TY - JOUR
T1 - The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering
T2 - Empirical explorations
AU - Papadonikolaki, Eleni
AU - Vrijhoef, Ruben
AU - Wamelink, Hans
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Building information modelling
KW - BIM implementation
KW - case study
KW - supply chain management
KW - supply chain partnership
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:52daf64c-d3dc-4433-833c-6693771f006b
U2 - 10.1080/17452007.2016.1212693
DO - 10.1080/17452007.2016.1212693
M3 - Article
SN - 1745-2007
VL - 12
SP - 476
EP - 494
JO - Architectural Engineering and Design Management
JF - Architectural Engineering and Design Management
IS - 6
ER -