Promoting Early Collaboration, Communication and Leveraging the Use of BIM between Project Stakeholders for the Generation of Effective Knowledge in Information Protocols

Myat, KS; Alhawamdeh, MH

Abstract

Knowledge is a major asset for every organisation in the construction industry because it forms the basis of effective decision-making, thereby providing them with a competitive advantage. Knowledge management (KM) in construction projects is important in facilitating improvements in decision-making, creating value and increasing productivity. The concept of BIM can facilitate KM by enabling project parties (appointing and appointed) to share information and access knowledge in a coordinated manner. It can also enhance communication and collaboration among project members by capturing, storing, representing, and sharing/transferring knowledge represented building models, as well as auditing it for retrieval data. Although BIM ensures knowledge represented building models in part of a fast-tracking system, collaboration and effective communication between project members is a critical strategy that can improve KM and delivers competitive advantages for information management (IM) in construction projects. The main aim of this research paper is to explore how collaboration and communication through the adoption of BIM contributes to KM in construction projects. The research strategy adopted is that of an integrative literature review. Drawing on relevant literature on the significance of BIM and early collaboration and communication between key project members in ensuring effective knowledge generation in information protocols, the paper presents insights into the status of current KM problems in construction projects and leveraging the use of BIM in knowledge represented building models management. The findings reveal that the capability of KM is enhanced by early collaboration, communication, and leveraging the use of BIM at the early project phases as this provides an interactive information flow in the knowledge generation management (i.e. research outcome) that is transparently accessible and workable in a collaborative environment for multidisciplinary project members. The proposed knowledge generating workflow, which is the main contribution of the paper, consists of six steps and is based on the adoption of a BIM-enabled KM life-cycle approach. This paper concludes that this workflow can benefit all project stakeholders from the appointing, lead appointed, and appointed parties by introducing collaborative KM process throughout the project lifecycle under a BIM environment.

Citation

Myat, K., & Alhawamdeh, M. (2023, September). Promoting Early Collaboration, Communication and Leveraging the Use of BIM between Project Stakeholders for the Generation of Effective Knowledge in Information Protocols. Paper presented at CitA BIM Gathering, Athlole, Ireland

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: CitA BIM Gathering
• Conference Location: Athlole, Ireland
• Start Date: Sep 18, 2023
• End Date: Sep 20, 2023
• Deposit Date: Aug 31, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 6, 2023
• Keywords: Early Collaboration and Communication; Building Information Models/Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM); Knowledge Management; Knowledge Generating Model; Collaborative Knowledge Management
• Publisher URL: https://www.cita.ie/events/cita-bim-gathering-2023
• Additional Information: Permission received by author to add paper to USIR - received by email.