Capturing the Return on Investment of All-In Building Information Modeling: Structured Approach

AbstractMany construction firms now use building information modeling (BIM), and champions at those firms know that BIM delivers significant benefits. Whether the benefits are significant enough to merit deeper BIM adoption is unclear at this point in the architecture/engineering/construction (A/E/C) industry. To investigate this problem, the lead author conducted more than 51 workshops worldwide with practitioners who presently use BIM and elicited cost and benefit data from them using actual project case study data. The workshops provided a structured approach to capturing the true benefits of BIM in the A/E/C community. Through the workshop case study approach, 19 of the most impactful benefits that accompany an integrated, all-in approach to BIM were identified. This paper describes these benefits in detail, as well as the current limitations, and sheds light on attributes of BIM in the near future. The findings have the potential to help the A/E/C industry make informed decisions to maximize returns ...