Impacts of building information modelling (BIM) on communication network of the construction project: A social capital perspective.

ABSTRACT: Building information modelling (BIM) is considered to be significant for organisational communication in construction projects. However, the role of BIM has not been fully shown in practice. To this end, this study examined the impact of BIM on communication network from inter- and intra- organisational relationships in the construction project. First, the structures of the communication networks before and after the use of BIM in a project in China were determined based on the social capital perspective. Then, the social network analysis was adopted to measure the changes in network metrics (i.e., number of ties, density, centrality, centralisation, and clique). Results shows that the connections among nodes are denser, and all the values of the network centralisation decrease after BIM a

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9553046 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature