Total BIM As a Digital Disruption
Paper in proceeding, 2022

Digital technologies and information systems are challenging the construction industry. Existing literature focuses on different digital technologies in construction projects and the intricacies around technology improvement itself. However, there are limited discussions about how construction management (CM) organisations respond to disruptive change and pursue business model innovation. Drawing from emerging literature on digital disruption, we argue how the ‘Total BIM’ approach can disrupt the way value is created in a construction project. ‘Total BIM’ could be described as an approach where the design process and BIM are focused on production orientated design and BIM is used as the legally binding construction document. A construction management company in Sweden implemented the ‘Total BIM’ concept that embraced it to the fullest in the Celsius project This paper is based on data from in-depth interviews with construction management company practitioners from the Celsius project. It frames such improvement as a digital disruption which transforms the current traditional business models heavily based on the parallel processes of producing and maintaining 2D drawings for the construction site. Findings illustrate how the ‘Total BIM’ approach disturbs the existing roles, relations, and processes,
creating cross organisational and systematic shifts.

transformation

digitalisation

Total BIM

digital disruption

innovation

Author

Oliver Disney

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Dilek Ulutas Duman

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Mattias Roupé

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Mikael Johansson

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Christina Claeson-Jonsson

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2022 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference

Vol. 38 32-41
978-0-9955463-6-3 (ISBN)

ARCOM 2022
Glasgow, United Kingdom,

Digital Twin Cities Centre

VINNOVA (2019-00041), 2020-02-29 -- 2024-12-31.

Total BIM - A prerequisite for digital twinning of construction projects

Digital Twin Cities Centre, 2021-12-01 -- 2024-08-30.

Centre for Management of the Built Environment (CMB), 2021-12-01 -- 2024-08-30.

Development Fund of the Swedish Construction Industry (SBUF) (SBUF14063), 2021-12-01 -- 2024-08-30.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Construction Management

Business Administration

Information Systemes, Social aspects

Driving Forces

Innovation and entrepreneurship

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