Background:
Research questions (RQs):
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is believed to improve the AEC 1. What are those dimensions and criteria for BIM implementation
industry projects’ productivity: including cost, schedule and
and evaluation?
sustainability. However, the usage rate of BIM is extremely low due 2. What are the most applicable criteria for BIM implementation in
to:
the design stage in a specific context, e.g. China?
-Lack of benchmark / yard stick of BIM requirement among project 3. How to develop a multi-criteria decision making tool to assist in
participants - lead to inconsistency of performance;
strategic BIM implementation and assessment for an organisation?
-Lack of prioritized key implementation areas - lead to over4. How to validate whether the proposed evaluation framework is
estimation of BIM cost;
practical to use, as well as its efficiency, effectiveness and user
-Experience based BIM implementation approach - lead to low in
satisfaction?
return and reduced people’s willingness of using BIM.
5. How to, by implementing BIM, to achieve the most preferable
strategic goals (e.g. sustainability, customer satisfaction and
Problem Statement:
commercial value) for an organisation through altering their current
The solution for the aforementioned issues is to develop a strategic
criteria priorities?
decision making framework to assist BIM practitioners to have BIM
customised for specific scenario –project and organisational level.
However, existing tools have limitations in the followings: criteria
selection, criteria weightage calculation, assessment coverage and
effectiveness of tools.
Research Aim:
To develop a strategic decision framework to assist AEC
projects to meet BIM Level 2 requirement
Research Step 1 – 4 (RQ 1 & 2) outcome: Generic framework for
BIM implementation:
PhD outcome: Strategic decision making framework:
Research Step 5 (RQ 3-5) outcome: Customised framework for
BIM management in a specific scenario:
Research output 1: Evaluation results comparison among projects:
Research output 2: Adjustment of criteria priority:
Original value
Modified value
Project management
60.000
50.000
Project management related
factor
60.00
40.000
30.000
Stakeholder involvement
Research output 2: Comparison of attitude on various
objectives before and after priority shifting:
Data management
20.000
40.00
10.000
0.000
Organisational management
BIM application during building
lifecycle
0.00
Application management
Maximum
Project A
Project B
Project C
Project D
Project E
Organisational management
related factor
Values
20.00
Industry/public sectors
involvement
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
59.31
48.11
26.4 28.23
14.48
Commercial value
Customer satisfaction
Original value
Research methodological framework:
23.64
Sustainability
Modified value
Application of PhD outcome in practical project:
PhD title: A Strategic Decision Making framework for Organisational BIM
implementation
PhD Candidate: Keyu Chen
Supervisor: Dr. Haijiang Li