Towards Enhancing Building Information Modeling Implementation in the Egyptian AEC Industry

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Published: Dec 18, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21625/archive.v2i3.360
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AEC Architecture Engineering Construction Industry Building information modeling BIM standards Egyptian firms BIM frameworks Return on investment SWOT analysis Man hours

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Nouran Elabd
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Laila Khodeir
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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Since the expression "Building Information Modeling" (BIM) was initially presented in the Engineering and Construction AEC industry in the most recent decade; it has changed numerous parts of the design, construction, and operation of a building. BIM is a middleware connector that represents the advancement and utilization of PC. BIM has various frameworks which have been conducted by the pioneers in the BIM industry to enhance the BIM process. There is a study of the reflection of those frameworks on the Egyptian AEC industry to overcome the threats that prevent Egypt from applying BIM technology more broadly. In addition, a comparison is conducted between the successful countries which implemented BIM in their projects and managed to enhance their adoption by examining the local challenges and targets. The countries then made strategies and standards to overcome the aforementioned obstacles. Furthermore, successful actions were applied that can match with the Egyptian industrial requirements. This paper is expected to define the challenges which are facing the Egyptian industry to apply BIM and the potential capabilities of solving those problems. To acquire the vital information to carry on this paper, a questionnaire was created and distributed in the AEC community. The reason for the study was to see how experts consider BIM as a device in the fields of design and construction in general and in the Egyptian industry particularly. The aim of this paper is to propose a framework through several case studies which are discussed, analyzed and compared. The purpose of the analysis is to explore the importance of using BIM. Additionally, exploring the effect of different parameters on implementing BIM helped significantly during the process. It starts with proposing its framework with evaluating matrix that contains attributes to measure its success, moreover, it serves as a great help to the Egyptian companies that make real business decisions about enhancing BIM implementation through this framework.

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Elabd, N., & Khodeir, L. (2018). Towards Enhancing Building Information Modeling Implementation in the Egyptian AEC Industry. The Academic Research Community Publication, 2(3), 209–223. https://doi.org/10.21625/archive.v2i3.360
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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2018): First Proceedings of Al Azhar’s 14th International Conference On: Engineering, Architecture and Technology
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