pros and con that can be observed in BIM relative to today's construction process is presented. In the thesis fourth chapter answers the questions and the results are analyzed and discussed on important aspects of construction, to, in the fifth chapter make concrete proposals on how an implementation of BIM in Skanska Civil Southeast work processes may look like.