Mäki T, K H (2013) Site managers' uses of building information modeling on construction sites. In: Smith, S D and Ahiaga-Dagbui, D D (eds.) Proceedings of 29th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2013, Reading, UK.
Abstract
During the past decade the development of building information modeling (BIM) has seen as a possible catalyst for fostering the development of construction industry and as a solution for the some of the challenges in the industry. (Eastman et al. 2011; Li et al, 2009). Uses of BIM have lately expanded from design activities to construction site management activities. Still BIM is a new tool for site personnel and there are still few studies of real-life uses of BIM on sites (Davies et al 2013). In this paper, we present an analysis of BIM use on two different renovation sites in Finland. The method of our study is shadowing. Based on our data we have reconstructed the working days of the site managers minute-by-minute. In our analysis, we zoom into their work and into how they use BIM as part of their work. We focus on the following questions 1) what are the daily tasks of a site manager or a site engineer 2) how, for what tasks or purposes, or with whom they use BIM. We also study the communication practices of the site personnel.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | activity theory; construction site; site management; building information modeling; shadowing |
| Index terms: | building information modelling, personnel, engineer, construction site, activity theory, Finland, renovation, site manager, site management, construction industry |
| Subjects: | work location, construction operations, profession, practitioner, industry analysis, information systems, theoretical framing, renovation and retrofit, management, Geography |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications, Human Resources, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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