The document discusses common challenges faced in adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the construction industry. It identifies five main challenges: 1) Lack of expertise, as most construction companies do not have qualified professionals trained in integrating BIM; 2) Lack of relevance and awareness of BIM, as many construction projects do not utilize modern practices; 3) Interoperability issues between different software programs and platforms used by stakeholders; 4) Constricted budgets that make it difficult for small and medium companies to invest in new technologies; 5) A reluctant or "old school" approach among industry professionals who resist new technologies and training. These challenges contribute to the slower than desired pace of BIM adoption in the construction sector.

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Common Challenges Faced in Building Information Modeling (BIM) Adoption Process.
There is a gradual paradigm shift witnessed by world engineering pioneers with inception,
introduction and implementation of new innovative technology. The construction industry stands no
exceptions asitsrapidlygoingdigital,withBuildingInformation Modelling(BIM) becominganintegral partof
it.BIM is allowing more intelligent use of resources and optimization of workflows, leading to ever mount
increase in productivity and profitability. The benefitsthat BIMoffers to construction are limitless, but even
then,the adoptionis at a much slowerpace thandesired.
BIM has been buzzing around for over more than two decades, but recently has been carving
mainstream attractions as decision makers are able to understand how virtual prototyping, information
modeling of buildings can be constructed, how they review designs more easily, achieve more accuracy by
limitingconstructioncosts,time andotherparameters.However,thereare few challengeswhichmakesthese
adoptionscumbersome anddifficult.
1. Lack of Expertise.
The biggestchallenge facedbyconstructionsectorforBIMadoptionislackof implementable knowledgeand
widespreadexpertise.Majorityof workingcompaniesdonothave qualifiedorskilledprofessional enoughto
integrate digital data and construction projects seamlessly. Thus, lack of in situ expertise results in BIM
experiments with lots of permutation & combinations making projects suffer due to inefficiencies, missing
deadlines, loss of profits shares due to more burn rates and operation costs. This factor creates a dilemma
that thistechnologyishardto adopt.
2. Lack of Relevance.
The second significant and biggest hurdle is lack of relevance and awareness of BIM, its workflows,
implementations and outputs. In this ever-growing world, there is no death of construction projects in both
cases private or public sectors. But still significant part of general construction practices is not tuned with
modernconstruction practiceswhichwouldcreate more potential benefitsandjobsinthisindustrywithBIM
implementation.Thisreciprocateswithlackof managementstrategicandfinancial support,withoutwhichno
such adoptioninitiativewouldbe standingmuchlonger.
Lack of
Expertise
Lack of
Relevance
Interoperability
Issues
Constricted
Budgets
Reluctanct
Approach

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3. InteroperabilityIssues
Most important aspect as well as advantage for BIMprocess is integrationof workflowsfor all stakeholders
involved in process, this involves high level of collaboration from interested parties. Since construction
engages numerous stakeholders, it is necessary to have the project data represented in a common
interpretableandlucidform,suchthatitcanbe accuratelyexchangedamongdifferentcomputersystemsand
platforms. This a very difficult task to accomplish as it becomes more harder whenprojects become bigger.
Most of the software programs were originally developed to work as standalone applications and are not
typicallydesignedtoshare datawithotherprograms (Although,now we have someadvancesinworkingwith
user friendly collaborative environments). Different tools would normally have their proprietary data
structures and often do not provide means of linking their database through a standard, which creates the
biggest challenge to interoperability. Large infrastructure projects have multi-disciplinary teams associated
with specific point responsibilities, whichmight adversely affect project life cycle wheninvolved parties lack
to cooperate witheachothermakingBIMadoptionperceptionuneasyforfuture prospectus.
4. ConstrictedBudgets
Adoptionof BIMprocessinvolveshighimplementationfeeandtrainingcosts,whichincludesthecostof hiring
experts,trainingthe existingworkforce and makinganinvestmentinnew technologies.BIMimplementation
hasprovenitsoutputsinexecutionsof humungousandheftyprojectsinreducingthe project’soperatingcosts
and burn hour rates,usuallythese kindsof projectsare awardedbiggercompanies whichare capable huge
capital investments. However, this is not the same case with when it comes for small or medium size
organizations, where budget is final verdict to match up with these additional expenses. Often, these
organization tendtofollowtraditionalandconventional methodsasthe associatedcostsare knownandeasily
managed for. These small & medium sized organization often see these practices as an expense rather than
investmentastheyare unable tosee the hiddenfuturistic long-termbenefits.
5. Reluctant Approach
Thisis alsousuallyphrasedas“Oldschool or resistantapproach”.Companies thatworry toomuch about
cultural impactprefertooperate traditionally andconventionally insteadof investingintraining of existing
taskforce or recruitinganewtask force that wouldeasilyadoptthe BIMdrivenapproach. The adoption of
BIM inthe constructionprocessrequiresthe people involvedtogetacquaintedwiththe new technologies
and gettrainedinthemso that theycan use themeffectively.Thiscallsforadditional effortsandcomingout
of comfortzones,andthusis facedbyresistance.Mostof the people involvedinthe constructionindustry
have reacheda certainage limitswhere theylackthe enthusiasmtoadoptnew methods andtechnology,
evenif theyseem promising. ThisreluctantapproachhindersBIMadoptionprocess.