A smart guide for BIM enabled construction project management and delivery: Istanbul airport case study

BIM is increasingly adopted by the construction industry worldwide which is an innovative methodology to design, construct and manage a project in a beneficial perspective. As in the international sector, besides, it is ever-increasingly adopted in construction projects in Turkish construction industry. Despite the significance of BIM and digital processes in the construction sector is seemingly to be understood, there are problems in execution in terms of project management and the core BIM and digital processes for construction project delivery. In this study, BIM based project delivery methodologies are examined in order for reveal a best practice and set a light to the construction sector with an extensive literature review, impacts of BIM implementation into a large scale project is screened right from the inside of the world's largest airport construction project, researched and presented within this thesis in a case study. Findings of this study shows that BIM is all-important for the construction industry economically, socially and environmentally. Thus, successful BIM execution leads to time and cost savings as well as providing high quality project delivery without minimum waste. This study generates a smart guidance to a successful implementation of BIM processes from design to operations project delivery and is expected to serve as an enlightening resource for individuals related to AEC and FM industries with gaining a clear and positively transformed perspective on project delivery and management.