Performance Analysis and Assessment of BIM-Based Construction Support with Priority Queuing Policy

Abstract

A variety of methodological approaches have been developed to performance assessment for the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) at organizational and project levels. Recently, active research has been undertaken on the quantitative analysis of the effects of BIM on projects through BIM-based design validation methodologies. Nevertheless, few studies have addressed the interactions between the BIM staff providing BIM services and the project participants requesting BIM services from the viewpoint of micro-level management. In this study, with the aim of improving the performance of BIM-based construction support, we performed an analysis of the properties of the BIM request for information (RFI) in the construction phase, proposing a method for performance analysis and assessment which considers the competencies of the BIM staff that handle and process such requests. This study verified that, through the application of a priority policy according to the purpose of the information use in the construction phase, the performance of the BIM staff can be improved, and the waiting time of project participants to receive responses to the BIM RFIs can be reduced. The findings of this study are expected to be applied in areas such as decision making on allocation of BIM staff and analysis of return on investment (ROI) in hiring BIM services.

Collaborative BIM-Based Construction Coordination Progress Modeling Using Extended Collaborative Process Modeling (exCPM)

“…However, as in previous studies, construction sites can support BIM RFIs by having BIM staff who are familiar with BIM and by making information extracted from BIM available in various forms to those who are not familiar with BIM [44,45]. If BIM RFIs are not properly processed by professional BIM staff, it may delay the work of project participants who are responsible for making decisions or executing work in the project [47,48]. The information required for the communication, coordination, and decision-making processes required to carry out a construction project is not limited to the original BIM model created in the actual BIM authoring tool.…”

“…Ham and Yuh (2023) classified BIM RFIs for BIM-based construction support and conducted a performance analysis of prioritizing high-priority RFIs [47]. Huh et al (2023) also analyzed the effectiveness of applying a prioritization policy to improve the performance of a BIM-based design validation process [48].…”

“…However, previous studies have shown that BIM staff are outsourced from companies with specialized competencies [42,43]. BIM staff contribute to construction coordination by converting BIM into various detail levels and types in response to the information requirements of project participants during the construction phase, and their specific tasks include the following [46,47] System for data input/output in the construction stage.…”