BIM Technologies in Construction Engineering and Management

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 2972

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Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile
Interests: building information modeling; lean construction; additive manufacturing; construction 4.0; engineering education

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School of Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
Interests: lean management; lean construction; lean design; virtual design and construction; engineering education
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Dear Colleagues,

Although substantial research has been conducted to implement BIM technologies into construction engineering and management, the state-of-the-art and practical applications have not yet fully addressed the opportunities and challenges of BIM when managing construction and engineering processes. In this sense, the journal Buildings announces a call for papers for a Special Issue devoted to “BIM Technologies in Construction Engineering and Management”. The Special Issue seeks scientific articles or reviews that expand upon the current literature and understanding of BIM technologies in construction engineering and management. Manuscripts discussing case studies that move construction and design activities toward BIM applications are also welcome. Therefore, original research, case studies, and review articles on the following topics are welcome:

  • Adoption of BIM for construction engineering and management;
  • BIM and automation and robotics;
  • BIM and virtual and augmented reality;
  • BIM education;
  • BIM-enabled structural design;
  • BIM in facility management;
  • BIM interoperability and collaboration;
  • BIM policies and standardization;
  • BIM software development;
  • Case studies of the implications of the BIM goals;
  • Digital twins and their applications.;
  • Geospatial technologies and BIM;
  • Green BIM and its applications;
  • IoT, monitoring, and intelligent building and their applications;
  • Maintenance, life cycle, and circular economy;
  • Non-destructive control and its integration into BIM;
  • nD BIM modeling and construction management;
  • Relationship between BIM application and key performance indicators;
  • Synergies between BIM and construction 4.0;
  • Impact of BIM on people and culture.

Dr. Eric Forcael
Dr. Rodrigo F. Herrera
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • building information modeling
  • construction engineering
  • construction management
  • digital twins
  • BIM technologies
  • construction 4.0
  • BIM impacts

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Barriers to Building Information Modelling Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises: Nigerian Construction Industry Perspectives
by Olusayo Ayobami Bamgbose, Babatunde Fatai Ogunbayo and Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa
Buildings 2024, 14(2), 538; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14020538 - 17 Feb 2024
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The widespread adoption of building information modelling in the construction industry faces significant obstacles, particularly among small and medium-sized construction enterprises. This research accessed barriers to building information modelling adoption among small and medium enterprises in the Nigerian construction industry. The study obtained [...] Read more.
The widespread adoption of building information modelling in the construction industry faces significant obstacles, particularly among small and medium-sized construction enterprises. This research accessed barriers to building information modelling adoption among small and medium enterprises in the Nigerian construction industry. The study obtained quantitative data from 182 participants out of the 200 questionnaires that were distributed. A combination of descriptive and exploratory factor analysis was performed using IBM SPSS version 26, and the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) test and Bartlett’s sphericity test were conducted to check data adequacy and reliability. The study findings clustered five factors from the 25 identified barriers to BIM adoption in SMEs in the Nigerian construction industry. They are functionality and compatibility, risk and the unavailability of BIM resources, inadequate awareness of BIM, inadequate clients’ demands and support, and stakeholders’ skills gaps. The study recommends training opportunities for construction professionals, government facilitation through incentives, and safeguarding intellectual property linked to BIM-oriented projects. Collaboration among construction stakeholders would also increase client awareness and knowledge sharing on modern technology, such as BIM adoption in SMEs in the construction industry. Full article
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Proposal of an Artefact in the Design of BIM Systematizing Lean Concepts and Tools through Neural Networks
by Thiago Faria Falcão, Michele Tereza Marques Carvalho and Maria Carolina Gomes de Oliveira Brandstetter
Buildings 2023, 13(4), 1020; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13041020 - 13 Apr 2023
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Research studies related to BIM go beyond the use of models where other tools are applied in synergy. Lean, for example, has been inserted with the perspective of improving processes both qualitatively and quantitatively and goes beyond the technological aspects, covering behavioural and [...] Read more.
Research studies related to BIM go beyond the use of models where other tools are applied in synergy. Lean, for example, has been inserted with the perspective of improving processes both qualitatively and quantitatively and goes beyond the technological aspects, covering behavioural and cultural issues. Studies related to the simultaneous applications of Lean and BIM have shown several benefits but also several adversities inside the BIM cycle. Having raised this gap, this work aimed to identify existing adversities in the design phase of BIM through a systematic literature review and enable a method to guide the main causal factors in this stage for companies that work with BIM using artificial neural networks, to build an artefact composed of Lean concepts and tools that promote simple alternatives to be applied in companies. The obtained results indicated that obstacles to the application of Lean and BIM in the design phase are related to technology, cost, management, shortage of professionals, data interoperability and changes to workflow processes. An analysis including standards and guidelines can be useful to understand the company’s processes and apply BIM protocols in order to collect particularities and aspects to be implemented. Full article
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