Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

The engineering design and construction industries are changing with the advent of new technologies, One of the most stand-out innovations is the Building Information Modeling (BIM), that has re-engineered the EDC industry working process, professional roles, and communication processes. Nevertheless, the BIM adoption process is challenging, since there are many approaches to its implementation, and it relies on the company’s objectives, strategies and willingness to modify its own working method. Moreover, there are several stages that are crucial for the methodology rollout success and to guarantee that the implementation objectives are met. As well as any other massive processes change, BIM deployment raises concern and resistance on the company’s professionals. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance for employees to understand the real meaning of the methodology and how its implementation is going to impact their working process. Whence, the purpose of this presentation is to report the experience of three major companies in Brazil during its BIM adoption process and to analyze the deployment phases, the key issues faced in order to achieve the expected goals and the challenges encountered during this process. The experiences will be compared and evaluated based on the bibliography and on their individual results. The outcome will indicate the effectiveness of each approach and the importance to focus on the design of the adoption process, on the planning of the process change and on the employees’ cultural preparation.