Contract Management for BIM-based Projects: A Bibliometric Literature Review

10 pages•Published: May 26, 2024

Maria Julia Menezes Firmino Lima, Luciana Hazin Hazin Alencar and Svetlana Olbina

Abstract

This review paper presents a quantitative analysis of the literature on contract management of Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based projects spanning the past 15 years. The paper primarily focuses on statistical analysis of publications to identify previous research emphases and future research trends. This review includes 107 papers, selected through a systematic search and screening process, and employs a systematic review with a bibliometric analysis, using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer for data analysis. The findings reveal a significant increase in the number of publications in the last five years, coinciding with an accelerated adoption of BIM in the construction industry. Analysis of annual distribution of published papers, the papers with the highest impact, and keywords indicates that legal contract issues are a barrier to BIM adoption. Additionally, the findings revealed the existence of connection between construction contract management and agile project management practices and the lack of research on the development of synergic BIM-contract models. Directions for future research, as the main contribution of this review, indicate the need to analyze the BIM impact on contracts management holistically, develop standards and models for BIM-based project contracts, and promote integration of BIM-contracts with agile project management practices.

Keyphrases: agile project management, building information modeling, systematic review, virtual design and construction (vdc)

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). Proceedings of 60th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 5, pages 611-620.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/sz3R
	https://doi.org/10.29007/1hgr

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2024:Contract_Management_BIM_based,
  author    = {Maria Julia Menezes Firmino Lima and Luciana Hazin Hazin Alencar and Svetlana Olbina},
  title     = {Contract Management for BIM-based Projects: A Bibliometric Literature Review},
  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/sz3R},
  doi       = {10.29007/1hgr},
  pages     = {611-620},
  year      = {2024}}

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