Challenges to the adoption of bim in the Chinese AEC industries

Christiane M. Herr, Thomas Fischer

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Abstract

Despite strong encouragement by government guidelines and promoting efforts by the software industry, BIM is adopted at relatively slow speeds in construction industries across the world. The study presented in this paper examines the challenges to BIM adoption faced in particular in the Chinese construction industry across architecture, engineering and construction. We review recent literature addressing BIM adoption, develop a critique of common approaches to BIM adoption, and then propose our own, extended model to describe and assess BIM adoption processes. To demonstrate the model's suitability to evaluate temporal and collaborative dimensions during BIM adoption processes, we present results from a detailed survey we conducted among Chinese AEC professionals based on the extended model of BIM adoption and discuss how current Chinese BIM adoption in practice diverges from overseas BIM adoption strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
Subtitle of host publicationProtocols, Flows and Glitches
EditorsMarc Aurel Schnabel, Aleksandra Raonic, Patrick Janssen, Paul Loh
PublisherThe Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
Pages179-187
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9789881902689
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 5 Apr 20178 Apr 2017

Publication series

NameCAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period5/04/178/04/17

Keywords

  • AEC
  • BIM
  • BIM workflow
  • Chinese construction practice
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration

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