BIM Implementation for PMBOK Enhancement in the Construction Industry

9 pages•Published: May 26, 2024

Foad Zahedi, Hongtao Dang, Javad Majrouhi Sardroud and Mahdi Shirzadi

Abstract

The construction industry has made significant improvements in adopting and integrating emerging technologies. One example is the wide use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), which offers numerous benefits to the construction industry. BIM assists project teams in achieving better quality with lower risk, shorter timeframes, and reduced costs. Meanwhile, the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) defines the required discipline to meet stakeholders' needs. PMBOK aims to facilitate the achievement of predefined project deliverables and improve project goals through effective communication and decision-making processes. This paper presents a questionnaire-based investigation to measure whether BIM implementation enhances the PMBOK in projects and whether BIM positively affects Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMKAs) on a global scale. The questionnaire consisted of 7 general questions, 37 PMBOK-oriented questions, and 4 questions targeting BIM advantages and obstacles. 95 experts participated in the survey based on the LinkedIn search and survey invitation. The results showed that BIM dramatically influences the quality of execution of PMKAs, specifically in Project Integration Management. Additionally, the study examined the effect of BIM on the product lifecycle that BIM improves project coordination and discovers clashes during the engineering phase. In the construction phase, BIM facilitates as-built drawings and enhances communication, and during the post-construction phase, BIM enhances facility and components’ lifecycle management. The research also found that the most significant obstacles to implementing BIM are the lack of experts, value propositions, and efficient training.

Keyphrases: bim, knowledge areas, pmbok, pmka, project management

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). Proceedings of 60th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 5, pages 695-703.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/Wz2fw
	https://doi.org/10.29007/k7nf

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2024:BIM_Implementation_PMBOK_Enhancement,
  author    = {Foad Zahedi and Hongtao Dang and Javad Majrouhi Sardroud and Mahdi Shirzadi},
  title     = {BIM Implementation for PMBOK Enhancement in the Construction Industry},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 60th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {5},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/Wz2fw},
  doi       = {10.29007/k7nf},
  pages     = {695-703},
  year      = {2024}}

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