Ferdosi, H; Abbasianjahromi, H; Banihashemi, S and Ravanshadnia, M (2023) BIM applications in sustainable construction: Scientometric and state-of-the-art review. International Journal of Construction Management, 23(12), pp. 1969-1981. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
The construction sector is notorious for being unsustainable and disintegrated industry while, it is crucial to provide a lens towards sustainable construction from the digital innovation and integration perspective. Although a considerable amount of research has been focused on how building information modeling (BIM) helps improve sustainable construction; there are still a limited number of studies that have investigated the BIM process in sustainability fields. This study aims to identify all common domains of BIM and sustainability applications and reveals the academic and practice gaps in the construction industry. Through employing the scientometric analysis method, a collective number of 188 journal articles were gathered and analyzed. The thematic analysis was then applied and five common domains of BIM and sustainability on lifecycle assessment, green buildings criteria, energy analysis, environmental assessments and design, construction and project management were eventually identified. The current study identifies the research confusion, neglect and application gaps across all five identified domains and provides researchers with a deep understanding of BIM in the sustainability and future directions for further research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modelling; scientometric; sustainability; sustainable construction; thematic analysis |
| Index terms: | sustainable construction, journal, state of the art, green building, thematic analysis, integration, environmental assessment, construction sector, building information modelling, lifecycle, energy analysis, project management, construction industry |
| Subjects: | methods and analysis, project management theory and practice, sustainable construction, design practice, engineering analysis, industry analysis, information systems, organizational analysis, environmental impact, research dissemination and communication, project delivery |
| Topics: | Sustainability, Project Management, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Digital Applications, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here