A novel BIM strategic plan development method for the water industry of Iran

Abstract

13 Cost overrun and time delays in water industry construction projects persuade the authorities to improve 14 the project management approach by adopting building information modeling (BIM). However, BIM is 15 new in the water industry and, with the many aspects and extensive details involved, its successful 16 implementation requires an effective strategic plan. To address this need, in this project a customized 17 BIM strategic plan development method is proposed and followed for the water industry projects in Iran. 18 As a result, two 5-year implementation phases are proposed and specifications of the required 19 infrastructures are outlined. The first phase targets the implementation of BIM maturity level one in pilot 20 projects and BIM maturity level two becomes mandatory at the end of phase two. To the best of the 21 authors' knowledge, for the first time, a systematic method for the BIM strategic plan development in an 22 industry, with multiple organizations involved, is proposed in this research. The two types of BIM 23 committees introduced and utilized in this research can inspire other BIM strategic plan development 24 efforts for large industries, e.g. transportation industry, the electric power industry, and the oil and gas 25 industry, with multiple organizations in charge and different types of construction projects implemented. 26 Keywords: Problems of water industry; Strategic plan; Building information modeling(BIM); Readiness 27 assessment; BIM implementation goals; BIM implementation roadmap: Iran. 28 29 30 2