Kelly, D and Ilozor, B (2019) A quantitative study of the relationship between project performance and BIM use on commercial construction projects in the USA. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 15(1), pp. 3-18. ISSN 1557-8771
Abstract
This article reports the findings of a quantitative study on the relationship between various project performance outcomes and the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), within the commercial construction industry. The literature review identified inconsistent results among prior qualitative and quantitative work concerning the relationships of key project performance measures and BIM use. Data on 13 variables from 93 completed construction projects were collected and examined through a causal comparative research design. Projects that used BIM (in design or construction) were not found to experience significant performance outcomes when controlling for the contribution of other independent variables and covariates at the 95% confidence level (CL). At the lower 90% CL, however, projects using BIM in construction experienced significantly higher levels of schedule growth than projects that did not use BIM in construction. Recommendations are made for training of construction management staff as a step to avoid unwanted schedule growth associated with BIM use during construction. This study is one of a very small group of rigorous quantitative analyses of BIM project performance outcomes conducted to date; additionally, it is the only study that has analyzed BIM in a multivariate context that controlled for the contribution of other project variables not directly related to BIM use.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modeling; commercial construction; project performance; quantitative analysis |
| Index terms: | independent variable, commercial construction, building information modelling, performance outcome, schedule growth, project performance, management staff, literature review, comparative research, quantitative analysis, construction project |
| Subjects: | construction type, production management, research design and methodology, value management, data analysis and analytics, management, project management theory and practice, project controls, information systems, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Project Management, Construction Technology, Research Practice, Time Control, Human Resources, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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