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Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management | 2015

Embedded contexts of innovation: BIM adoption and implementation for a specialty contracting SME

Erik A. Poirier; Sheryl Staub-French; Daniel Forgues

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the radical innovation process behind the adoption and implementation of building information modelling (BIM) for a specialty contracting small or medium enterprise (SME). This paper offers two distinct perspectives on BIM adoption and implementation, which are underrepresented in the current literature: the SME perspective and the specialty contractor perspective. It also attempts to bridge the gap between the growing literature on BIM adoption and implementation and the established literature on innovation by developing the notion of embedded contexts in the innovation process. Design/methodology/approach – A mixed-method, longitudinal case study approach was used in this research project to study the evolution of the innovation process and its impact on the Organisation over time. The objectives of this research were to investigate and document the different factors mediating the BIM adoption and implementation process for the Organisation across various ...


Construction Management and Economics | 2016

Collaboration through innovation: implications for expertise in the AEC sector

Erik A. Poirier; Daniel Forgues; Sheryl Staub-French

Collaboration is key for successful delivery of building projects in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. Innovative project delivery approaches developed over the past two decades envision new ways of collaborating and specifically aim at improving the performance of and value generated by this key economic sector. Collaboration, however, remains an ill-defined and highly amorphous concept. This makes it difficult to investigate and consequently develop a body of knowledge, which is central to defining a field of expertise in this area. The aim of this investigation is to explore the notion of an expertise in collaboration in the AEC sector and the implications of these innovative project delivery approaches on this expertise. The concept of collaboration is developed across five core entities: structure, process, agents, artefacts and context. These entities are then framed through a critical realist lens to lay the groundwork for a body of knowledge of collaboration in the AEC sector. The impact of the current shift to these innovative approaches is investigated within this framing. The findings set a course of action to develop a body of knowledge and a field of expertise on collaboration in the AEC sector.


Building Research and Information | 2017

Understanding the impact of BIM on collaboration: a Canadian case study

Erik A. Poirier; Daniel Forgues; Sheryl Staub-French

ABSTRACT Facilitating collaboration amongst project stakeholders in the construction industry is one of the central tenants of building information modelling (BIM). While there is increasing evidence of the positive influence of BIM on project outcomes, ambiguity remains around BIM’s true impact on collaboration. The presented case study aims to develop insights into the impact of BIM on collaboration in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. A critical realist perspective was adopted and a systematic combining approach was employed to support data collection and analysis. Data were collected through a longitudinal case study of a large design–build project in Canada. The unit of analysis was the individual project team member. Five cognitive determinants identified from the analysis are seen to inform an individual’s framing of event patterns in the context of BIM-enabled collaboration: requirements, expectations, intentions, incentives and capabilities. From this perspective, the impact of BIM on collaboration is understood as a reshaping of an individual’s cognitive determinants, which influence a team member’s framing of event patterns enacted throughout project delivery. This shift is manifested by changing information landscapes, i.e. sources and flows of information, that are generated, shared and consumed within the project team.


Construction Research Congress 2014: Construction in a Global Network | 2014

Dimensions of interoperability in the AEC industry

Erik A. Poirier; Daniel Forgues; Sheryl Staub-French

Often cited as a major barrier to the seamless exchange of data and information among project team members evolving in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, technological interoperability has been the focus of many ongoing research efforts within the AEC field. In other knowledge fields, such as information systems (IS) and military research, the interoperability construct has evolved beyond the purely technological domain to encompass multiple dimensions. Within the AEC industry, these dimensions of interoperability have yet to take root. This paper introduces a conceptual framework that develops the interoperability construct across multiple dimensions. The framework defines emerging collaborative project delivery systems within the AEC industry by relating the technological, organization and procedural dimensions and situating them within the contextual dimension. The framework is underpinned by an information processing systems approach to project delivery in the AEC industry. Based on a two-part systematic literature review, a rigorous and structured process aimed at answering a very specific and targeted question within a given field, this paper presents the conceptual framework and discusses the various dimensions of interoperability. The paper concludes by presenting opportunities for future research through gaps identified in the literature. It is believed that by adopting this broader view of the interoperability construct in the AEC industry, the deployment of seamless collaborative project delivery systems and emerging technologies and processes, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) will be better informed and structured and thus more effective and efficient.


Archive | 2015

Structuring the adoption and implementation of bim and integrated approaches to project delivery across the Canadian aeco industry: key drivers from abroad

Souha Tahrani; Erik A. Poirier; Gulnaz Aksenova; Daniel Forgues

The architecture, engineering, construction and owners (AECO) industry plays a vital role in a country’s economy, and has a great impact on its society and on the local and global environment. Focussing on the performance and the impact of their respective AECO industries, government bodies around the world are increasingly pushing to transform current practices to maximise the value generated by this industry. Recent innovative approaches, notably building information modeling (BIM), integrated approaches (either integrated project delivery (IPD) or integrated design processes (IDP)) and Lean construction, show promise in providing many improvements. However, many challenges and obstacles are hindering the deployment of these approaches; a lack of strong client demand chiefly among them. In response to this, many countries have developed strategies to encourage and accelerate the pace of adoption of these innovative approaches. This often is prompted by requirements for suppliers to implement one or more of these innovations on all their publicly procured projects. The various levels of governments in Canada however have yet to follow suit in this regard. As a consequence, the Canadian AECO industry is seen to be lagging in its adoption of BIM and integrated approaches to project delivery. While certain projects have emerged as beacons of enlightened practice in the Canadian context, it remains that the vast majority of projects are still being delivered in a traditional fashion, with the wellknown limitations this entails. This paper investigates the contextual challenges in adoption and implementation of BIM and integrated approaches in the Canadian AECO industry. The objective is to identify challenges and opportunities to create favourable context that ensures that the Canadian AECO industry remain competitive in the face of increasing global competition by leveraging the potential significant benefits of these innovative approaches. This paper is based on a review of the literature of various initiatives around the world. The paper lays out six key factors, which are seen as drivers for the adoption and implementation of BIM and integrated approaches in other countries, and discusses their implication in the Canadian context. Notably, the need for a national policy that structures the adoption and implementation BIM and integrated approaches; the need for leadership from the public sector; the importance of constituent organizations acting as a voice for industry; and the need for investments in research and development.


Archive | 2015

Investigating model evolution in a collaborative BIM environment

Erik A. Poirier; Sheryl Staub-French; Daniel Forgues

As the adoption and implementation of building information modeling (BIM) continues to gain momentum, the benefits and challenges of its implementation and use are becoming better defined. However, there still lacks an understanding into the reconfiguration of practice that is being induced by BIM within multi-disciplinary project teams. Part of this reconfiguration of practice involves the development of the model through the generation, authoring and exchange of project information. This paper presents the finding of a research project that investigated the evolution of a BIM developed by a vertically integrated project team on a large institutional project for design and construction purposes. The objective of the research project was to develop measures to investigate the evolution of a BIM in a collaborative and multi-disciplinary project setting. The research team analyzed the bi-weekly iterations of the models produced by the design team following a rigorous protocol. Timesheets were obtained for all project team members involved in the modeling process. The measures developed adopt both the product and the process perspective of BIM. These measures were tested to verify how they correlated to one another and to the overall time spent in the project and in BIM. Four categories of measure are developed: measures of information quantity, measures of information content, measures of information representation and measures of product evolution. These measures can serve as a benchmark to evaluate the efficiency of the modeling and ultimately the project delivery process.


Automation in Construction | 2015

Measuring the impact of BIM on labor productivity in a small specialty contracting enterprise through action-research

Erik A. Poirier; Sheryl Staub-French; Daniel Forgues


Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering | 2015

Assessing the performance of the building information modeling (BIM) implementation process within a small specialty contracting enterprise

Erik A. Poirier; Sheryl Staub-French; Daniel Forgues


Automation in Construction | 2017

Developing owner information requirements for BIM-enabled project delivery and asset management

Hasan Burak Cavka; Sheryl Staub-French; Erik A. Poirier


Archive | 2014

The BIM utopia: centralizing collaboration and communication through technologies

Zoubeir Azouz; Constantine J. Katsanis; Daniel Forgues; Gulnaz Aksenova; Erik A. Poirier; Sylvie Doré

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Daniel Forgues

École de technologie supérieure

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Sheryl Staub-French

University of British Columbia

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Sylvie Doré

École de technologie supérieure

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Hasan Burak Cavka

University of British Columbia

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Louis Rivest

École de technologie supérieure

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Soojung Kim

University of British Columbia

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Souha Tahrani

École de technologie supérieure

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Zoubeir Azouz

École de technologie supérieure

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