Construction Parts in Building Projects: Definition and Case Study

Case study for the development of an analysis structure for the collaborative environment on project companies

“…From studies by Gu & London (2010), Eastman et al (2014), Garcia et al (2018), Charef et al (2018) and Wu et al (2018), we list some factors that cause BIM underutilisation and hamper the progress in this paradigm: the lack of governmental support for acceleration of BIM implementation; lack of alignment between workers and academics for dissemination of the tool; perception that BIM is only done to produce fancy threedimensional models or for projects of complex functions; unawareness of the coordination and collaboration between different disciplines; the issue of deal with the initial costs of BIM implementation (licenses, training and/or hiring experts); implementation of a cycle of adoption and diffusion of technology without incorporating knowledge absorption as the initial step.…”

“…However, the understanding of the current paradigm of project production process is not supported only in CAD logic. It involves cultural, socioeconomic, and technological issues molded from variations in knowledge absorption, in the development of technical capabilities and standardization of the various sectors of construction industry, under different contexts (Gu & London, 2010;Wong et al, 2010;Fellows & Liu, 2013;Manzione, 2013, Eastman et al, 2014Wu et al, 2018;Garcia et al;.…”

“…In this context, the process of absorbing and sharing knowledge -required to drive technologically the national project companies -is still heterogeneous, fragmented and perceived as dissociated. The relationship between knowledge absorption and sharing, observed by Ping Tserng & Lin (2004) and Tomomitsu et al (2018) in many areas, and Wu et al (2018) in the segment of AEC, is present in advanced economies and represent critical factors for success of an organization. Wu et al (2018) specify also that the rapid growth in BIM adoption and implementation in the United States, England and China has resulted in a sustained boost in global construction industry on the segments of AEC.…”

“…The relationship between knowledge absorption and sharing, observed by Ping Tserng & Lin (2004) and Tomomitsu et al (2018) in many areas, and Wu et al (2018) in the segment of AEC, is present in advanced economies and represent critical factors for success of an organization. Wu et al (2018) specify also that the rapid growth in BIM adoption and implementation in the United States, England and China has resulted in a sustained boost in global construction industry on the segments of AEC. Gusberti et al (2015) point out the knowledge absorption, in the approach "Vision-Based Capabilities", as a driving force to unlock existing capacities and create new abilities (control of BIM tool), configuring new products (in this case, projects).…”

“…Considering that BIM is a disruptive technology and an agent of change in business processes, there is an wide adoption of the tool in AEC industry (Eastman et al, 2014;Fenby-Taylor et al 2016;Harun et al, 2016;NBS, 2017;Wu et al, 2018). The definition of BIM encompasses the modelling environment and the model, characterized as a " [...] process based in shared, integrated and interoperable digital-models" (Manzione, 2013, p. 36), whose products, the models, are called Building Information Models.…”