Investigation of the bim implementation process in the design phase: Case of Turkish companies

Innovations due to the increase of the technological developments expose Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries into a cultural change. Even if the construction industry is rigid to not accept the innovations due to ongoing traditional approaches, Building Information Modeling (BIM) shows up to make closer the relationships among the project parties. With the support of BIM, industry members collaboratively work on minimizing the overall project efforts spent by each parties. However, keeping up with this new approach requires new steps for the achievement rather than the well known traditional approaches. That is why, this paper aims to investigate the critical success factors (CSFs) for BIM implementations in the design phase. First of all, an extensive literature study realized and as a following step case studies are conducted with Turkish companies. In order to cover all the aspects of BIM implementations a framework which includes 6 groups as; drivers, inputs, barriers, enabler, benefits and impacts is created. Emphasized factors in the literature review are assigned under the proper component as key factors. During the investigation of these CSFs, 25 case studies are conducted with 15 companies in the Turkish AEC industries to evaluate the importance level of the CSFs in their experiences. After these assessments within this study, the factors for successful BIM implementations in the projects were determined.