Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to study conditions of BIM implementation in facility management specifically from the point of view of different groups of FM practitioners, and the facility management infrastructures already in use. Design/methodology/approach - A literature review is done of the gap between the uses BIM in design, and in facility management. The key professional groups of facility management in the Premises Centre of the City of Helsinki were interviewed on the information tools they use, and the needs and impediments of BIM implementation in the FM. Cultural historical activity theory is used as a theoretical framework. Findings - The literature discussing the BIM implementation tends to omit the analysis of the existing facility management information systems and software tools in use. The challenge in the BIM implementation is in which ways the relevant information included in BIM models could be integrated with these systems. No well---articulated problems or developmental contradictions came up that would demand the investment in the BIM implementation. Practical implications - The results call for experimenting with incremental implementation of BIM in different FM activities and in the FM information infrastructures in use. Originality/value - The paper studies empirically different facility management activities and information systems used by them. Such studies are needed for a realistic view of the potential integration of the BIM information to FM information systems.
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