Preliminary Investigation of the Residential Housing Contractors’ View of the Adoption of BIM Technology

9 pages•Published: October 23, 2017

Abstract

The construction industry increasingly embraces Building Information Models (BIM) in an attempt to enhance work practices and overcome difficulties inherent in complex construction projects. However, widespread use of BIM in small projects, specifically in the residential housing sector, is rarely evident. In an attempt to address BIM’s lack of uptake amongst residential housing contractors, a study was initiated to better understand their information/technology needs and the site planning process requirements. The premise is that a construction- orientated BIM tailored to the specific needs of those residential housing contractors can offer better value and possibly contribute to the uptake of BIM technology in that sector. In the current phase of this study, pilot interviews were conducted with housing construction professionals in Victoria, Australia, to investigate some of the existing site and resource management procedures as well as the technology context. The paper reports on selected findings of these pilot interviews particularly the technology support and potential use of BIM in housing projects. The preliminary findings suggest that the technologies actually being used for construction management are quite simple with main focus on managing administrative functions such as procurement rather than undertaking a sophisticated onsite planning process. Furthermore, while the interviewees seem to be positive towards the adoption of new technologies such as BIM, they had concerns about the lack of understanding of BIM technology and the uncertainty about its impact on changing the existing work practices.

Keyphrases: bim, building information model, construction management, residential housing, resource planning, victoria

In: Marsha Lamb (editor). AUBEA 2017: Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference 2017, vol 1, pages 279-287.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/DFVW
	https://doi.org/10.29007/mcvc

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{AUBEA2017:Preliminary_Investigation_Residential_Housing,
  author    = {Farshid Rahmani and Maged Georgy},
  title     = {Preliminary Investigation of the Residential Housing Contractors’ View of the Adoption of BIM Technology},
  booktitle = {AUBEA 2017: Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference 2017},
  editor    = {Marsha Lamb},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Education Science},
  volume    = {1},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2306},
  url       = {/publications/paper/DFVW},
  doi       = {10.29007/mcvc},
  pages     = {279-287},
  year      = {2017}}

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