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Lack of application modern information technology in the construction sector in Iraq leads to complexity in
understanding and interpreting diagrams and data, especially in large construction projects. Building Information Modeling
(BIM) has a vital role in the construction industry through using the intelligent software by all of the specialists in...
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... survey refers to that only 40.5% of persons whose have more than 21 years of working experience in construction industry, 26.2% for persons whose have less than 5 years working experience in construction industry and 19% for persons whose range their experience between 11-20 years, while 14.3% fo r persons have experience 6-10 years as shown in Fig. 4 below, means that the respondents have deep knowledge about challenges and benefits of their work and know how solving the problems and issues in the construction industry. The study results of the challenges facing and reduce the adoption and use of BIM technology in the construction industry in Iraq were as can be seen in Fig. 5. the ...
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... Again, in the Middle East, Hamada and colleagues carried out a similar investigation on the use of BIM innovation to identify the key benefits and barriers that point of confinement BIM appropriation in the Iraqi construction industry. The findings of the study suggested low BIM adoption among construction experts in Iraq (Hamada et al. 2016). Much prior investigation was attempted in the Middle East by buildingSMART. ...
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