Driver Trett Digest Issue 25 - Flipbook - Page 12
BIM IN THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
A GAME CHANGER
FOR DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Today’s construction industry demands innovation and
transformation to achieve higher standards of efficiency and
productivity across the entire project lifecycle.
Digitisation has revolutionised how projects are planned,
designed, constructed, maintained, and progressed. Building
Information Modelling (BIM) is the core of this revolution;
BIM acts as a catalyst for more collaborative behaviours and
better information sharing.
Disputes have been identified as a critical cause of the
deficiency and low performance in construction projects.
Abdullah Al Bash
Technical Director
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Driver Trett Middle East
This article proposes that a BIM environment may
minimise the issues that would cause conflicts before they
develop into disputes and may help resolve disputes when
they occur.
BIM is a platform that promotes a high standard of
collaboration, coordination, and information sharing, where
its implementation ranges from project initialisation to the
handover stage and beyond, into facilities management.
This article explores the possibilities of enhancing the
process of dispute resolution in construction through the
implementation of BIM.
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