Current Status of BIM Benefits, Challenges, and the Future Potential for the Structural Discipline

Life cycle energy efficiency in building structures: A review of current developments and future outlooks based on BIM capabilities

“…In this collective decision process, structural engineers could utilise BIM-integrated applications in order to look beyond the material selection and focus on design decisions that optimise the material performance of buildings in a holistic manner. In structural systems the advantages as well as the limitations of BIM integration have been reported by Solnosky [32], whilst Nawari et al [33] have suggested that BIM integrated structural analysis will allow engineering students and practitioners to develop a finer understanding of the various structural concepts. The next generation of BIM-based structural modelling platforms would include Design Authoring Modelling (Code checking and feedback), Analysis & Design Modelling (Simulations), Detailing/Component Modelling (Buildability), Fabrication Modelling, and Construction Application Modelling (Coordination) [33].…”

Formulating project-level building information modeling evaluation framework from the perspectives of organizations: A review

“…The effectiveness of BIM implementation in various situations, such as educational and industrial settings, has been evaluated [15] . Despite the topic of BIM having been studied by academics [16,17,18,19] , and professional industry groups [20,21,22] , the financial investment in this innovative methodological and technological solution makes private sector clients very prudent [23] . Research has shown that the major hurdle for adopting BIM into standard industry practice is to justify the additional cost to achieve the benefits discussed [24] .…”

“…Reduced cost [5,6,7,10,18,19,21,23,35,37,39,41,42,[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]57,[59][60][61][62][73][74][75][76][77]79,80] Percent of the time projects are delivered on/under budget [70,85] All Quality improvement [10,18,19,21,23,35,39,42,45,48,52,57,59,62,65,…”

“…Visualization [47][48][49]51,19,[59][60][61][62]18,[69][70][71]21,10,[73][74][75]76,37,38,40,42] Qualitative [70] All Sustainable [46,48,49,56,59,67,68,70,5,7,21,61,35,37,41] Energy consumption upgrade rate [87] Design agencies;…”

“…Operators Productivity improvement [47][48][49]51,52,23,6,[58][59][60][61][62]19,18,70,21,10,74,[76][77][78][79][80]35,36,40,44] Qualitative [79,88] All…”