Diagnostic and Assessment Benefits and Barriers of BIM in Construction Project Management
Abstract: This paper aims to diagnostic
and assessment the benefits and barriers of Building Information Modelling in
the construction project management. Both open and closed questionnaire was
used to explore the views of a number of Iraqi engineers; in order to
investigate the level of BIM implementation in Iraq construction sector.
Questionnaire indicated an acceptable awareness of (BIM) in Iraq, especially
among the young generation of engineers which indicates the arrival of the
evolutionary stream of BIM in the next few years. Moreover, questionnaire
showed that the most important advantage of implementing BIM in the Iraqi
construction sector was the ability to generate accurate 2D plans at any stage,
while the least important advantage was the ability to provide a careful planning
of the site facilities, with a relative importance of (82 %) and (33 %)
respectively. Furthermore, the most important barrier to its implementation was
the unspecified responsibilities for data content, as presented by
questionnaire, while the least important barrier was the lack of programs
efficiency in data exchange and internal collaboration, with a relative
importance of (81 %) and (34 %) respectively.
Keywords: Building Information
Modelling; Questionnaire; Personal Interview; Barriers; Construction Project
Management
Author: Faiq Al-Zwainy,
Ibraheem A. Mohammed, Kamil A. K. Al-Shaikhli
Journal Code: jptsipilgg170008
