An analysis of BIM jobs and competencies based on the use of terms in the industry

Uhm, Miyoung; Lee, Ghang; Jeon, Bo-Young

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2017.06.002

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“…The term "BIM Manager" is closely associated, if not synonymous with, the terms "BIM Coordinator" and "senior BIM Manager" (Berlo and Papadonikolaki 2016; Uhm et al 2017). …”

Section: Information Retrievalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two main approaches are evident; tabulation of the perceptions of industry practitioners (ACIF 2017;Holzer 2015), or analyses of documented data (Barison and Santos 2011;Uhm et al 2017). This second approach includes studies that define necessary skills and responsibilities of BIM roles in view of the necessities for BIM implementation on projects.…”

Section: The Emergence Of the Professional Bim Managermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As an example, Uhm et al (2017) defined eight BIM-related jobs comprising director, BIM project manager, BIM coordinator, BIM manager, BIM Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) coordinator, BIM designer, BIM architect and BIM technician. Barison and Santos (2011) classified BIM jobs into eight types.…”

Section: Bim-related Rolesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This presents the industry with challenges on multiple fronts, not the least of which being the attendant human resources task of ensuring construction firms are staffed with sufficiently capable BIM employees able to facilitate the growing number of BIM-enabled projects (Akintola et al 2017;Sebastian 2011;Suwal and Singh 2017). There currently exists a pressing need to recruit BIM talents, assesses their competencies, and then place them into new roles and positions within the existing organizational structure (Deutsch 2011;Joseph 2011;Lewis et al 2015;Uhm et al 2017). Thus, it is important to identify and define the exact competencies that need to be possessed; trained inhouse or brought in (Solnosky et al 2014;Wu et al 2017;Zhang et al 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recognition of this, existing studies have focused on exploring the skill and competencies of BMs (Antisari 2017;Uhm et al 2017;Wu and Issa 2013), or the functions attached to the BM (Akintola et al 2017;McPartland 2017). By contrast, no known studies, apart from the work by Sebastian (2011), and Akintola et al (2017), have looked into the long-term durability of a dedicated BIM role.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Abstract:Building Information Modeling (BIM) has developed as the definitive technology for managing construction projects. With its rise, the corresponding role of BIM manager has emerged as a necessary adjunct role in coordinating BIM enabled projects. The ascent of the BIM manager has attracted a significant body of research investigating the various competencies and responsibilities required of the role. While BIM is here to stay, the work of Akintola et al. (2017), however, asserts that a distinct role oriented around BIM, is itself transitory. The conclusion in Akintola's work represents a significant departure from accepted assumptions on the viability of the BIM manager role. This research sets out to test the likelihood of a long-term market demand for the BIM manager, as a distinct role, based on a robust quantitative analysis of open-source data from a rich representing the global English speaking jobs markets. Key knowledge, skills and abilities attributes of the BIM jobs were extracted and analyzed. Analysis reveals there is no significant difference between the roles of 'BIM manager' and 'BIM coordinator.' Moreover, the findings highlight that these two BIM roles align with that of 'project manager.' Most importantly, BIM roles are shown to supplement the lack of BIM expertise within the role of 'project manager,' and that as BIM capabilities are increasingly absorbed by project managers, the rationale for an independent BIM expert will fade. The corollary is that BIM roles are a stopgap measure that can be expected to disappear as project managers absorb requisite BIM skills. The practical implication for the construction engineering HR departments is that the prevailing policy of retaining dedicated BIM managers into the longer term should shift rather to one where project managers are re-trained to a level where they possess a comprehensive, independent BIM expertise.

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“…The term "BIM Manager" is closely associated, if not synonymous with, the terms "BIM Coordinator" and "senior BIM Manager" (Berlo and Papadonikolaki 2016; Uhm et al 2017). …”

Section: Information Retrievalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Emergence Of the Professional Bim Managermentioning

confidence: 99%