Many disciplines work together in the construction industry: various specialists collaborate on projects phases (conception, construction, facility management). BIM is a new technology which, brought with a renewal of processes, might bring to the construction industry efficiency and quality. It is constantly growing around the world, becoming mandatory in some countries (for example France starting in 2017).
However, existing literature remains limited to the technological aspects of BIM: the use of new software, the modelling, etc. But all aspects regarding organization and processes of BIM implementation in companies haven’t been studied a lot so far.
This paper looks into that theme, focusing on organizational change due to the implementation of BIM in an architecture and engineering firm. It singles out with a methodology crossing investigation methods taken from maturity analysis with methods from cognitive psychology.
Results confirm the firms’ tendency to focus on technology implementation, leaving out all aspects regarding internal processes and organization adaptation. Moreover, BIM’s perceptions and uses vary a lot depending on who’s using it (actors’ category) and where (different agencies of a same firm): associates visualize BIM and its implementation very differently, depending on their job and the project they worked on. Jobs, especially the BIM manager and project leader jobs, are not clearly defined regarding BIM.
At last, the maturity analysis adapted from an existing model allowed to identify the weak points in the organizational and procedural aspects.
| Date | 17 Aug 2015 |
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| Original language | French |
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| Awarding Institution | - École de technologie supérieure
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| Supervisor | Daniel Forgues (Supervisor) & Samia Ben Rajeb (Co-supervisor) |
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Fadeuilhe, C. (Author),
Forgues (Supervisor) & Ben Rajeb (Co-supervisor),
17 Aug 2015Student thesis: Master's thesis › Master in Engineering: Construction Engineering