BIM is been implemented in the construction industry. Why is not been implemented in the residential development part of the construction industry?
As rightly said by Prof. Peter E.D Love
BIM is being used in the residential sector in Australia and other developed countries with high level of BIM awareness/implementation in their construction industry. I assumed you asked the question from developing countries perspective; as adoption in the construction industry of such countries is slow, not to talk of the housing/residential sector. My ongoing PhD research is on 'BIM Adoption and Implementation in Small-Medium-Enterprises (SMEs) of Developing Countries'; I believe the residential sector in developing countries would adopt it with time, as it would be necessary for their survival, achieve value for money and retain market share.You may refer to Joseph 'Garcia, A., Mollaoglu, S., & Syal, M. (2018). Implementation of BIM in Small Home-Building Businesses. Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 23(2), 04018007'
In China, BIM has been used in residential projects for a few years, and now is widely used in all kinds of construction projects.
Our group also proposes an approach to evaluate the similarity of standard dwelling units (SDUs) of residential buildings to facilitate the retrieval of similar BIM-based SDUs in residential design. You may refer to (all of them are available on ResearchGate):
1. He, T., Zhang, J., Lin, J.* and Li, Y. (2018). Multiaspect Similarity Evaluation of BIM-Based Standard Dwelling Units for Residential Design, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 32(5): 04018032. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000774
2. He, T., Zhang, J., Lin, J.*, Jia, W. and Hu, Z. (2016). A Topological and Hierarchical Information Integration Approach for Standard-unit-based Residential Planning, in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. 381-388. Osaka, Japan.
3. He, T., Lin, J., Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Jia, W. and Su, J. (2014). BIM-Based Plan Modeling System at Preliminary Stage for Residential Real Estate Projects, Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. 61: 488-495. doi: 10.1061/9780784413616.061
BIM is used extensively in the US for production home building.
You are correct in the sense that BIM for residential housing is lagging other sectors in the built environment.
However, this is rapidly changing. In the UK these are some of the leading lights in this area:
http://bimregions.co.uk/bim4/bim4housing/
https://bimblog.house/
BIM is being used in the housing sector in India! i am working on a Master's Thesis entitled "Evaluating the Benefits of Integrating BIM Framework into Construction Practices". I am working on various dimensions and level 2 BIM. To conclude i can say BIM is moving at a rapid pace in India in both Infrastructure and Building Sector.
In a South African context, i think it would come down to the projects size and complexity. In saying that, the South African market is resistant to change and innovative construction methods are not being implemented enough. Im currently doing research into the " challenges surrounding the implementation of innovation in the South African construction industry".
BIM has been implemented widely to residential sector around the world, as evidence some works published in recent years:
Lighting of the Urban Interior in the Residential Environment
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and EngineeringVolume 471, Issue 10, 24 February 2019, Article number 1020323rd World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning Symposium, WMCAUS 2018; Prague; Czech Republic; 18 June 2018 through 22 June 2018; Code 145505
A Discrepancy Analysis of BIM-Based Quantity Take-Off for Building Interior Components
Journal of Management in EngineeringVolume 35, Issue 3, 1 May 2019, Article number 05019001
Multiaspect Similarity Evaluation of BIM-Based Standard Dwelling Units for Residential Design
Journal of Computing in Civil EngineeringVolume 32, Issue 5, 1 September 2018, Article number 04018032
Deconstruction project planning of existing buildings based on automated acquisition and reconstruction of building information
Automation in Construction Volume 91, July 2018, Pages 226-245
Incorporating building information modeling (BIM) into the super high-rise industrialized housing project: A case study
Boletin Tecnico/Technical BulletinVolume 55, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 234-243
The Construction of BIM Application Value System for Residential Buildings' Design Stage in China Based on Traditional DBB Mode
Procedia EngineeringVolume 180, 2017, Pages 851-858International High-Performance Built Environment Conference - A Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 Series SBE16, iHBE 2016; Sydney; Australia; 17 November 2016 through 18 November 2016; Code 128093
Process Integration Framework for the Design Phase of a ResidentialBuilding
Procedia EngineeringVolume 196, 2017, Pages 462-469Creative Construction Conference, CCC 2017; Primosten; Croatia; 19 June 2017 through 22 June 2017; Code 137308
BIM-based Iterative Tool for Sustainable Building Design: A Conceptual Framework
Procedia EngineeringVolume 180, 2017, Pages 782-792International High-Performance Built Environment Conference - A Sustainable Built Environment
Conference 2016 Series SBE16, iHBE 2016; Sydney; Australia; 17 November 2016 through 18 November 2016; Code 128093
A feasibility study of Building Information Modeling for Green Mark New Non-Residential Building (NRB): 2015 analysis
Energy ProcediaVolume 143, 2017, Pages 80-871st Joint Conference on World Engineers Summit - Applied Energy Symposium and Forum: Low Carbon Cities and Urban Energy, WES-CUE 2017; Singapore; Singapore; 19 July 2017 through 21 July 2017; Code 133340
Qian Wang What are you talking about is not residential, is commercial
You're based on Singapore, so we can say for instance HDB in some residential projects has used BIM, and we can accept this
However, I think the answer has two parts:
This question is linked with value and cost of BIM tools for specific users: for contractors
The answer to this is related to policy. How does policy around residential building impact BIM adoption in your country?
Another factors is scope, time and budget. All can go together: this is very significant to clients and home owners decision towards BIM adoption.
There is an road map for the implementation of BIM in the construction. But it is carried out very difficult. The President instructed the Government to speed up work on this issue last year.
Currently, BIM-model is mainly used by designers, and is not applied in the next stages of the life cycle of a capital object. There are requirements for the verification of BIM during the state examination of capital facilities, which is built using budget funds.
Why users limitation? BIM is gradually used now even in different format.
It is for large scale/multi-storey residential units. But single units may not be complex hence will not require implemeting BIM
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