A Preliminary Implementation Framework of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Algerian AEC Industry

Abstract

The construction industry is one of the most growing sectors worldwide, it plays a great role in boosting the economy. The construction sector in Algeria has recently witnessed an upward growth, due to the Algerian government’s vision to develop economic activity and boost the residential construction market. On the other hand, the Algerian construction market is suffering from the lack of efficiency; projects delay and less quality of projects delivery. It becomes very necessary to find a way to improve these inefficiencies by adopting new approaches and technologies. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is becoming a widespread and common approach in the design, construction and maintenance of building facilities as BIM reduces waste, improves construction quality and enhance collaboration among the construction stakeholders. Hence, it becomes necessary to start gradually introducing BIM to the Algerian construction industry in order to improve its productivity. This paper addresses BIM implementation in the Algerian AEC industry and proposes a preliminary framework towards its implementation. Through a questionnaire survey, we explored the BIM capabilities, BIM awareness and BIM maturity of the Algerian AEC players. Based on the questionnaire findings and literature review, this paper proposes an effective BIM implementation based on both levels of macro-adoption and micro-adoption. The framework developed is based on three main aspects comprise of technology, process and policy. This study is considered as the first implementation framework of Building information modelling in the Algerian AEC industry. The framework proposed will be used as a reference for the Algerian researchers and professionals.

Root factors limiting BIM implementation in developing countries: sampling the Turkish AEC industry

“…The reasons why BIM technology is not extensively used in the construction industry could be categorised in four stages by examining pioneering studies: BIM practices (Tsai et al, 2014;Chien et al, 2014;Ozorhon and Karahan, 2016;Olawumi and Chan, 2018), BIM awareness (Bryde et al, 2013;Bouguerra et al, 2020), organisation (Takim et al, 2013;Tsai et al, 2014;Chien et al, 2014;Morlhon et al, 2014;Ding et al, 2015;Ozorhon and Karahan, 2016), and BIM education (Morlhon et al, 2014;Amuda-Yusuf, 2018;Bouguerra et al, 2020).…”

“…Although BIM technology is a new research subject, several noteworthy BIM-related studies have been conducted from different perspectives, including the pre-construction and postconstruction BIM implementation/areas of use of BIM (Aladag et al, 2016;Bouguerra et al, 2020), BIM benefits (Bryde et al, 2013), challenges and barriers (Chien et al, 2014;Vass and Gustausson, 2017;Tan et al, 2019;Chan et al, 2019a, b;Park et al, 2019;Ma et al, 2020;Evans and Farrel, 2021;Tam et al, 2021), maturity levels (Succar, 2009), process management of construction phases (Morlhon et al, 2014), and adoption (Park et al, 2019;Manzoor et al, 2021;Tam et al, 2021). Studies have also been conducted to investigate the critical success factors of BIM implementation and adoption (Tsai et al, 2014;Morlhon et al, 2014;Ozorhon and Karahan, 2016;Antwi-Afari et al, 2018;Amuda-Yusuf, 2018;Olawumi and Chan, 2018;Chan et al, 2019b;Dao et al, 2021), critical risk factors (Chien et al, 2014;Khoshfetrat et al, 2020), and drivers (Olanrewaju et al, 2021) related to the use of BIM/BIM implementation in developed countries.…”

“…, 2014; Chien et al. , 2014; Ozorhon and Karahan, 2016; Olawumi and Chan, 2018), BIM awareness (Bryde et al ., 2013; Bouguerra et al. , 2020), organisation (Takim et al.…”

“…, 2015; Ozorhon and Karahan, 2016), and BIM education (Morlhon et al. , 2014; Amuda-Yusuf, 2018; Bouguerra et al. , 2020).…”

The impact of 3D, 4D, and 5D Building Information Modeling for reducing claims to service providers

“…The various dimensions of BIM usage have been categorized based on the process of implementing them. The BIM dimension can be divided into the 3rd dimension is space, the 4th dimension is time or scheduling and sorting, the 5th dimension is cost estimation, and the 6th dimension is facility management [7].…”