BIM feasibility study for housing refurbishment in UK
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2012
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Kim, K.P.
Park, K.S.
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Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth International Project Management Association World Congress, 2012, pp.891-897
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26th IPMA World Congress (29 Oct 2012 - 31 Oct 2012 : Crete, Greece)
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Current existing UK housing stock is responsible for 27% of UK CO2 emission. Refurbishing this housing stock can contribute to the 80% CO2 reduction by 2050 as a UK government target. However, there are barriers to refurbish a house due to high initial cost and lack of knowledge and skills in construction sector. To accomplish the CO2 reduction target, BIM should be utilized because BIM is capable of coping with current barriers. Furthermore the UK government mandates public sector to adopt BIM for construction projects from 2016. Hence, the aim of this research is to explore the feasibility of BIM for housing refurbishment. For this research, there were two main approaches adopted such as data search and pilot survey. The datasearch used mostly public statistics and government reports. A pilot survey was conducted amongst local authorities,construction professional organizations and BIM software developers as a focused group. An online questionnaire was distributed to 26 construction professionals by personal email and posting to professional discussion group on the social network sites LinkedIn for the pilot survey. The result of this research reveals the BIM adoption for housing refurbishment is feasible, but the timing is premature and BIM software is not sufficient enough to deal with current barriers of housing refurbishment yet. The awareness and desire amongst customers for BIM adoption in housing refurbishment is low. High initial adoption cost and lack of awareness are the most critical barriers for BIM adoption in housing refurbishment.
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Copyright 2012 by J.P. Pantouvakis, Centre for Construction Innovation, National Technical University of Athens.