Depth of Involvement
■ The rate at which BIM users utilize it on projects will double in two years.
As building team members begin to adopt BIM, use of the technology is becoming more commonplace on projects. Its frequency of use can vary greatly depending on the need and the expertise of the user.
■ The U.S. West Coast has the highest concentration of BIM users.
■ Two-thirds of experts use it on more
Key Findings ■ Half of the industry has adopted BIM, a 75% increase from two years ago. ■ BIM use by contractors has quadrupled in the last two years.
than 60% of projects.
■ Non-users are open to adopting BIM in the future.
■ One in five beginners use BIM on
■ Greatest challenges for non-users: 1) not enough time to evaluate BIM,
2) software/hardware upgrades, 3) functionality doesn’t apply well to their practice
more than 15% of their projects. ■ Among all users, a majority (55%)
use BIM on less than 30% of projects, while a quarter (27%) use it frequently, on 60% or more of their projects. In part, this reflects that BIM is still a new technology to many users.
BIM Adoption and Usage Engineer
Architect 29%
42%
58%
27%
Differences in Disciplines Engineers, as a group, trail other main team players in their adoption of BIM, but there are notable differences between disciplines.
2%
1%
■ Structural and MEP engineers
are using BIM at levels similar to industry-wide averages, while civil engineers lag far behind. More than four in five civil engineers are not using BIM.
13% 28%
Contractor
Looking toward the future, many engineers see significant changes ahead.
Owner 12% 63%
51%
33%
■ Among BIM users, one quarter of
17%
structural engineers utilize it on more than 60% of projects today. Twice as many of them expect to use it at that level in two years. ■ Among BIM users, one in ten civil
engineers utilize it on more than 60% of projects today. That level of involvement is forecast to almost quadruple in two years.
8% 12%
■ Among BIM users, one in eight MEP
4% We are not using BIM
We are creating (authoring) models
We are using BIM tools to analyze models but not creating our own models
engineers utilize it on more than 60% of projects today. That level of involvement is expected to almost triple in two years.
We are creating and analyzing models
Source: McGraw-Hill Construction, 2009
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