The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering

The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering: Empirical explorations

Papadonikolaki, E. (TU Delft Design & Construction Management)
Vrijhoef, R. (TU Delft Design & Construction Management)
Wamelink, J.W.F. (TU Delft Management in the Built Environment)

Management in the Built Environment

2016

Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology and the concept of supply chain management (SCM) could be a potentially compatible and mutually interdependent practice. The existing research on BIM focuses on improving project-based and intra-organisational goals, ignoring the impact of BIM on existing structured long-term Supply Chain (SC) partnerships. The purpose of this study is to explore the interdependences of BIM and cross-project long-term inter-organisational teams. Five projects in the Netherlands, with BIM and SCM implementation, were analysed empirically using case study methods, including interviews, documents analysis and live observations. The BIM-enabled SC partnerships adopted various SCM practices and displayed distinct BIM collaboration patterns. This exploration revealed three main patterns of BIM-based collaboration, that is, ad-hoc, linear and distributed, in the SC partnerships. The three patterns included various quasi-contractual, physical and digital means for BIM collaboration. The study suggests implications about BIM researchers and practitioners for not only implementing BIM, but also further integrating the construction SC.

Building information modelling
BIM implementation
case study
supply chain management
supply chain partnership

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:52daf64c-d3dc-4433-833c-6693771f006b

https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2016.1212693

1745-2007

Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 12 (6), 476-494

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© 2016 E. Papadonikolaki, R. Vrijhoef, J.W.F. Wamelink