Decision support framework: A review study of Building Information Modelling (BIM) software selection in construction project management

The innovation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has gained much attention among construction stakeholders around the world. The adoption of BIM software has proven to be beneficial to the construction organization in term of design, analysis, construction, operation and data management.The utilization of BIM software would lead to an effective planning and scheduling; encourage collaboration among technical team member and increase overall quality of the project.In recent years, rapid development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in construction have witness numerous BIM software available in market where each tools offer wide variety of functionality, features and cost. Thus, it is identified that there is a needs to aid decision making for construction organization in order to select appropriate BIM software to a particular project needs. This study discusses the fundamental aspect of construction project management, Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and Decision Support System (DSS) as decision tools in BIM selection.It is anticipates that the proposed model would enhance the selection process of BIM software for the construction company