A Study on Risks and Benefits of Building information Modeling (BIM) in a Contruction Organization

Abstract

During the past three decades, the construction industry has seen substantial improvement by using information technology. BIM is a fine example. The purpose of this research is to improve the understanding of BIM’s benefits and risks in a construction organization, NCC AB. This study included different views about BIM from people in construction industry. People with extensive knowledge about BIM have been interviewed, from NCC, to get qualitative data for this research. In this research the qualitative data analysis had been used, empirical findings from this analysis helped to generate theories. The benefits and risks while using BIM in construction industry are being explored here. Several factors like communication and training which affect end-user and how NCC manages to make them adopt BIM are also have been discussed here.