Understanding the effects of building information modelling on project-based organisations using a social network approach

Conference Theme: Innovative Approaches in Project Management ResearchPaper Session 5 - Track 1: ScholarshipHow to better understand and manage project-based organisations (PBOs), thereby achieving project success, is a classic line of inquiry for both business executives and scholars alike. Falling within the ambit of this inquiry is the rapid rise of building information modelling (BIM) in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. As a digital representation of the AEC processes to facilitate the exchange and interoperability of information, BIM has been rhetorically designated as a facilitating platform, through which the chronic problems associated with PBOs such as risk-averse, short-termism, silo thinking, lost information, and ineffective communication can be alleviated