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Gangatheepan, S, Thurairajah, N and Lees, L (2018) From Information Transmission to Engagement in Practice: A Study on BIM Enabled Construction Projects. In: Gorse, C and Neilson, C J (Eds.), Proceedings 34th Annual ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2018, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 260–269.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: Building Information Modelling (BIM),Construction,Engagement, Information transmission, Meaning.
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9955463-2-5
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/946643de230fe0dbb6ce0c7a6f69b522.pdf
- Abstract:
The Construction industry is shifting towards digitalisation to tackle unexpected challenges of their fragmented nature. Building information Modelling (BIM) is proposed as a way of dealing with these fragmentation through improving information transmission within the collaborative working environment. In early studies information transmission refers to transmitting data from one place to another. However, merely information transmission is not enough to improve collaboration between project participants. Instead, using information transmission project participants need to create a negotiated meaning to carry out their work. Recently in construction projects BIM has been proposed as a way of dealing with information transmission nevertheless it has raised few interesting questions on challenges faced during transmitting information and how it could fail in practice. Therefore this paper with the use of fundamental information theories aim to explore the challenges faced during information transmission; and it also goes on to explore on how negotiated meaning is created in BIM enabled construction projects. Data has been collected through conducting twenty semi-structured interviews and a case study approach which encompasses two fully integrated BIM enabled construction projects which fall between £50-100 million. Findings showed that information overload and different level of information details used in BIM enabled construction projects make information difficult to transmit within the project environment. There is also wide spread of misinterpretation of information among stakeholders while transmitting information in BIM construction projects. It is concluded that project participant’s better project engagement and participation along with self-reflection on their actions can help to build negotiated meaning in this new information centric world.