ABSTRACT
Traditional facilities management has been marred with challenges in collaboration, information sharing visualization of designs, data storage, and data processing. This study, aimed to establish how BIM-enabled facilities management could be used. A systematic literature review approach was used to identify BIM-enabled Facilities management using the existing literature. The results indicate sectors in diverse economies can benefit from BIM enabled facilities management once they overcome challenges such as cost of implementation, training, upgrade of communication infrastructure, formulation of guideline and interoperability of software. Evidence from the literature further shows that BIM offers solutions to traditional F.M. challenges by enabling efficient and effective cost management, scheduling, visualization, resource optimization, and energy efficiency for the facilities manager through various BIM dimensions. Facilities managers can now get real-time information from BIM-enabled facilities to manage facilities efficiently and adequately. The study recommends embedding BIM in facilities management training curricula for construction related professionals.
