Building Information Modelling: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions

Abstract

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a technological revolution that provides civil engineers with a central digital means of managing their design construction and facilities management tasks. The primary objective of this research is to comprehensively analyze the role and impact of BIM in civil engineering. The study highlights the benefits, challenges, and prospects regarding BIM. This study underlines the main implementation issues, which had been identified in the previous research in cross-sectional, qualitative, and quantitative studies related to BIM implementation and approaches for solving them. Additionally, it provides a way of recognizing and explaining the tangible effects of the BIM application on project management, work progress, cost, and cooperation in the construction industry. The results of notable research and case studies are surveyed in order to recognize practical scenarios that can be related to BIM project management.