Total BIM Project: The Future of a Digital Construction Process
Paper in proceeding, 2022

Although the construction industry strives to implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) to improve efficiency and quality, adoption in the actual construction phase is still limited. However, in Scandinavia, recent years have seen the rise of an idea known as Total BIM - An approach where the BIM is the legally binding construction document and no traditional 2D-drawings are used on-site. In this paper we present a case study of a successful Total BIM project. We investigate the prerequisites for – and outcomes of – implementing the Total BIM concept, where commonly found individual and isolated BIM uses is turned into an all-inclusive approach to achieve a more efficient design and construction process. Our analysis shows that the success was contingent on factors from within several different areas, including strategy and innovation, organizing, and technology, but also on the commitment shown by the construction management company responsible for the project. In addition, three key elements were identified; BIM as the legally binding construction document, cloud-based model management, and user-friendly on-site mobile BIM software.

building information modeling

Total BIM

digitalization

Author

Oliver Disney

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Mikael Johansson

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Alessio Domenico Leto

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Mattias Roupé

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Viktoria Sundquist

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Mathias Petter Gustafsson

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Industry4.0 Applications for Full Lifecycle Integration of Buildings

Vol. 21 21-30
978-0-9927161-3-4 (ISBN)

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR2021)
Teesside, United Kingdom,

Total BIM - A prerequisite for digital twinning of construction projects

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

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

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

Digital Twin Cities Centre

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

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