BIM Technology and Impact on Safety KPIs in Construction Projects in Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia

Key performance indicators represent the basis for effective management. At the same time, they can also be an indicator of the efficiency of using. BIM technologies represent a tool that increases information value in managing not only businesses, but also projects. Project management using BIM technology can bring benefits in several areas. The area of health and safety is also a much-discussed topic in the construction industry. Monitoring and increasing security includes search for suitable construction materials and technological procedures that consider a high degree of protection and safety of workers but also simulations and scenarios of eventual accidents. Another point of view is to aim at malfunctions caused by inadvertence, error rate, and human damage. The costs of occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) and average solution time as safety-related indicators cannot be neglected. The research aims to analyze the use level of BIM technology and the impact on the so-called Safety KPI in construction projects designed and implemented in Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia. The research results show the increasing trend of using BIM technology in construction projects. BIM technology's use rate for risk and risk purposes is relatively low. However, measurement indicators show that it has a positive impact on safety and reduction of occupational safety and health administration costs in construction projects.