The literature shows that the number of interactions and possibilities have been expanding as the BIM use is quickly developing over the project life-cycle. Hence, there are 52 positive interactions out of all 56 interactions between Lean Construction and BIM (the numbers in cells). Each number in the cells corresponds to a specific interaction explanation which can be seen in Sacks et al. In Figure 1, while the green cells indicate a positive interaction, the red cells denote a negative interaction between a BIM functionality and lean principle. In this post, an overview of the widening BIM support to various Lean Construction related principles in the construction phase of the project life-cycle will be briefly presented. Some of those technologies include laser scanning, Virtual Reality (VR), sensor networks, physics engines and Cloud databases. Giving ways to many innovative construction management opportunities, the object based, machine readable nature of BIM models also enables effective integrations with emerging technologies in data capturing, data visualisation and manipulation. The advent of multidimensional or multifunctional (nD) BIM enables the extension of this synergy from the design phase to the construction and operations management phases. Recent research in Lean Construction and BIM exhibits that there is a considerable synergy between the two that is waiting to be exploited by the industry (see Figure 1)1. The documentation is not only on the project’s form (3D visuals) but also on its functions its performance, its planning, its construction and later its operation. buildings, highways, power plants etc.), its performance, its planning, its construction and later its operation. BIM, on the other hand, stands for a verb or an adjective phrase to describe tools, processes and technologies that are facilitated by digital, machine-readable, object-based documentation about a construction project (i.e. Lean Construction is a process/operations focused approach to construction management aimed at increasing the AEC industry’s efficiency and the quality of its end products through developing new principles and methods akin to those defining the Lean Production System.
SYNERGY CONSTRUCTION DRIVERS
Lean Construction and Building Information Modeling (BIM) are important change and transformation drivers in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.
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