International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2016
Barriers of BIM Application in China—Preliminary Research
Publication: ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
ABSTRACT
Building information modeling (BIM) nowadays is a popular topic in China since its application may help improve the overall performance of construction industry. However, its take up in China continues to be very slow. This research therefore systematically and comprehensively examines the barriers involved through a series of interviews. As a result, 12 obstacles hindering BIM implementation have been identified in terms of (1) value for money, (2) promotion strategy/implementation mechanism, and (3) tradition. More effort will be directed at seeking possible means of removing these BIM use barriers and establishing practicable mechanisms to facilitate the implementation of this revolutionary technology in the Chinese construction industry in future.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This project is funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (71501074), the State Key Lab of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, China (2016ZB16) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Approval No. 2015BS11; Project No. x2tj/D215315w).
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ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
Pages: 37 - 41
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mohamed Al-Hussein, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Yimin Zhu, Ph.D., Professor, Louisiana State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8027-4
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© 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Aug 14, 2017
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