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The increased complexity of construction projects requires the involvement of a wide range of organizations throughout the project lifecycle-from conceptual planning to decommissioning. Construction project teams, therefore, differ from teams in other industries as they comprise individuals who are employed by organizations that conduct different businesses. These many separate organizations working together in a close harmony over the duration of the project is fundamental to the overall business of construction. Project success relies heavily on the management of the flow of information among players and access to the right information is vital to efficiently perform the work. Therefore, an efficient information access and effective information exchange methods internally and externally with other organizations needs to be achieved. The model-centric approach introduces a unique solution to solve the problems with the information jungle, inconsistency, and disintegration associated with the traditional document-centric approach. As such, a coherent use of information management is required to merge, comanage, and semantically connect the information and artifacts generated throughout the project phases. Adopting a model-centric approach creates a single point of truth that centralizes information and facilitates access to it. A transformation plan is needed to outline the shift of the construction from document-centric to model-centric. This paper proposes a strategy to support the model-centric transformation of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Five strategic objectives are outlined and discussed in this paper highlighting considerations that need to be made to enable this transformation. This study describes the "what" necessary to enable and support a model-centric AEC industry.

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