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of Building Infrastructure
of Building
Information Modelingin(BIM):
INTRODUCTION
Building Information Modeling is 3D model-based process that
describes tools, processes, and technologies that are
facilitated by digital machine - readable documentation which
gives architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC)
industry the insights about a building, its performance, its
operation and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct,
and manage buildings and infrastructure.
The application BIM for construction has received different
levels of acceptance in different countries. In the case of
developing countries like India, the level of adoption of BIM in
construction is not too high, but it has been evolving rapidly.
Aarti Nanajkar and Zhili Gao (2014) writes that the main
reason for not using BIM in India is the lack of technical
expertise, social support, lack of proper initiative and
involvement from the government.
Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore the overview and
adoption of BIM in the Indian construction industry, with its
objectives first, to determine the barriers for adoption of BIM
and second to determine to determine the benefits of BIM
adoption and how successful was it in other countries.
CURRENT STATE OF BIM IN INDIA
The construction industry is the second largest contributor
towards Indias GDP and the current situation of the market
is relatively slow when compared to the other countries. But
it is expected to rise within a year and the adoption of newer
technologies with skilled work force will be on the rise. The
use/adaption of BIM in India is also being varied based on the
projects. According to the done by RICS school of built
environment and KPMG it was found that 22% of respondent
currently use BIM, 27% reported that they are aware and
considering for the adoption of BIM, 43% claim to be aware
but are not ready to implement it and 8% are not all aware of
BIM. (Sawhney A, Kapoor A, Kamthan S, Agarwal N, Bhakre P,
Jain S, 2014).
Use BIM
8%
22%
Aware of BIM and Considering to use
43%
27%
Aware of BIM, but not sure about
implementing
Not aware of BIM
Figure 1 shows the Current state of BIM in India
Modeling
India Perspectives from
Indian Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) firms.
Gagan Ratan Koduri & Suhas Prabhudev Nagavalli | gkoduri@gmu.edu & sprabhud@gmu.edu
Civil & infrastructure Engineering | George Mason University
BARRIERS FOR ADOPTION OF BIM IN
INDIA
Organizational support: Some organizations believe that
cost of BIM implementation is beyond their project
budget. The software bundles which are used to develop
BIM are high and also subscription are also high for Indian
standards (Chougule N. S, Konnur B. A, 2015).
Governmental support: Lack of support and incentives
from the governmental organization (Rogers J, Chong HY,
Preece C,2015). Also, unavailability of standard codes for
BIM usage and absence of making BIM mandatory for
public construction projects.
Skilled labors: Adoption of BIM requires several
fundamental changes within the team/organization adding
change in skill set of employees (Sawhney A, Singhal
P,2013). For the training of employees, organization need
to spend time and money which in turn creates dilemma
for the adoption.
Legal factors: For a developing country like India the main
challenge is to determine the ownership of BIM data
(Dariusz Walasek, Arkadiusz Barszcz, 2016) and how to
protect it through copyright and other laws.
to adopt is less. This situation can be overcome by government
Government
Social Support
Support
Barriers for
Adoption of BIM
in India
Skilled Labor Legal Issues
Figure 2 shows the barriers faced for BIM implementation
BENEFITS OF BIM ADOPTION
Effective Time
Management
Benefits
of BIM
Safety Emission
Management Management
Figure 3 shows the benefits of BIM implementation in brief.
DISCUSSION
The article is done according to Indian AEC firms consideration
of BIM adoption and suggestions are based on this. As per the
research Indian AEC has a fewer BIM users and people who want
taking initiative and providing the required infrastructure in the
form of subsidized programs and bear higher cost of software
that are used in the BIM development for smaller companies.
lack of skilled engineers, employees can be overcome by
initializing specialized training programs for the BIM usage and
rapid adaptation can be observed by the involvement of
government and making BIM implementation compulsory. The
legal issues encountered can be overcome by implementing a
program for proper documentation and data interpretation
related to BIM. with the substantial outcome from BIM
implementation internationally, India seems to be a promising
new domain geographically for BIM with a lot of things to learn
and experience from the research in such a growing economy.
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