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Modern Building And Designing Practices

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ABSTRACT Objective Modern building and designing practices have come a long way away from traditional methodologies. Building Information Modeling (BIM) has emerged onto the forefront as a critical technology in the contemporary building design practice and construction industry (Mandhar, & Mandhar, 2013; Panuwatwanich, et. al, 2013; Abbasnejad, & Moud, 2013; Arnett & Quadrato, 2012). There are however, several gaps observed in its adoption due to gaps between the industry and academia. These gaps will be studied during the course of this research in an exploratory manner with the ultimate objective to aid the adoption of BIM in industry. Background BIM can be defined as “a modeling technology and associated set of processes to produce, communicate and analyze building models” (Eastman et al., 2011; p: 117). Some professionals consider BIM as the key to tackling variations and ineptitudes in construction projects (Arayici et.al, 2012; Coates et. al, 2010). The adoption of BIM standards carries with it several advantages but simultaneously poses challenges in the implementation (as it is implemented differently between the industry and the academia). A major hindrance identified in literature is the gap between industry needs and academia readiness. Methods An exploratory analysis was conducted by using a qualitative analysis of the data obtained from 9 participants from the design industry and 9 participants from academia. All the interviews and the discussions were held

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