A Study on BIM Implementation a Residential Construction Project in India

The construction industry has been growing despite the complexities and risks involved throughout the life cycle of project delivery. To continue this growth path and to fulfil the increasing demands, the industry has started adopting various new trends and technologies such as building information modelling, lean technology, precast-prefabricated and pre-engineered structures. Research and study of BIM use in many countries has proved various benefits of BIM in the construction industry such as improvement in productivity and collaboration, reduced risk of cost and time overrun and rework. However, BIM implementation in India is lagging behind most of the other countries despite its vast range of benefits. There are factors like lack of information, training, awareness, apprehensions regarding the technology and lack of comprehensive analysis documenting the advantages. The present paper intends to explain the benefits of BIM implementation in a residential project in the Indian city of Pune. The paper intends to demonstrate the process of BIM implementation and promulgate the benefits, so that it encourages practitioners in India to adopt BIM on a larger scale.