TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging BIM and building: From a literature review to an integrated conceptual framework
AU - Chen, Ke
AU - Lu, Weisheng
AU - Peng, Yi
AU - Rowlinson, Steve
AU - Huang, George Q.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is jointly supported by the Innovation and Technology Fund (Project No.: ITP/045/13LP ) of the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), and the General Research Fund (Project No.: 17205614 ) of the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - A Building Information Model (BIM) is at risk of being 'blind and deaf' if its contained information cannot be synchronized with ongoing building processes in a real-time manner. Previous studies have attempted to explore solutions to the problem, with a view to making BIM a more useful decision-support system. However, an integrated conceptual framework summarizing these studies and structuring future development in the area is missing. Based on an ex post facto critical review of 75 papers of this kind published over the past decade, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for bridging BIM and building (BBB), which highlights the importance of synchronizing information between BIM and real-life building processes. The framework is further illustrated through a case study of prefabricated housing construction in Hong Kong. With this integrated conceptual framework, future research on BBB can proceed on a more solid footing.
AB - A Building Information Model (BIM) is at risk of being 'blind and deaf' if its contained information cannot be synchronized with ongoing building processes in a real-time manner. Previous studies have attempted to explore solutions to the problem, with a view to making BIM a more useful decision-support system. However, an integrated conceptual framework summarizing these studies and structuring future development in the area is missing. Based on an ex post facto critical review of 75 papers of this kind published over the past decade, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for bridging BIM and building (BBB), which highlights the importance of synchronizing information between BIM and real-life building processes. The framework is further illustrated through a case study of prefabricated housing construction in Hong Kong. With this integrated conceptual framework, future research on BBB can proceed on a more solid footing.
KW - Building Information Modeling (BIM)
KW - Conceptual framework
KW - Construction project management
KW - Information and communication technologies
KW - Literature review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930762229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.03.006
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84930762229
SN - 0263-7863
VL - 33
SP - 1405
EP - 1416
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
IS - 6
ER -