Mäki, T and Kerosuo, H (2015) Site managers' daily work and the uses of building information modelling in construction site management. Construction Management and Economics, 33(3), pp. 163-175. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
The use of building information modelling (BIM) and related software tools is increasingly expanding in the work of site managers in construction projects. The early uses of BIM in the actual tasks of site managers are explored by examining the utilization of BIM in their work and the challenges in the deployment of the new digital tools for traditional project collaboration. The ethnographic method of the study consists of shadowing the site managers' work. The site managers actively used BIM and found it beneficial for their daily work. However, the use of BIM in construction sites is still limited because only a few managers have the competence to use BIM software tools, mobile tools are lacking, and the information content of the models needed for construction work is insufficient.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | activity theory; building information modelling; construction management; ethnography; site manager |
| Index terms: | ethnography, collaboration, activity theory, construction work, site manager, manager, competence, building information modelling, construction project, construction site |
| Subjects: | information systems, theoretical framing, work location, production management, personnel development, management, qualitative and interpretive research, operations management, practitioner |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Roles and Professions, Project Management, Site Management, Research Practice, Digital Applications, Human Resources |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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