Guidelines for Implementation of Building Information Modelling in Egypt

Abstract

The level of support provided by Egyptian Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) stakeholders represented in both public and private sector regarding Building Information Modeling (BIM) diffusion, adoption and implementation on country scale has its peculiarities. Nowadays, BIM has become a generally accepted technology and process used among AEC Industry Stakeholders, However, Egypt is not a principal country in BIM adoption. Moreover, governmental countrywide technical reports regarding status of BIM use and the role of stakeholder in BIM adoption are absent. Thus, this research aims to present a developed general guideline for building information modeling implementation, and proposed responsibility matrix model (RACI matrix) for BIM diffusion from the prospective of the Egyptian AEC industry stakeholders. The exploration is done mainly through, the literature review, where deficiencies in AEC industry is listed, the role of BIM in overcoming the construction industry problems, BIM systems in various selected countries were reviewed to highlight the successful practices in this field. In addition to examine the current status of BIM in Egyptian AEC online surveys were sent out to 250 with 62% response rate in addition to phone call interviews with selected sample for further data clarification and collection. Findings of this research have clearly identified the classification of the key stakeholders in BIM adoption, general guidelines for the roles of both public and private sector in promoting BIM implementation in AEC industry with particular focus on the role of the Governmental sector, finally generated proposed BIM RACI matrix model for BIM implementation in AEC industry. Furthermore, the current situation of BIM implementation in Egyptian AEC industry from the major stakeholders' perspective have been explained. Value of this thesis relay on introducing general recommendations for BIM adoption in Egyptian AEC industry based on the successful practices case studies analysis and the contextual situation of BIM adaption in Egyptian AEC industry.