BIM & Collaboration in the AEC Industry
Translated title
Samarbejde ved BIM i byggeindustrien
Author
Thomassen, Mats
Term
4. term
Publication year
2011
Submitted on
2011-08-31
Pages
120
Abstract
This thesis examines how Building Information Modelling (BIM) shapes collaboration and workflows in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, and how current practices can be improved. It reviews the state of BIM as both technology and process, including levels of detail, software, interoperability (e.g., IFC), and standards (e.g., AIA C102 and E202). The study compares traditional and collaborative delivery arrangements such as design–bid–build, design–build, partnering, public–private partnership and integrated project delivery to assess their suitability for BIM-enabled processes. Drawing on concurrent engineering, it analyzes activity relations and information flows. The Danish context is explored through case interviews with industry stakeholders, complemented by an interview with a BIM coordinator. Insights are consolidated into a strategy (including SWOT), a problem statement, and a prototype set of project-management tools that structure information and clarify product, organization and process (POP) for individual construction projects. Proposed artefacts include a model element table, model structure and activity relations, alongside implementation suggestions and a user-oriented interface concept. The thesis identifies clear challenges to making BIM both time- and cost-efficient in practice and responds with a pragmatic toolkit intended to improve collaboration and information clarity. The effectiveness of the tools is discussed based on stakeholder feedback; quantitative results are not included in this excerpt.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan Building Information Modelling (BIM) påvirker samarbejde og arbejdsgange i bygge- og anlægsbranchen (arkitektur, ingeniør og konstruktion), og hvordan processer kan forbedres. Det gennemgår status for BIM som både teknologi og proces, herunder detaljeringsniveauer, software, interoperabilitet (fx IFC) og standarder (fx AIA C102 og E202). Specialet sammenligner traditionelle og kollaborative leveranceformer som design-udbud-byg, totalentreprise, partnering, offentligt-privat samarbejde og Integrated Project Delivery for at vurdere deres egnethed til BIM-understøttede forløb. Med afsæt i Concurrent Engineering analyseres aktivitetsrelationer og informationsstrømme. Den danske kontekst belyses gennem caseinterviews med brancheaktører, suppleret af et interview med en BIM-koordinator. Indsigterne samles i en strategi (inkl. SWOT), en problemformulering og en prototype af projektledelsesværktøjer, der strukturerer information og tydeliggør produkt, organisation og proces (POP) for konkrete byggeprojekter. Der foreslås artefakter som modelelementtabel, modelstruktur og aktivitetsrelationer samt implementeringsforslag og et brugerorienteret grænsefladekoncept. Specialet konstaterer klare udfordringer ved at gøre BIM både tids- og omkostningseffektivt i praksis og svarer med et pragmatisk værktøjssæt, der skal forbedre samarbejde og informationsklarhed. Effekten af værktøjerne drøftes ud fra interessentfeedback; kvantitative resultater fremgår ikke af dette uddrag.
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