How Building Information Modeling (BIM) Can Help Project Managers

Saad Al Jabri is a specialist in the field of entrepreneurship and project management with more than 18 years’ experience delivering a range of projects across industries, particularly in real estate development. He has a wealth of project management knowledge in line with Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology.

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Building information modeling (BIM) has grown in a tremendous way in just a few years across the globe. Major government and private owners are behind this dramatic shift. A recent survey noted that BIM adoption in the United States and the United Kingdom increased rapidly “from 28% to 71%” between 2007 and 2012.

Meanwhile, complexity in projects and an increase in owners’ requirements—as well as the need for the project team to collaborate widely—are factors pushing the construction world to innovate opportunities for improving efficiency and productivity. In this scenario in any project, the project manager has the overall responsibility for project success.

What is a successful project?
According to Lahdou and Zetterman (2011), a project is considered successful if the project delivers:

1. according to its specifications
2. within budget and time
3. to the satisfaction of the client, end-users and investors
4. with the help of satisfied project team

BIM benefits
In these circumstances, BIM can provide some advantages for a PM. According to Lahdou and Zetterman interviews, the most significant ones were collaboration/communication and efficient conflict resolution tools/quality.

The collaboration/communication process between stakeholders …

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