Dong, Y; Mohandes, S R; Kirkham, R and Rahbarimanesh, A (2024) Integrating BIM into built asset management: A pathway to achieve social sustainability. In: Thomson, C (ed.) Proceedings of 40th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2024, London South Bank University, UK.
Abstract
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has emerged as a critical tool in the construction management industry's shift toward sustainability, enhancing sustainable practices in building asset management by focusing on environmental, economic, and social aspects. Despite BIM-based asset management makes a significant contribution to environmental and economic aspects of sustainability, BIM's role in promoting social sustainability which focuses on community well-being and equitable development in building asset management, remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate the application of BIM principles and methods in the context of social value and sustainability, conducting a systematic literature review of 253 papers from 2005 to 2024 to assess BIM's impact on the construction asset management sector. The findings highlight BIM's limited but growing contribution to social sustainability, identifying four key dimensions: health, safety and well-being; resilience and inclusivity; equity, accessibility, and user comfort; community needs and affordability. The bibliometric analysis and systematic review underscore the need for further research, mapping out existing gaps and suggesting future directions for BIM's potential to enhance social sustainability in asset management.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | asset management; building information modelling; digital construction; sustainable development goal; social sustainability |
| Index terms: | asset management, social value, social aspect, building information modelling, accessibility, well-being, dimension, digital construction, comfort, systematic literature review, sustainable development goal, built asset management, mapping, affordability, sustainable practice, social sustainability, bibliometric analysis |
| Subjects: | information systems, sustainable practices, health monitoring assessment and metrics, inclusive design, sociology, sustainable design, occupational health and safety management, research evaluation and metrics, spatial and geospatial analysis, communities and social development, mental health and wellbeing, asset management, economic analysis |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Design Practice, Urban Studies, Stakeholder Management, Information Management, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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