Challenges and benefits of BIM implementation at public clients: : A systematic review

Sammanfattning: The AEC sector is perceived as an interdisciplinary, fragmented, and project-based industry with temporary project organizations. These characteristics establish requirements for efficient communication and collaboration. In the last decade, BIM emerged as a promising IT-tool that may provide enhancements within the AEC sector. BIM possesses the capability to provide various benefits and possibilities, such as improving communication and collaboration. Despite all these promises, the take-up and implementation of BIM have been relatively slow in the AEC sector when compared with the manufacturing sector. When it comes to implementation, public clients are proposed as change agents in the AEC sector, due to their ability to incorporate demands on the AEC industry actors’ work practices within the procurement stage. Nonetheless, the implementation of BIM is deemed a challenging task. This is mainly due to the limited understanding of the challenges and benefits that accompany the process of implementation as it is pursued. Previous research indicates a constant need to update the challenges and benefits related to BIM implementations. Furthermore, studies also highlighted the need for exploring more case studies. Hence, this paper identifies, compiles, and reflects upon the challenges and benefits within the public clients’ BIM implementation process. A systematic literature review is conducted where 8 case study articles have been selected out of 600 initially identified. A total of 113 challenges and benefits were extracted to subsequently be categorized and reflected upon, according to the PMBOK’s (Project Management Body of Knowledge) 10 knowledge areas.