BIM: Enabling Sustainability and Asset Management through Knowledge Management

Kivits, Robbert; Furneaux, Craig

doi:10.1155/2013/983721

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“…Knowledge sharing processes with customers and other stakeholders allow firms to achieve sustainable business goals [11], sustainable environmental goals [12,13], and sustainable social goals [14]. More specifically, managing the impact of industrial firms' operations on the environment could be supported by the adoption of innovative collaborative technologies for KM [15][16][17][18][19]. Therefore, this literature demonstrates how KM has an integrated impact on the three perspectives of sustainability: economical perspective, environmental perspective and social perspective.…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge Management in Startups: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

2017

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This paper conducts a systematic literature review on knowledge management (KM) in the context of startups in order to analyze the state of the art, identify research gaps and define a future research agenda. The main findings highlight that, even though there is an increasing number of papers on the topic of KM in startups, several issues are still neglected. Specifically, the paper identifies four main gaps in the body of literature. The first gap deals with the environmental and socio-political factors influencing the adoption of KM in startups. The second gap regards the lack of a comprehensive taxonomy of knowledge management systems (KMSs) that may support the processes of knowledge creation, acquisition, storage, transfer, sharing and application. This second gap allows us to identify a third gap concerning the level of alignment between startup's strategies and technologies adopted. Finally, the fourth gap deals with the issue of the impact of KM on startup's performances with regard to economic, financial, market, technical, technological, organizational, human and relational performance. From these four gaps, six research questions (RQs) have been proposed. These RQs allow us to identify possible areas of analysis to define a future research agenda. Neglecting these issues means underestimating all the possible advantages of KM adoption for a startup to achieve efficiency, effectiveness and scalability goals.

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Knowledge Management in Startups: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

2017

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“…BIM provides technical and financial data acquired from buildings, which may cross with organizational software to create valuable knowledge. Kivits and Furneaux (2013) add that even though BIM has initial implementation challenges, when surpassed, it has been demonstrated to be an effective tool that provides reliable data for FM decisions of any kind.…”

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A Strategic Approach to Target Capital Investment on Facility Assets: Literature Review

Rincon

Lavy

Fernández-Solís

2017

Journal of Facility Management Education and Research

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Analysis of a strategic planning framework, proposed by Edward Zielinski, focused on reducing operational costs in Facility Management (FM) through using long-term best practices in capital investment. This paper indicates how that framework may assist in the FM decision process of capital investment allocation. The framework structure is integrated through: (1) alignment of FM decisions to the organizational strategy; (2) measuring FM performance with a data-driven approach; and (3) standardization of budgeting processes as support for FM credibility. The authors use a Structured Literature Review to investigate how previous research of the topic and subtopics supports the framework's objectives. Emphasis on referenced case studies aims to investigate the applicability of this framework by FM practitioners. The framework is fully applicable to FM operations. The case study analysis suggests it is a powerful tool for supporting capital investment decisions in organizations. Benefits foreseen include: value creation through alignment of FM decisions to organizational goals, risk control in short-, mid-and long-term FM decisions, creation of structured procedures for FM data acquisition supporting stakeholders' decisions, increased FM credibility through budgeting process standardization, improvement of FM operations efficiency, and senior management awareness of FM priorities. This paper encourages FM practitioners to structure their daily operations by addressing the three most challenging aspects of this profession: understand the client, capitalize valuable knowledge, and secure funding.

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“…Nevertheless most of the documents handed over to facilities managers by contractors are still paper based [23] and thousands of man-hours are spent recreating [35] incomplete and inaccurate [36] information. Technology has helped FM to automate the traditional processes [37,38] but it is still perceived as a utility tool rather than an enabler for strategic value [39]. Most of the FM functions are done manually [40], but using BIM would increase efficiency and accuracy [15] and the building model would be used as a single source for all the project information [41].…”

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Building information model implementation for existing buildings for facilities management: a framework and two case studies

Carbonari

Stravoravdis

Gausden

2015

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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This paper presents the process of implementation of a building information model for managing an existing building, identifying a development framework and documenting the difficulties that occurred during the implementation of the initial stages. The use of building information modelling (BIM) for the design and construction phase of a building has been thoroughly looked into by researchers and practitioners and there is evidence to support that it is beneficial for reducing cost, time and improving communication. A single shared building information model results in a greater accuracy, clarity and consistency of the information available during the life cycle compared to traditional 2D/3D drawings. Yet the potential use of BIM for the operational and management phase (facilities management), besides maintenance schedules and equipment information and location, is still not clearly identified. The UK Government, institutional clients and major private owners are now demanding BIM for new construction and major refurbishment, but given that 70-75% of the UK building stock that will exist and be in use in 2050 has already been built, a significant part of the existing facilities will not have a building information model till the next major refurbishment. This creates a major gap in the built environment, when it comes to having BIM for existing buildings.This paper presents the initial findings of two case studies, where building information models were developed for two existing buildings using a new framework and concludes that minimal BIM skills are sufficient to construct a base building model that can be implemented over time by facilities managers.

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BIM: Enabling Sustainability and Asset Management through Knowledge Management

Cited by 121 publications

References 13 publications

Knowledge Management in Startups: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Knowledge Management in Startups: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

A Strategic Approach to Target Capital Investment on Facility Assets: Literature Review

Building information model implementation for existing buildings for facilities management: a framework and two case studies

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