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5The global movement of Building Information Modeling is spreading the implementation 6 of BIM from developed countries to other developing countries. Practitioners' perceptions on 7 BIM implementation in these developing countries, such as China, a giant building market 8 which is increasing the BIM application in the industry, have not been thoroughly understood. 9This research adopted the questionnaire survey to investigate the BIM practice and its related

Perceptions towards Risks involved in Off-site Construction in the Integrated Design & Construction Project Delivery The research focuses on adopting IDC (i.e., integrated design and construction) approach in OSC (i.e., off-site construction) projects.  Design experience of architects and engineers in OSC was considered most critical risk factor.  Professionals' experience in IDC and in OSC affected their risk perceptions.  IDC experience was found more influential in affecting risk perceptions compared to OSC experience.  Those with less experience in OSC or in IDC tended to perceive risks with higher degrees of significance.

Purpose -This study aims to present a pedagogical practice in the project-based assessment of AEC students' interdisciplinary building design work adopting BIM. This pedagogical practice emphasizes the impacts of BIM, as the digital collaboration platform, on the crossdisciplinary teamwork design through information sharing. This study also focuses on collecting students' perceptions on BIM effects in integrated project design. Challenges in BIM adoption from AEC students' perspective were identified and discussed, and could spark further research needs.Design/Methodology/Approach -Based on a thorough review of previous pedagogical practices of applying BIM in multiple AEC disciplines, this study adopted a case study of Solar Decathlon residential building design as the group project for AEC students to deliver the design work and construction planning. In total 13 different teams within the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, each group consisting of final year undergraduate students with backgrounds in architecture, civil engineering, and architectural environmental engineering, worked to deliver the detailed design of solar-powered residential house meeting pre-specified project objectives in terms of architectural aesthetics, structural integrity, energy efficiency, prefabrication construction techniques, and other issues such as budget and scheduling. Each team presented the cross-disciplinary design plan with cost estimate and construction scheduling together within group reports. This pedagogical study collected students' reflective thinking on how BIM affected their design work, and compared their feedback on BIM to that from AEC industry professionals in previous studies. Findings -The case study of Solar Decathlon building project showed the capacity of BIM in enabling interdisciplinary collaboration through information exchange and in enhancing communication across different AEC fields. More sustainable design options were considered in the early architectural design stages through the cross-disciplinary cooperation between architecture and building services engineering. BIM motivated AEC student teams to have a more comprehensive design and construction plan by considering multiple criteria including energy efficiency, budget, and construction activities. Students' reflections indicated both positive effects of BIM (e.g., facilitating information sharing) as well as challenges for further BIM implementation, for example, some architecture students' resistance to BIM, and the lack of existing family types in BIM library, etc.Research limitations/implications -Some limitations of the current BIM pedagogy were identified through the student group work. For example, students revealed the problem of interoperability between BIM (i.e., Autodesk Revit) and building energy simulation tools. To further integrate the university education and AEC industry practice, future BIM pedagogical work could recruit professionals and project stakeholders in the adopted case study, for the purpose of providing ...