Research Information System
in: BIM Teaching and Learning Handbook, M. Reza Hosseini,Farzad Khosrowshahi,Ajibade Aibinu,Sepehr Abrishami, Editor, Taylor Publishing Company, Oxford, pp.48-64, 2021
The popularity of BIM has increased in the construction industry in
recent years, and in most of mega-projects, BIM has been widely used due
to the significant benefits of BIM implementation. Therefore,
construction companies demand skills and knowledge related to BIM from
newly graduated and experienced engineers. However, understanding BIM is
a challenging process, and there are many important thresholds for
understanding BIM since BIM does not just involve learning a new
software. Therefore, this chapter describes the most important pillars,
namely technology, process, and people, required to implement BIM
successfully. Firstly, the most recent technologies used in BIM
implementation are elaborated. Secondly, the proposed standardizations
for the BIM implementation and the required environment for high levels
of collaboration are elaborated. The chapter concludes with the
introduction of newly emerged roles and skills with the introduction of
BIM and the available education and training possibilities for learning
BIM. This chapter aims to describe these important pillars and how these
pillars are interrelated to implement BIM effectively.