Potential to implement BIM project with Sri Lankan professionals

Abstract

Building Information Modelling (BIM) was found by construction industry, to increase the productivity of construction, while other industries gain more productivity by automating the processes and using software. BIM opened a new era to the construction industry, in which stakeholders in the industry deals with concepts in three dimensional virtual environments, leaving behind the time which used two dimensional concepts on papers. Even though other countries are gaining the benefit of BIM, Sri Lanka is still in the infant stage when it comes to BIM. If BIM is to be used for a construction project in Sri Lanka, a major barrier would be finding suitable persons as the participants to the project team. Therefore, this research is aimed to identify the best BIM team in Sri Lanka, for successful completion of a project using BIM. With the aim of identifying the best BIM team in Sri Lanka, first a literature review was conducted to identify the tasks to be carried out in a BIM project. Having identified the tasks to be performed such as advising the client on purpose of using BIM, the required skills to perform each task were also identified. Thereafter, the conventional design team in the current construction industry in Sri Lanka was identified, and tasks to be performed by the BIM team were mapped to the conventional design team, to create hypothetical ideal BIM team. Thereafter the hypothetical BIM team was analysed through a qualitative research approach to formulate the ideal BIM team.