{"title":"Building Information Modeling and Its Application in the State of Kuwait","authors":"Michael Gerges, Ograbe Ahiakwo, Martin Jaeger, Ahmad Asaad","volume":109,"journal":"International Journal of Information and Communication Engineering","pagesStart":81,"pagesEnd":87,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10003701","abstract":"
Recent advances of Building Information Modeling (BIM) especially in the Middle East have increased remarkably. Dubai has been taking a lead on this by making it mandatory for BIM to be adopted for all projects that involve complex architecture designs. This is because BIM is a dynamic process that assists all stakeholders in monitoring the project status throughout different project phases with great transparency. It focuses on utilizing information technology to improve collaboration among project participants during the entire life cycle of the project from the initial design, to the supply chain, resource allocation, construction and all productivity requirements. In view of this trend, the paper examines the extent of applying BIM in the State of Kuwait, by exploring practitioners’ perspectives on BIM, especially their perspectives on main barriers and main advantages. To this end structured interviews were carried out based on questionnaires and with a range of different construction professionals. The results revealed that practitioners perceive improved communication and mitigated project risks by encouraged collaboration between project participants. However, it was also observed that the full implementation of BIM in the State of Kuwait requires concerted efforts to make clients demanding BIM, counteract resistance to change among construction professionals and offer more training for design team members. This paper forms part of an on-going research effort on BIM and its application in the State of Kuwait and it is on this basis that further research on the topic is proposed.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1]\tP. Teicholz, \"Labor productivity declines in the construction industry: causes and remedies,\" AECbytes Viewpoint, vol. 4, no. 14, 2004.\r\n[2]\tR. Sacks, L. Koskela, B. A. Dave, and R. 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