MT - Using BIM as a PM Tool: 4.2.5 – BIM influence on Quality

Table 4.2 shows Quality as another KPI were only positive effects were perceived. On 12 projects (34.29%) there were 13 mentions of benefits on Quality from implementing BIM. The type of benefits came from design and documentation quality aspects like “more accurate design” (Audubon Center – McGraw-Hill, 2010b) or “higher-quality [...] deliverables” (Sutter Health Medical Center – McGraw-Hill, 2009). Another very important effect of BIM implementation was that it allowed or helped sustainable design and construction like in the “improved Daylighting analysis” of the SF Public Utilities Commission (McGraw-Hill, 2010b); the “greener building” and cost savings “in many of the green elements” in the Shanghai Tower (McGraw-Hill, 2010b) or the “more sustainable construction process” at the Palomar Medical Center (McGraw-Hill, 2010b).

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MT - Using BIM as a PM Tool: 4.2.4 – BIM influence on Coordination

Coordination (or Integration) Improvement was mentioned 14 times. 12 of the projects had more positive than negative mentions on Coordination due to the implementation of BIM. These positive effects were typically due to the use of clash detection only possible by the use of BIM or due to eliminated coordination sessions thanks to the automatic coordination and improved workflow that the BIM Model allowed. Some of the positive effects on coordination might come from the application if integrated design strategies used in the case studies, such as Integrated Project Delivery [IPD]. According to some of the case studies (Palomar Medical Center –McGraw-Hill, 2010b) “BIM facilitated the integrated design approach“, so the benefits of the Integrated Design approach can ultimately be seen as a consequence of BIM implementation. There were some challenges and negative effects due to the use of BIM. They were mentioned 7 times, although only on 3 of the projects there were more negative than positive effects of BIM on coordination. Sometimes the “lack of understanding of interoperability limitations and abilities” (Expeditionary Hospital – Manning and Messner, 2008) posed problems. When the project was too big, software issues caused by the program not being able to handle so much information forced the creations of multiple models “to be able to work on the project” (US Food and Drug Administration Headquarters – McGraw-Hill, 2010b). The last point is a software issue, but because of the problems of coordination that it cause was considered as a negative effect on this KPI.

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MT - Using BIM as a PM Tool: 4.2.3 – BIM influence on Communication

The effects of BIM on communication found in all of the 35 case studies were always positive. Communication improvements were mentioned 15 times in 13 of the 35 case studies (37.14% of the projects). Some of benefits on communication were “information exchange saving up to 50% of effort” (Palace Exchange – BSI, 2010); “information is a lot easier to find compared to traditional 2D drawings” (CMG Medical Office Building – Khanzode et al., 2008) ; or “better communicate changes with the owner” (Esean Children’s Hospital – McGraw-Hill, 2010a).
No negative effects or challenges affecting Communication were mentioned. This shows that this KPI is probably the one in which BIM is having an easier implementation, no stakeholders are mentioning any negative effects on it.

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