A Literature Review on BIM Maturity in the AECO Industry

Abstract

Physical assets are, nowadays, more and more included in the digital environment, providing huge amount of data, and involving a complex network of stakeholders. Many Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are employed in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO), in order to tackle the digital transformation. Currently, one of the most acknowledged approaches for managing the new complexity of the built environment is Building Information Modelling (BIM). This article addresses the issue of the maturity of organisations, which adopt or are willing to adopt a BIM approach. Therefore, research aims at providing a critical review on BIM maturity of organisations operating in AECO. The BIM approach can be considered a step forward for supporting the development of digital processes able to foster the achievement of their business objectives. The scope of the research concerns the overall dynamics of the AECO sector concerning the digital revolution affecting management of the built environment processes along the life cycle of physical assets. Therefore, a literature review on Scopus databases has been carried out and most relevant dynamics in the literature production have been identified and investigated trough bibliometric, trend and cluster analyses carried out on the selected sample of articles. In summary it can be stated that the BIM maturity allow to evaluate organisations’ digitalisation potential enabling the reengineering of business processes. Moreover, the evaluation of organisations’ BIM compliant approaches can provide a sound assessment method during a bid process, contributing to the transparent and effective selection of the most virtuous firms.