Assessment of Building Information Modeling (BIM) Performance in architecture, engineering, and construction firms/industry

Building Information Modelling framework: a research and delivery foundation for industry stakeholders

by Bilal Succar

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an expansive knowledge domain within the Architecture, Engineering,... more Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an expansive knowledge domain within the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) industry. To allow a systematic investigation of BIM'sdivergent fields, its knowledge components must be defined and expanding boundaries delineated. This paper explores some of the publicly available international guidelines and introduces the BIM Framework, aresearch and delivery foundation for industry stakeholders. This is a ‘scene-setting’ paper identifying many conceptual parts (fields, stages, steps and lenses), providing examples of their application and listing some of the Framework's deliverables. This paper also identifies and deploys visual knowledge models and a specialised ontology to represent domain concepts and their relations.

Succar, B. (2009). Building information modelling framework: A research and delivery foundation for industry stakeholders. Automation in Construction, 18(3), 357-375.

Building Information Modelling Maturity Matrix

by Bilal Succar

Handbook of Research on Building Information Modelling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies

This chapter briefly explores the multi-dimensional nature of the BIM domain and then introduces a knowledge tool to... more This chapter briefly explores the multi-dimensional nature of the BIM domain and then introduces a knowledge tool to assist individuals, organisations and project teams to assess their BIM maturity and improve their performance. The first section introduces BIM Fields and Stages which lay the foundations for measuring maturity. Section 2 introduces BIM Steps – organised in ‘sets’ and ‘types’ – which incrementally separate BIM Stages and act as Key Maturity Areas within them. Section 3 introduces an Organisational Hierarchy which identifies granular scales for applying maturity assessments within the industry. Section 4 explores the concepts of ‘capability maturity’ and adopts a five-level BIM-specific maturity index. Finally, Section 5 introduces the BIM Maturity Matrix (BIm³), a knowledge tool that describes the range of and correlation between BIM Stages, Steps, Maturity Levels and Organisational Scales.

SUCCAR, B. (2010) Building Information Modelling Maturity Matrix. IN UNDERWOOD, J. & ISIKDAG, U. (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Building Information Modelling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies. Information Science Reference, IGI Publishing. (http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Chapter.aspx?TitleId=39468)