DEVELOPING A BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A FACILITY MANAGER

Abstract

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is under-utilized in the Facility Management (FM) industry. There is a potential to use BIM to create a more efficient FM process. This research seeks to encourage the industry towards faster BIM adoption in FM by conducting a study through the perspectives of a Facility Manager to provide understanding of BIM’s user benefits, which is neglected by the most researchers.

Currently, many Facility Managers rely on hardcopy documentation. They are comfortable with current processes and are reluctant to work with new technologies. The lack of communication among the key functional professionals causes information to be fragmented.

This research discusses the challenges and benefits of BIM adoption. A BIM framework is proposed to help the industry to implement BIM.