Scope of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in India

Abstract

The design communication is gradually being changed from 2D based to integrated 3D digital interface. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a model-based design concept, in which buildings will be built virtually before they get built out in the field, where data models organized for complete integration of all relevant factors in the building lifecycle which also manages the information exchange between the AEC (Architects, Engineers, Contractors) professionals, to strengthen the interaction between the design team. BIM is a shared knowledge about the information for decisions making during its lifecycle. There's still much to be learned about the opportunities and implications of this tool. This paper deals with the status check of BIM application in India, to do that a survey has been designed to check the acceptance of BIM till date, while this application is widely accepted throughout the industry in many countries for managing project information with capabilities for cost control and facilities management.

Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India: technology–organization–environment perspective

“…However, the major hindrance to the adoption process of these technologies is caused by the existence of technical and organizational barriers (Ramilo & Embi, 2014 (Sawhney, 2014a), it might be inappropriate to apply the previous findings to the Indian context. Although the past research reports lack of expertise, complexity of BIM, resistance to explore new technology, lack of support from owners and other trade partners, reluctance to change the traditional practice, and uncertainty about BIM platform as the main reasons for not using BIM in India, these findings have not been validated (Khemlani, 2012;Kumar & Mukherjee, 2009;Sawhney, 2014b). Thus, it is imperative to study how different factors can either encourage or prevent BIM adoption in the Indian AEC sector especially among architectural firms.…”

An evaluation of the macro-scale adoption of Building Information Modeling in Chile: 2013-2016

“…There are academic studies in a considerable amount of countries: China (Xu, Feng & Li, 2014;Cao et al, 2015;Zhang, Wang, Chen & He, 2014;Ding, Zuo, Wu & Wang, 2015); Denmark (Anker Jensen & Jóhannesson, 2013;Movsisyan, 2016), Iceland (Kjartansdóttir, 2012), India (Luthra, 2010;Kumar & Mukherjee, 2009), Malaysia (Enegbuma & Ali, 2011;Teo, 2012;Latiffi, Mohd, Kasim & Fathi, 2013;Mohd-Nor & Grant, 2014), Portugal (Carvalho, 2016;Silva, Salvado, Couto & Azevedo, 2016), South Africa (Kekana, Aigbavboa & Thwala, 2014;Froise & Shakantu, 2014), Spain (Silvia, del Solar, de la Peña & Vivas 2017), Sweden (Hooper, 2015), United Kingdom (Eadie, Browne, Odeyinka, McKeown & McNiff, 2015;Khosrowshahi & Arayici, 2012), United States (Sattineni & Bradford, 2011), and various cross-country comparisons (Bui, Merschbrock & Munkvold, 2016;Gu, Singh, Tylor, London & Brankovic, 2010;Jung & Lee, 2015;Kassem, Succar & Dawood, 2013;Smith, 2014;Wong et al, 2009;Wong, Wong & Nadeem, 2010).…”

Towards the Significance of Decision Aid in Building Information Modeling (BIM) Software Selection Process

“…Compare to the CAD, BIM is more than drawing, BIM consist of vast data due to building design, construction and maintenance information that merge in one proper model. Simply stated drawing produce using BIM is interactive representation model rather than manually coordinated lines which will eliminate coordination error and improve overall quality of the work [5].…”

“…For instance, [5] define project as "a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service or result". The word "temporary" refer to characteristic of the project that has beginning and an end.…”

“…In contrast, investigation into selection criteria and decision process to select appropriate BIM software are until recently, relatively limited. Most of the company tend to follow market trend, software package that they are familiar, and choose software that is more popular in industry without having a proper analysis for a value decision making [5]. Considering the current situation in the industry, this paper discusses the importance of decision making for BIM software selection in construction industry.…”