ABSTRACT
Building Information Modelling (BIM) first emerged as a ‘sustaining technology’: a 3D tool that produced construction designs more efficiently. It later became a potentially ‘disruptive technology’, that is, one that can result in the reconfiguration of the whole construction process. Much of the technology driving BIM comes in the form of a variety of software products that have been developed commercially to meet the needs of specialist designers, or contractors. The rate of innovation adoption and diffusion can be significantly influenced by policy measures. Many countries have mandated the use of BIM for public sector projects; some are precluded from national mandates because of their federal systems. BIM is widely recognised as an opportunity to revolutionise the way the construction and property sectors around the world do business, offering the potential for improved efficiency and effectiveness throughout. The positions of relative maturity derived from the aggregated component totals must be seen in this context.
