Construction industry involves a multitude of stakeholders who perform their work from disparate locations. This involvement of numerous stakeholders, which is common in construction industry compared to the other industries, has led to conceptual fragmentation. In spite of this fragmentation, the construction industry delivers complex projects with limitations. The limitations can be mostly attributed to the difficulties in achieving the optimum levels of collaboration, coordination, and communication (referred as three C's) which are required for efficient project delivery.Shifting from a two-dimensional design documentation, the industry has recently embraced Building Information Models (BIM) that allow an information rich visualization of the facility during feasibility analysis stage enabling efficient information transfer among the stakeholders. Deploying the BIM in the 'cloud' can further enhance the project integration through the near optimal levels of the three C's. Very few researchers have investigated that the modifications made to the BIM can promote post project delivery functions too in a seamless fashion.To incorporate this, the authors had proposed a conceptual framework using BIM on the cloud for construction project life cycle. This framework is described in this paper. The utility of the framework is also discussed.

Construction industry is highly exposed to accidents than other industries. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of the construction industry, more than one task is required to be performed at the same time. If safety planning is improper, it may lead to serious accidents on-site, directly affecting overall productivity. Recent technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) have the potential to manage safety on the construction site. This study deals with the status check of the awareness of BIM in Indian construction along with benefits, barriers faced in Indian construction. This study also presents the benefits that BIM implementation can bring for safety management. In this study, a questionnaire was designed to ascertain the level of awareness of BIM in the Indian construction industry. The questionnaire was distributed to construction professionals from all over India. A total of 171 valid responses were received from all the corners of India. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences analysis (SPSS) has been used for data analysis. The survey concludes that the Indian construction sector needs to work on the three main aspects that include awareness of BIM and its benefits for organizations, accumulation of BIM in the tertiary education system, and delivering corporate training in construction organizations for a successful realization of benefits by the implementation of BIM.

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