BIM adoption and implementation within a mechanical contracting firm

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This paper presents the preliminary findings of an on-going research project which aims to study the adoption and implementation of building information modeling (BIM) within a small or medium enterprise (SME) working in the Mechanical contracting field. The objectives of the research are to: document the BIM adoption and implementation process for a specialty contractor in the AEC industry; evaluate the impact of this transformational process within the organization and across it's project network; determine avenues of development for productivity gains using BIM and other IT tools. The paper focuses on three determinant axis of BIM deployment within a SME: (a.) Driving BIM adoption throughout the organization; (b.) Driving BIM implementation at the project network level from the organizational perspective, and.(c) assessment. The paper concludes by presenting and discussing a series of factors which have been identified as having an influence on the BIM adoption and implementation process at the speciality contractor level.

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Poirier, E. A., Staub-French, S., & Forgues, D. (2013). BIM adoption and implementation within a mechanical contracting firm. In Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (Vol. 2, pp. 951–960). Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

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