The Building Information Modeling (BIM) Maturity Level in the Egyptian Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry

Abstract

Ahmed Mohamed Abdelalim and Khaled Saad Haras

This paper investigates the Maturity level of applying BIM in the Egyptian construction industry. Despite the limited researches to measure BIM maturity in the Egyptian AEC environment, this study demonstrates practical operations of BIM in Construction Projects in Egypt. A methodical frame was adopted to study the most common BIM maturity models in particular; the models were derived from literature review of relevant researches worldwide. This study concentrated on the idea of maturity not the capability. Therefore, only maturity models were considered. The Capability is on the organization scale, while maturity is concerned with the project scale. Moreover, the Macro-Level of BIM maturity model was investigated to determine the characteristics of BIM maturity in Egypt. BIM implementation inside the organizations either public or private, firms, contracting companies, projects, and the maturity of this BIM implementation, the revealed that the maturity level for the projects and even for the organizational scale is medium-low. It is clear that BIM has gained increasing acceptance and dissemination within the Egyptian AEC industry. The maturity of the BIM models that carried out for this research, the sample size, and the data gathering mobility, are the main limitations of the study. It was also concluded that Strategy for Implementation BIM inside the organizational scale in Egypt is a critical step. Organizations should have an external party as an expert in outlining the procedures that need to be performed and policies that should be implemented to build a BIM implementation plan within the organization.

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