Building information modeling (BIM) systems and their applications in Turkey

Abstract

Building information models (BIM) have been used as common in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry in recent years. Each country in the world has tried to adopted BIM systems because of their benefits. Owing to these systems, it could be provided time, labor and money savings and reduced errors in the early design stage of a project. But, usage of BIM systems requires deeply a knowledge, skill, and expertise and unfortunately a number of BIM experts have been not enough in many countries. BIM systems that serve as a bridge among many disciplines such as architecture, civil engineering, mechanical engineering etc. study with software. Selection of confidential and accurate software has a great importance. To provide maximum efficiency from the usage of BIM systems, firstly, it should be known that benefits, risks, challenges of these systems and according to these, a roadmap is drawn. Then, usage aims and the status of BIM adoption in countries should be examined. In this context, in the light of above criteria, it is important that BIM systems that are a new project management approach for Turkey are discussed. In this paper, benefits, risks, and challenges of BIM systems for the architecture, engineering and construction were discussed, the situation in the world and Turkey were examined and applications constructed using BIM systems in Turkey were investigated.