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Article: Exploring the effects of building information modeling on projects: longitudinal social network analysis
Title | Exploring the effects of building information modeling on projects: longitudinal social network analysis |
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Keywords | Construction project Project organization Communication Project performance Building information modeling (BIM) |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/co.html |
Citation | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2020, v. 146 n. 5, p. article no. 04020037 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Building information modeling (BIM), as a technological artifact, has been acclaimed to have significant effects on construction projects by overcoming inherent problems such as poor communications. However, little has been empirically verified. This paper investigates the effects of BIM on construction project organizations using social network analysis (SNA) with empirical data from two comparable projects, one using BIM and the other without. Longitudinal SNAs of both projects showed that BIM is closely related to (1) changing the organizational structure by making it looser and flatter and involving more roles of building service and fewer design-related professionals; (2) showing the potential of increasing communication efficiency; and (3) reorganizing the collaborative processes by shifting most communication among different professions to earlier stages and engaging more roles in early-stage communication. This research not only validates the effects of BIM on projects from an organizational standpoint with SNA method, but also articulates the pathway through which such effects are made. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294606 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.071 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lu, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | XU, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sönderland, J | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-08T07:39:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-08T07:39:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2020, v. 146 n. 5, p. article no. 04020037 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0733-9364 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294606 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Building information modeling (BIM), as a technological artifact, has been acclaimed to have significant effects on construction projects by overcoming inherent problems such as poor communications. However, little has been empirically verified. This paper investigates the effects of BIM on construction project organizations using social network analysis (SNA) with empirical data from two comparable projects, one using BIM and the other without. Longitudinal SNAs of both projects showed that BIM is closely related to (1) changing the organizational structure by making it looser and flatter and involving more roles of building service and fewer design-related professionals; (2) showing the potential of increasing communication efficiency; and (3) reorganizing the collaborative processes by shifting most communication among different professions to earlier stages and engaging more roles in early-stage communication. This research not only validates the effects of BIM on projects from an organizational standpoint with SNA method, but also articulates the pathway through which such effects are made. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/co.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. Copyright © American Society of Civil Engineers. | - |
dc.rights | This material may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This material may be found at [URL/link of abstract in the ASCE Library or Civil Engineering Database]. | - |
dc.subject | Construction project | - |
dc.subject | Project organization | - |
dc.subject | Communication | - |
dc.subject | Project performance | - |
dc.subject | Building information modeling (BIM) | - |
dc.title | Exploring the effects of building information modeling on projects: longitudinal social network analysis | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lu, W: wilsonlu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lu, W=rp01362 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001823 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85081159231 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 320522 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 146 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 04020037 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 04020037 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000521196700001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |