A Framework Integrating BIM and LC to Improve Construction Processes

The adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction (LC) has given new impetus to the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners Operators (AECOO). BIM has attracted interest from several countries and companies, aiming to minimize waste in the design phase. In turn, the LC endorses its potential to minimise waste in the construction phase. The literature has focused too much on the opportunities and barriers to the collaborative implementation of these two approaches. Due to insufficient practical knowledge about the positive effects of this linkage, this study develops a framework that integrates the two approaches applied to a case of urban road development. The study highlighted the potential of this linkage to improve productivity and eliminate waste. The results confirm the literature. The audience of professionals, academics, and researchers can deploy this study to expand interventional in AECOO.

I. Introduction

Known both for its value-added in the economies of countries its employability, its failures, and its poor reputation, the construction industry and its trades of Architecture Engineering Construction Owners Operators (AECOO) continues its efforts to make up for the missing years, to position itself in its vital place and to align itself with industrial transformations. This industry has become more complex [1], specialised [2], and under tremendous pressure to become more efficient and effective [3]. The constraints have multiplied since the COVID-19 pandemic, which will have a profound and lasting impact on all economies. Over time, several attempts have been made [4]. And several approaches have been adopted to improve the performance of construction projects, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction (LC) [5]. Except that these approaches have not yet attracted the interest of many countries and companies [6]–[8].