Building information modelling (BIM)

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Arayici, Y., Egbu, C.O. and Coates, S.P., 2012. Building information modelling (BIM)
implementation and remote construction projects: issues, challenges, and critiques. Journal
of Information Technology in Construction, 17, pp.75-92.
The industry of construction has actually been facing a paradigm shift to increase efficiency,
productivity, quality, value of infrastructure and finally sustainability. Also the focus has been on
to reduce the cost of life cycle, duplications, lead times which are all achieved through effective
communication and collaboration of the stakeholders involved in the projects of the
constructions. In this particular paper, the author has sought to demonstrate how adoption of
BIM in the case of the architectural company assist in the mitigation of the communication as
well as management problems in the construction projects considered being remote. The research
indicated that some of the key communication as well as management problems including poor
quality of the works of construction, material unavailability, ineffective scheduling and planning
can be solved through adoption of BIM.
Fugar, F.D. and Agyakwah-Baah, A.B., 2010. Delays in building construction projects in
Ghana. Construction Economics and Building, 10(1-2), pp.103-116.
In this particular study, there was investigation of the factors which leads to the delays of the
construction of activities in Ghana so that the main one could be identified in regard to the
participants of the project including consultants, clients as well as contractors. During the
process of the study, there was identification of at least 32 causes as per the literature sources.
This particular list of the delay causes was later subjected to the analysis of questionnaire. The
importance of the individual causes was relatively calculated before they could be ranked as per
their importance index. Generally, the results of the study indicated that financial factors were

the highest ranked in the generated list as far as the factors causing delay in the construction
industry is concerned in the selected country of Ghana.
Han, S., Love, P. and Peña-Mora, F., 2013. A system dynamics model for assessing the
impacts of design errors in construction projects. Mathematical and Computer
Modelling, 57(9-10), pp.2044-2053.
The errors in the design which usually lead to the changes of design or rework have been
identified as the primary reasons for the delay of schedules as well as cost overruns in the
construction as well as design projects. Despite the fact that errors of the design have been
deemed to be very prevalent, majority of the construction as well as design firms never measure
the number of errors in the design during the process. This has potentially resulted into these
firms having very limited knowledge in regard to the mechanisms to determine the performance
of the project. In order to have this particular problem solved, the study aimed at developing a
system model which had the capacity to capture the design errors dynamics before assessing
their negative impacts. The study concluded that the model could assist project managers in
reduction of schedule delays through elimination of design errors.
Kostakis, V., Niaros, V., Dafermos, G. and Bauwens, M., 2015. Design global, manufacture
local: Exploring the contours of an emerging productive model. Futures, 73, pp.126-135.
The primary objective of the article was to contribute to the common debate which has been in
the progress regarding the post-capitalist construction. This was to be achieved through
exploration of the contours of the productive models which are commons-oriented. The model
was basically refered to as the “design global-manufacture local”. According to this particular
model, it was argued that the techno-economic developments which are known to surround

productions which are commons-based as well as their subsequence emergence and technologies
of desktop manufacturing can be used as the possible signals towards the new alternatives routes
of the organization socially.
Park, H., Han, S.H., Rojas, E.M., Son, J. and Jung, W., 2011. Social network analysis of
collaborative ventures for overseas construction projects. Journal of construction
engineering and management, 137(5), pp.344-355.
The companies within Korea were once involved in the search for growth after they had
experience recession in the past and this has led to their expansion in the global market for the
last 10 years. The processes have been characterized by the collaborative entries which have
remarkably increased. Formation of the collaborative network thus formed the basis of this
study. The results have indicated that the present tendencies of collaborative network
developments have been common so as to assist in the realization of better performance under
the projects of risky conditions. The research is relevant since it can be used in searching for the
best collaborative partner for development.
Park, H., Han, S.H., Rojas, E.M., Son, J. and Jung, W., 2011. Social network analysis of
collaborative ventures for overseas construction projects. Journal of construction
engineering and management, 137(5), pp.344-355.
Airports have actually become public concerns substantially. This is due to the fact that they are
usually characterized by long-terms projects of the construction which are also capital intensive.
There has been a lot of pressure in the USA to have the cost of construction reduced but with the
improved or maximized production while analyzing the impacts of ownership. This was the basis
of this particular research work. The study according to the researcher has indicated that there are

positive effects of ownership of the airport consistently by the airport authorities as far as the
efficiency of the production is concerned. Such kind of the results was found to be potentially
useful to the policy makers of the government.
Shehata, M.E. and El-Gohary, K.M., 2011. Towards improving construction labor
productivity and projects’ performance. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 50(4), pp.321-
330.
It is possible to have substantial saving when there is proper management of the construction
project. This implies that the productivity will be a factor of time and cost. The paper has
focused specifically on labor productivity in the industry of construction. From the previous
research work, there is no standard productivity definition. The paper therefore focuses on its
aspects, definitions, factors affecting it and measurements. Through this study there was
provision of a guide which can help improve the performance of the project through proper time
and cost management hence significant savings.
Vrijhoef, R., 2016, July. Effects of lean work organization and industrialization on
workflow and productive time in housing renovation projects. In Proceedings of the 24th
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 63-72).
The research work included case studies which selected on the basis of implementation of lean
work with the involved organizations as well as technology of industrialization. In the case of the
identified sites, there were adjustments of the organization of the work besides the technology of
the construction. There was measurement of the effects and later reviewed with the managers
and operatives. The comparison which was done later demonstrated that productivity of labour
substantially increased compared to the situation which had been embraced traditionally.

However, both situations appeared to be representatives of the other projects of housings. This
has resulted into the extrapolation from the applicable cases of similar projects as well as
knowledge contribution which basically improve the processes of production in any construction
activity.
Yi, W. and Chan, A.P., 2014. Critical review of labor productivity research in construction
journals. Journal of management in engineering, 30(2), pp.214-225.
The construction industry is usually characterized by the generation of large quantities of wastes
particularly in solid form. Accumulation of such wastes has now become both social and
environmental problems. The efforts which have put in place to assist in the reduction of
construction as well as demolition wastes have never bore fruits. The paper has presented
strategies which have not only focused on the classification and management of the construction
and demolition wastes but also to reduce their production. The remedies identified include
involvement of, participation as well as open-mindedness from the members of the project as the
possible strategies. The study has shown ability to come up with new ideas can potentially
contribute to waste elimination.
Yi, W. and Chan, A.P., 2014. Critical review of labor productivity research in construction
journals. Journal of management in engineering, 30(2), pp.214-225.
A lot of research work has been carried out on the construction labor productivity which is
commonly known as CLP. It is however noticed that the research under the topic of CLP is very
diverse and usually lack systematic analysis of the issues which are related to the CLP. The
paper has focused on some of the neglected research areas like the CLP modelling as well as
evaluation, factors affecting CLP and some of the possible ways of improving CLP. The gaps are

the identified areas of the research have been highlighted for future research. The results of this
particular study effectively provided platform for both industrial practitioners and researchers in
appreciating the last development as well as trend in the research productivity.