The interplay of IPD and BIM: a systematic literature review

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Purpose-Integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) have been discussed as prominent collaborative concepts in recent architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) literature, thus recommended for more advanced value creation. However, they have been studied predominantly as discrete even though they are typically highly interrelated. This study aims to enhance collaboration in AEC projects by tracing recent trends in IPD and BIM literature by making sense of trends and by exploring how their interplay has been discussed and conceptualized.

Design/methodology/approach-This systematic literature review draws on Scopus and Web of Science as the primary databases. In total, 120 academic papers and review articles were sourced. Yet, the final sample includes 71 sources from the past decade (2011-2020), focusing on both IPD and BIM.

Findings-This study identifies 11 interrelated and overlapping themes that are indicative of trends in the recent IPD and BIM literature. This research found that among the identified themes, the clusters of sustainability, transformation and increasing the competence level of staff in the AEC industry, in addition to the concept of quality, require more extensive research in the context of IPD and BIM. Additionally, this study identifies four different approaches to the interplay of IPD and BIM, indicating an absence of scholarly consistency.

Originality/value-Based on the systematic analysis of the recent literature, this study indicates that IPD and BIM have several joint fundamental cornerstones. It is evident that both concepts support the implementation of each other. The success of implementing either one is strongly related to the other. Additionally, we have not found earlier systematic literature reviews that examine the interplay between IPD and BIM in the recent AEC literature.

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The interplay of IPD and BIM: a
systematic literature review
Taha Karasu,Kirsi Aaltonen and Harri Haapasalo
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Oulu,
Oulu, Finland
Abstract
Purpose –Integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) have been discussed
as prominent collaborative concepts in recent architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) literature,
thus recommended for more advanced value creation. However, they have been studied predominantly as
discrete even though they are typically highly interrelated. This study aims to enhance collaboration in AEC
projects by tracing recent trends in IPD and BIM literature by making sense of trends and by exploring how
their interplay has been discussed and conceptualized.
Design/methodology/approach –This systematic literature review draws on Scopus and Web of
Science as the primary databases. In total, 120 academic papers and review articles were sourced. Yet, the
final sample includes 71 sources from the past decade (2011–2020), focusing on both IPD and BIM.
Findings –This study identifies 11 interrelated and overlapping themes that are indicative of trends in the recent
IPD and BIM literature. This research found that among the identified themes, the clusters of sustainability,
transformation and increasing the competence level of staff in the AEC industry, in addition to the concept of
quality, require more extensive research in the context of IPD and BIM. Additionally, this study identifies four
different approaches to the interplay of IPD and BIM, indicating an absence of scholarly consistency.
Originality/value –Based on the systematic analysis of the recent literature, this study indicates that IPD
and BIM have several joint fundamental cornerstones. It is evident that both concepts support the
implementation of each other. The success of implementing either one is strongly related to the other.
Additionally, we have not found earlier systematic literature reviews that examine the interplay between IPD
and BIM in the recent AEC literature.
Keywords Architecture, engineering and construction, Systematic literature review, Collaboration,
Building information modeling, Integrated project delivery, Interplay
Paper type Literature review
1. Introduction
Chronic low productivity and poor construction project performance have prompted
architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) scholars and professionals to search for
alternatives to traditional project delivery models and practices (Walker and Rowlinson,
2020a;Eastman et al.,2008). In particular, failures of collaboration and integration, which
are crucial for enhancing and managing value creation (Aapaoja et al.,2013), have been
identified as some of the main root causes of these performance challenges (Davies and
Mackenzie, 2014). However, effective collaboration poses challenges for construction
projects, which typically involve high levels of interdependence within and between
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Received 19 July2021
Revised 29 October2021
4 January 2022
21 February 2022
Accepted 23 March2022
Construction Innovation
Emerald Publishing Limited
1471-4175
DOI 10.1108/CI-07-2021-0134
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organizations (Thompson, 1967), and each stakeholder’s actions typically affect others
(Morris, 2013).
Integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) have both
been advanced as solutions that enhance integration and collaboration by supporting early
involvement of key parties, transparent financials, shared risks and rewards, joint decision
making and collaborative multiparty agreement (Lahdenperä, 2012;Hietajärvi, 2017).
Some countries have a relatively more solid background in IPD and BIM (Walker and
Rowlinson, 2020a). For instance, the framework arrangements have been used by local councils in
the UK for several decades (Khalfan and McDermot, 2006), in addition to the government’starget
to introduce level 2 BIM to all central government-sponsored projects (Chang et al.,2017). Project
partnering as a predecessor of IPD has been used in Australia since 1994 (Sakal, 2005;Morwood
et al., 2008) and has been widely adopted in the country soon after the positive experiences
(Lahdenperä, 2012). Additionally, positive experiences resulted in ample sources of literature
about Alliance Projects as an IPD form in Australia (Walker and Rowlinson, 2020a). However, the
use of BIM has not been cemented yet even though IPD has a comparatively strong background
(Stride et al.,2020). Overall, despite the considerable promise of IPD and BIM and scarce but
significant progress toward their adoption, their full potential is yet to be achieved globally
(Azhar et al.,2012;Rowlinson, 2017;Holzer, 2011;Walker and Rowlinson, 2020a).
As key elements of inter-organizational collaboration in AEC practice, IPD and BIM have
attracted increasing research interest over the last two decades (Yalcinkaya and Singh, 2015;
Walker and Rowlinson, 2020a). However, although closely interrelated in practice, the two
methods have typically been investigated separately, with little discussion or conceptualization
of their interplay. While these in-depth studies are clearly important, they need to be grounded in
a broader overview, especially in what is still a relatively novel area of research. To address this
issue, the present study seeks to develop a fuller understanding of the interplay between IPD
and BIM, contributing to better collaboration and integration in major construction projects.
Fragmented and disintegrated processes have been identified as the main driver of the
paradigm shift from traditional construction practices (Lahdenperä, 2012) to collaborative
approaches like IPD and BIM, which the AEC industry sets great store by (Rowlinson, 2017;
Elghaish et al., 2019). IPD has been characterized as a highly effective and efficient
procurement strategy (Rowlinson, 2017) as compared to traditional project delivery
arrangements, which typically involve bi-contractual relationships. The IPD approach
provides for a multi-party agreement between the project owner, designer and contractors,
with shared risks and rewards and joint goals (AIA, 2010).
One of the most, if not the most, common IPD definitions belongs to AIA (2007):
[...] project delivery approach that integrates people, systems, business structures and practices
into a process that collaboratively harnesses the talents and insights of all participants to
optimize project results, increase value to the owner, reduce waste, and maximize efficiency
through all phases of design, fabrication, and construction.
However, this definition could classify partly integrated but still traditional project
deliveries, such as design-build, as collaborative approaches (Mesa et al.,2019). In this paper,
we adopted the definition of AIA (2010) because traditional and collaborative procurement
forms are distinguished more explicitly and cover other collaborative delivery forms that
Walker and Lloyd-Walker (2015) classified, namely: partnering, integrated project delivery,
alliancing, early contractor involvement and framework arrangements.
With the adoption of AIA (2010)’sdefinition, we used IPD as an umbrella term for the
aforementioned collaborative delivery forms that were classified in Walker and Lloyd-
Walker (2015).AIA (2010) defines IPD as:
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[...] a project delivery method distinguished by a contractual agreement between a minimum of
the owner, design professional, and builder where risk and reward are shared, and stakeholder
success is dependent on project success.
IPDs are eventualized with the following fundamental principles: multiparty agreement, mutual
respect and trust, shared benefits and rewards, collaborative decision making, early involvement
of key stakeholders, early goal-setting, intense planning, open communication and effective
organization and leadership (Kent and Becerik-Gerber, 2010;Mihic et al.,2014;Cox et al.,2016).
Another distinguishing feature of IPD is its particular focus on BIM (Lahdenperä, 2012), which is
widely regarded as one of the construction industry’smostinfluential methods (Oraee et al.,2017).
Because BIM has been defined in various ways by different disciplines, there is no agreed
definition, either among practitioners or in the literature (Mansoori and Haapasalo, 2019).
Watson (2011) takes the discussion of BIM definition to another level and stresses ambiguity
in the Building Information Modeling term itself questioning whether the term “Building”in
BIM is verb or noun. Building information modeling and information modeling of the
building reflect two different approaches toward BIM, namely, BIM as a process and BIM as
a product. BIM as a product was viewed as a virtual representation of a building and
information database of the whole project lifecycle (Kymmell, 2008;Zuppa et al., 2009), while
the stream of research that takes BIM as a process indicates that BIM is beyond being a
technological tool and being a change in process with a new way of thinking and behavior
(Turk, 2016;Hardin and McCool, 2015). Azhar (2011) defines BIM as a representation of a
new paradigm within the AEC industry, one that encourages the integration of all
stakeholders roles on a project. Therefore, successful implementation of BIM requires not
only a change in technology but also a change in process (Eastmen et al., 2008; Azhar et al.,
2012;Sacks et al., 2018). This paper adopts Bryde et al. (2013)’s description: BIM can be
characterized as an innovative data-driven technology that supports the procurement,
construction, pre-fabrication and facilities management aspects of project management.
As a natural consequence of this paradigm shift, IPD and BIM have been widely studied
through various theoretical lenses (Yalcinkaya and Singh, 2015;Halttula et al.,2015;Bilge
and Yaman, 2021). Although IPD and BIM are natural companions (Azhar et al.,2012),
research on the two methods has remained largely discrete. Numerous recent studies (Love
et al.,2017;Elghaish et al., 2020a;Mei et al., 2017;Piroozfar et al.,2019;Keskin et al., 2020;
Nawi et al., 2014;Sepasgozar et al., 2019) have reported evidence of their mutually
reinforcing effect, but the nature of this interplay remains unclear. For example, both Azhar
et al. (2012) and Chang et al. (2017) have arguedthat BIM is a prerequisite for IPD and lowers
barriers to implementation while other studies note the performance-enhancing and value-
additive effects of the relationship (Govender et al., 2018;Halttula et al.,2015).
In short, even though IPD and BIM are closely interlinked and have various attributes in
common, we surprisingly have not found a systematic literature review that would examine the
interplay of IPD and BIM in the recent AEC literature. Thus, the acceleration in the research
area invites a systematic review of the existing literature to gain a comprehensive overview of
current thinking, with particular reference to the neglected issue of the interplay between IPD
and BIM. To that end, the present study addresses the following research questions.
RQ1. What themes can be identified in studies of IPD and BIM over the last decade?
RQ2. How has the existing literature addressed the interplay of IPD and BIM?
To address RQ1, the study sought to identify and categorize themes in the extant literature,
including those that have been less extensively researched in addition to making sense of
themes and their relation to advanced value creation. To address RQ2, the study explored the
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relationships between IPD, BIM and other independent variables. The overarching objective
was to situate the contribution of IPD and BIM to construction project management in terms of
their interplay. By mapping and analyzing the content and themes of relevant publications, we
were able to identify underlying trends and links not previously articulated in the literature,
and these insights provide an improved foundation for future research.
2. Methodology
The present study contributes to AEC research in two ways: by identifying IPD- and BIM-
related themes in the existing literature with exploring the themes’relationship and by
clarifying the nature of the interplay of IPD and BIM. The systematic literature review (SLR)
methodology was deemed appropriate in light of the study objectives, focusing on peer-
reviewed academic papers and review articles published in the last decade. SLR is more
systematic, transparent and reproducible than traditional narrative literature reviews (Cook
et al.,1997). SLR, originally used extensively in the medical and health care field as the basis for
policy decisions, was adopted by organization and management scholars over two decades ago
(Cook et al., 1997;Pilbeam, 2013). In addition to outlining the study, reference guides for SLR
(Tranfield et al.,2003;Kitchenham, 2004) specify two main phases: performing and reporting.
Although the present study differs slightly, it adheres closely to these guidelines (Figure 1).
Before the performing stage of the study, the existing IPD and BIM literature was scanned
by the principal author to identify any research gaps, and the research questions were
formulated on that basis. We then specified key search terms and constraints and selected
Scopus and Web of Science as primary databases. Although Scopus covers a wider range of
construction project management journals (Oraee et al.,2017), the use of both databases
extended the range of relevant sources.
Figure 1.
Research process
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Performing a systematic search begins with theidentification ofkey search terms that areas
extensive as possible at this stage (Mulrow, 1994). Search strings should be decided in
conjunction with search strategy (Tranfield et al., 2003); the first search string was designed
to identify academic articles and reviews from the last decade that referred to both IPD and
BIM. The search included peer-reviewed articles and reviews but did not extend to
conference papers because of their uncertain reliability. To locate papers related to BIM, we
used the terms “BIM”and “building information model*”. As a second search criterion,
we also scanned “IPD”and “integrated project”in abstracts, titles or keywords of papers.
The period 2011–2020 was selected because these concepts are relatively new in the field. To
be more precise, our search string included all of the collaborative delivery forms specified
in Walker and Lloyd-Walker (2015), namely partnering, integrated project delivery,
alliancing, early contractor involvement and framework arrangements. IPD is used as an
“umbrella term”in this study referring to all the mentioned terms. Additionally, to ensure
that we captured studies that used more comprehensive terms to refer to IPD, the string also
included “collaborative framework”,“collaborative form,”“collaborative project delivery”
and “collaboration framework.”We located 113 studies from Scopus and 79 studies from
Web of Science. As 72 papers appeared in both databases, Web of Science provided an
additional seven papers. In total, 120 academic papers and review articles were sourced from
the two databases. To be more specific, Scopus and Web of Science databases were scanned
via the following search strings.
Search string for Scopus:
TITLE-ABS-KEY ( (“BIM”OR “building information model*”) AND (“integrated project”OR
“IPD”OR “partnering”OR “allianc*”OR “early contractor involvement”OR “framework
arrangement”OR “collaborative framework”OR “collaborative form”OR “collaborative project
delivery”OR “collaboration framework”)) AND PUBYEAR >2010 AND PUBYEAR <2021 AND
(LIMIT-TO(DOCTYPE, “ar”) OR LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “re”)).
Search string for Web of Science:
TS=((“BIM”OR “building information model*”) AND (“integrated project”OR “IPD”OR
“partnering”OR “allianc*”OR “early contractor involvement”OR “framework arrangement”
OR “collaborative framework”OR “collaborative form”OR “collaborative project delivery”OR
“collaboration framework”)) AND PY=(2011-2020) AND DT=(Review OR Article).
SLR studies should be based on structured inclusion/exclusion criteria. As these may be
relatively subjective, Kitchenham (2004) suggested that this step should be performed by
more than one researcher to ensure objectivity. A quality assessment provides more detailed
inclusion/exclusion criteria; the term “quality”is a little vague but relates to minimizing bias
and maximizing internal and external validity (Kitchenham, 2004). After the first retrieval
phase, some papers were excluded based on a language other than English (5), irrelevant
discipline (health science) (3) and repetition (4). Additionally, two sources were excluded
because they were book chapters, and eight papers were excluded because they were still in
press. In total, 22 papers were excluded manually at this stage.
The retrieval and monitoring process involves the design of data extraction forms to
record and monitor data retrieved from primary studies (Tranfield et al.,2003). A further
exclusion criterion specified that all selected papers must include some meaningful
discussion of IPD (or other collaborative project delivery methods) and BIM. Each of the 98
papers was read carefully and 27 studies were excluded that did not discuss at least one of
the focal concepts; for example, Chidambaram (2019) was excluded because it mentions
“integrated project delivery”three times, but these mentions were descriptive and did not
discuss the interplay of IPD and BIM. Following the retrieval and monitoring progress, the
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research pool contained 71 high quality peer-reviewed academic articles or review papers
that discussed both IPD and BIM.
The final element of this phase, data synthesis, collated and aggregated findings related
to a topic or research question (Mulrow, 1994). This phase acquires tools and techniques of
qualitative data synthesis. The goal was not to create a new theory but to explore how IPD
and BIM were comprehended in different contexts, and how their interplay was discussed in
different themes. Using Microsoft Excel and Mendeley, the extracted papers were coded and
the main discussion areas for each paper were determined. All the discussion points of IPD
and BIM interplay were highlighted and collated for each paper. Initially, the papers were
grouped around over 30 interrelated concepts and were then clustered around 11 high-level
themes. The themes are interrelated and overlapping by their nature, and papers discussed
more than one theme in most cases. Yet, the methodology of clustering was seeking the most
prominent theme, and enough evidence was always found to cluster each paper in a certain
theme. The interplay of IPD and BIM was aggregated, analyzed and analytically
synthesized in each theme and overall. Finally, we made sense of clustering of the themes
and interplay of IPD and BIM in subsequent chapters.
The areas that need more research were also identified. Rather than taking the measure
of the number of articles in each theme, we strived to find gaps or areas of improvement
regarding IPD and BIM in their relation to advanced value creation for construction projects.
We asked the following questions to spot areas of improvement in IPD and BIM research:
Q1. How many papers does the theme include?
Q2. What are the reasons for coverage of the theme?
Q3. Does the theme receive growing attention in the AEC literature?
Q4. Is the theme discussed ata saturated level under other themes?
Q5. How critical is the theme for advanced valuecreation in a construction project?
3. Results
Table 1 summarizes the main discussion areas and the number of studies related to each
theme, along with references. The sample studies are clustered around 11 interrelated
themes, noting data relations and big picture trends under each theme in terms of the
interplay of IPD and BIM. In other words, the following 11 interrelated themes emerged
from qualitative analysis of the carefully selected 71 research papers and review articles that
discussed both IPD and BIM between 2011 and 2020.
3.1 Adoption of integrated project delivery and building information modeling
Papers included in the category “adoption of IPD and BIM”looked for ways to overcome
barriers to IPD and/or BIM implementation in construction projects. The exception was
Fakhimi et al. (2017), who investigated BIM capabilities in another project context (the oil,
gas and petrochemical industry), noting that experience of IPD can facilitate BIM adoption.
We also explored whether IPD facilitates BIM adoption (or vice versa). A majority of
papers in this cluster clearly identified IPD as an antecedent to BIM (Holzer, 2011;Fakhimi,
2017;Lam et al.,2017;Boon et al., 2019;Li et al.,2019;Salleh et al.,2019); only three studies
suggested that IPD and BIM mutually facilitate and strengthen each other (Azhar, 2011;
Azhar et al.,2012;Piroozfar et al.,2019). Chang et al. (2017) confirmed the positive effects of
BIM on IPD adoption and implementation. One study stressed the project owner’s (PO) role
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Theme emerging
from the SLR
Main discussion areas
that were combined from the references No. of sources References
Adoption of IPD and BIM
(Section 3.1) Small–medium size enterprises, raising
awareness, non-building projects, IPD and
BIM as enablers, barriers, problems
11 Azhar (2011),Holzer (2011);Azhar et al. (2012),Chang
et al. (2017);Fakhimi et al. (2017),Lam et al. (2017);
Govender et al. (2018),Boon et al. (2019);Li et al. (2019),
Piroozfar et al. (2019);Salleh et al. (2019)
Contractual models for
project delivery (Section 3.2) Legislation, alliance contracts, BIM
partnering, framework arrangements,
partnering, team integration, comparison of
project delivery forms, design-bid-build,
design-build, social capital, risk/reward
compensation model, risks of IPD
11 Kim and Dossick (2011),Porwal and Hewage (2013);
Zhang and Li (2014);Eadie et al. (2015),Franz et al.
(2017);Albano and Di Giuda (2018),Ariffinet al. (2018);
Bahram (2019),Salim and Mahjoob (2020);Zhang et al.
(2020),Chen et al. (2020)
Cost management and
finance (Section 3.3) Cost estimation, profit distribution, activity-
based costing, earned value management,
5 D BIM and integration with 4 D BIM,
blockchain technology, change orders
8Harrison and Thurnell (2015),Love et al. (2017);Ma et al.
(2017),Teng et al. (2019);Elghaish et al. (2019;2020a,
2020b); Elghaish and Abrishami (2020a)
Sustainability (Section 3.4) OptEEmAL, IPD and BIM as sustainability
tools, sustainable building design,
sustainable socio-cultural benefits of IPD
and BIM
7Bynum et al. (2013),Wong and Fan (2013);Oduyemi
et al. (2017),Cohen and Snell (2018);Ma et al. (2018b);
Maskil-Leitan and Reychav (2018);García-Fuentes et al.
(2019)
Technology (Section 3.5) IPD as BIM’s eventual goal, KanBIM
quality control system, model-driven
software engineering
7Isikdag (2012),Goulding et al. (2014);Hiyama et al.
(2014),Monteiro et al. (2014);Liu and Shiv (2017);Götz
et al. (2020);Keskin et al. (2020)
Collaboration (Section 3.6) Collaboration platform, knowledge
exchange, intensive Big Room, drivers of
collaborative behavior, rent-seeking
behavior, motivations for hazard behavior,
incentive payments/penalties
6Alhava et al. (2015),Ma and Ma (2017);Mei et al. (2017),
Staykova and Underwood (2017);Ma et al. (2018a);Du
et al. (2019)
Increasing the competence
level of staff in the AEC
industry
(Section 3.7)
Incorporating IPD and BIM in the AEC
curriculum, pilot programs, construction
collaboration process
5Forgues and Becerik-Gerber (2013),MacDonald and
Mills (2013);Solnosky et al. (2014,2015); Jin et al. (2020)
(continued)
Table 1.
Themes and main
discussion areas that
were emerged from
the references
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Theme emerging
from the SLR
Main discussion areas
that were combined from the references No. of sources References
Supply chain integration
(Section 3.8) Supply chain partnership, types of supply
chain partnering, prefabrication, off-site
construction
5Papadonikolaki et al. (2016),Li et al. (2017);
Papadonikolaki and Wamelink (2017),Hall et al. (2018);
Jin et al. (2018)
Early integration
(Section 3.9) Facilities management, fragmentation,
integration of construction in design, BIM
as a catalyst, early involvement
4Nawi et al. (2014),Mayo and Issa (2016);Olatunji and
Akanmu (2015),Pishdad-Bozorgi et al. (2018)
Scheduling (Section 3.10) Four-dimensional BIM, delay, activity-
based costing, scheduling and cost
performance of IPD coupled with BIM and
lean construction
4Umar et al. (2015),Nguyen and Akhavian (2019);
Sepasgozar et al. (2019);Elghaish and Abrishami
(2020b)
Transformation (Section 3.11) Industrial transformation, liminal roles,
exemplar projects 3Kraatz et al. (2014),Rowlinson (2017);Gustavsson (2018)
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in barriers to IPD and BIM (Govender et al., 2018). Specifically, the study identified the main
barriers as PO’s resistance to change and failure to identify the benefits of IPD and BIM
adoption, and raising awareness was seen as the first step in addressing this issue
(Govender et al.,2018). Although IPD and BIM are mutually reinforcing, Holzer (2011) drew
attention to the use of IPD as a “buzzword”and as an excuse for BIM’s shortcomings, citing
this as one of the seven “deadly sins”of BIM uptake.
Two studies focused in particular on BIM adoption in small and medium-sized
enterprises. According to Li et al. (2019), lack of awareness of BIM is one of the barriers to
adoption, and IPD was identified as a key strategy in this context. Lam et al. (2017) referred
to IPD as a way for small and medium-sized enterprises to maximize benefits and minimize
risks when adopting BIM.
Adoption of IPD and BIM is one of two clusters in which a majority of papers identify
IPD as enabling BIM adoption to overcome challenges (Salleh et al., 2019;Boon et al.,2019;
Piroozfar et al., 2019;Fakhimi et al.,2017) and increasing the chances of realizing BIM’s full
potential (Holzer, 2011).
3.2 Contractual models for project delivery
As well as the role of IPD in reinforcing BIM or vice versa, this category also includes
studies that compare different contractual models for project delivery in terms of their
coherence with BIM. The creation of a separate cluster for “contractual models for project
delivery”reflects these papers’more detailed discussion of project delivery forms and
characteristics.
These sources represent a different approach to BIM, in which even tough BIM was
commonly referred to as a process (Porwal and Hewage, 2013;Eadie et al.,2015;Franz et al.,
2017;Ariffinet al.,2018;Bahram, 2019). BIM was also discussed as a tool (Kim and Dossick,
2011;Zhang and Li, 2014;Salim and Mahjoob, 2020) or as a technology (Chen et al.,2020;
Zhang et al., 2020) in this context. Only Albano and Di Giuda (2018) characterized BIM as an
approach, focusing on relational contracting and how IPD can enhance BIM by aligning
with Italian legislation. Legislation and regulations were identified as the main source of
risk for BIM-based IPD projects, as few laws and regulations take account of collaborative
concepts (Chen et al.,2020).
Among the contractual models discussed and compared under this heading, Bahram
(2019) argues that alliance contracts afford greater collaboration through BIM, and Porwal
and Hewage (2013) propose a “BIM partnering”procurement framework to achieve “best
value.”Zhang and Li (2014) also compare IPD and project alliance, arguing that IPD is a
more advanced procurement model because it encourages early BIM adoption and facilitates
the implementation of a risk/reward model of compensation. Exploring the proliferation of
different project delivery forms and their alignment with BIM, Eadie et al. (2015) identify
design-build (DB), framework arrangements, design-bid-build and partnering as the UK’s
most common delivery forms, noting that BIM users are more comfortable with DB. In Salim
and Mahjoob’s (2020) study, 14% of respondents confirmed that they used IPD, and a
majority of respondents acknowledged BIM’s coherence with IPD.
Finally, Kim and Dossick (2011),Franz et al. (2017) and Zhang et al. (2020) reviewed IPD
and BIM in terms of teamwork. According to Franz et al. (2017), team integration is the link
between project delivery method and performance, noting that while project delivery
method did not have a direct effect on performance measures, IPD has a significant influence
on team integration, which leads in turn to better performance. Kim and Dossick (2011) and
Zhang et al. (2020) also emphasized IPD’s direct positive effect on teamwork effectiveness.
All asserted that BIM does not create integrated teams but reinforces project team
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integration (Kim and Dossick, 2011;Franz et al.,2017;Zhang et al.,2020). While IPD and
BIM clearly affect teamwork, implementation of both concepts requires a degree of trust and
technological capability within the supply chain (Ariffinet al.,2018;Zhang et al.,2020). In
particular, Ariffinet al. (2018) found that IPD’s BIM focus poses challenges for project
managers and recommended that the construction industry should introduce IPD and BIM
gradually, with support from government agencies.
Most of these studies discuss the interplay of IPD and BIM in sequential terms in the
context of contractual models for project delivery and most characterize IPD as enabling
BIM rather than vice versa.
3.3 Cost management and finance
This category, which includes eight papers, is among the most widely studied themes in IPD
and BIM research. These papers focus predominantly on improving cost management and
profit distribution and on combining various tools to achieve better financial results. IPD
projects were seen to lack any accurate cost estimation methodology at the front-end of
projects (Elghaish et al., 2019) and fair profit distribution (Teng et al.,2019) was identified as
the key weakness in IPD cost management (Elghaish and Abrishami, 2020a). Discussion of
IPD’s cost management deficiency invoked integration of several concepts (Elghaish et al.,
2020b). By way of defense, Love et al. (2017) argued that cost certainty improved when BIM
was coupled with IPD. However, this coupling alone cannot ensure more successful cost
management, and integrating BIM with earned value management (EVM), activity-based
costing (ABC) and blockchain technology were proposed as ways to improvecost estimation
and ease financial transactions in IPD projects (Elghaish et al.,2019;Elghaish et al., 2020a).
In particular, EVM and ABC were seen to support risk/reward sharing in IPD (Elghaish
et al.,2019).
Additionally, Harrison and Thurnell (2015) confirmed that IPD facilitates full
exploitation of 5 D BIM and Elghaish et al. (2019) noted that integrating five-dimensional
BIM with four-dimensional BIM supports optimal structuring of IPD’s direct, indirect and
overhead costs. Integration of BIM with blockchain technology was advocated as a means of
improving control and tracking of financial transactions in IPD projects, so building trust
among the involved parties (Elghaish et al., 2020a). BIM-based IPD projects were also said to
perform well in relation to cost overruns, which are all too common in construction projects
(Love et al., 2017;Ma et al.,2017;Elghaish et al.,2019). Acknowledging that change orders
are a key reason for cost overruns, Ma et al. (2017) noted that BIM assists discovery of
change orders before the construction stage and that IPD is effective in eliminating change
orders. In conclusion, a majority of papers in this cluster viewed BIM as enabling IPD by
easing information processing and promoting trust and collaboration, especially when
juxtaposed with ABC, EVM and blockchain technology.
3.4 Sustainability
A majority of the papers reviewed here examined the sustainability of a particular project
life cycle stage; four focused on building design (García-Fuentes et al.,2019;Wong and Fan,
2013;Oduyemi et al.,2017;Cohen and Snell, 2018) while two pursued a more comprehensive
approach (Ma et al., 2018b;Bynum et al., 2013). All of these studies discuss IPD and BIM as a
sustainability tool or practice rather than as an evolving process. However, one study
(Bynum et al.,2013) reported that practitioners perceive BIM’s primary concerns as
coordination and visualization rather than sustainability. Overall, it is worth noting that all
of these studies agree that IPD and BIM contribute significantly to sustainability either
through focusing on building design, procurement or overall.
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Addressing the sustainable socio-cultural benefits of IPD and BIM, Maskil-Leitan and
Reychav (2018) highlighted the importance of corporate social responsibility in BIM-enabled
IPD projects. One article described the implementation of a tool (OptEEmAL) developed to
improve the energy efficiency of the retrofitting design process (García-Fuentes et al.,2019).
The study also identified five pillars for the successful application of the tool, including IPD
and BIM.
Four of the seven studies in the sustainability category acknowledged BIM’s role as an
enabler for IPD rather than vice versa. According to Wong and Fan (2013) and Oduyemi
et al. (2017), IPD was “the benefit”of using BIM for sustainable building design.
3.5 Technology
Studies classified under this heading discuss how technological aspects of IPD and BIM
facilitate early involvement through their ability to create intelligent input in early phases.
These features accelerate frontloading of the design stage, which is seen to enhance overall
productivity (Hiyama et al., 2014). In this context, BIM is seen as a modeling tool for
developing and enabling intelligent inputs (Goulding et al., 2014), with IPD as the eventual
goal of BIM (Götz et al., 2020;Keskin et al., 2020;Goulding et al.,2014). However, Monteiro
et al. (2014) noted that IPD was subject to change, both structurally and in terms of the
functionalities of supporting applications, raising the issue of full integration of graphic
(BIM) and written technical information as automated processes. From another perspective,
Isikdag (2012) noted that BIM goes beyond providing information management support for
IPD, as the BIM process continues even after demolition and supplies knowledge for future
projects.
Liu and Shiv (2017) reported that the KanBIM system increases the efficiency of quality
control and suggested that large and complex projects should adopt IPD to increase the
likelihood of success in this regard. A review of the literature on model-driven software
engineering in construction (Götz et al., 2020) foundthat BIM was a natural choice for model-
driven software engineering. In general, papers in this category come closest to a consensus
regarding the interplay of IPD and BIM and the vast majority of these scholars supported
the view that BIM is a key enabler for IPD or that IPD is the ultimate goal of BIM.
3.6 Collaboration
Two streams of research predominated in the “collaboration”cluster: developing
collaboration platforms and improving collaborative behavior among stakeholders. Three of
the studies (Alhava et al.,2015;Ma and Ma, 2017;Ma et al., 2018a) focused on developing the
collaboration platform. In their study of knowledge exchange for collaborative performance
assessment, Staykova and Underwood (2017) proposed a tool based on 20 characteristics of
knowledge exchange for use in BIM-based IPD projects where collaboration is among the
main goals. One study (Alhava et al., 2015) proposed the use of an “intensive big room”to
extend BIM beyond design to construction to facilitate IPD. They described this setup as a
combination of BIM, integrated concurrent engineering and big room approaches (Alhava
et al.,2015). Exploring the need to develop an alternative to BIM servers and the “high-
resource consuming”big room, Ma and Ma (2017) proposed a BIM-based collaboration
platform to promote IPD adoption.
The second main research stream in this category deals with behavioral issues. Mei et al.
(2017) showed that BIM-enabled IPD effectively reduces rent-seeking behavior. Du et al.
(2019) showed that the use of incentive payments and penalties was strongly negatively
correlated with hazard behavior as an underestimated failure factor for BIM applications in
IPD projects. The paper (Du et al.,2019) also noted that IPD and BIM were inseparable and
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highly interdependent. In general, most of these sources viewed BIM as enhancing IPD,
either as a standalone tool or in combination with concepts like Big Room and integrated
concurrent engineering.
3.7 Increasing the competence level of staffin the architecture, engineering and construction
industry
The cluster of 6 studies in this category arguably indicates a pressing need to rethink AEC
education in this area. According to Solnosky et al. (2014), the AEC industry is generally
concerned that the current generation of professionals has limited knowledge of IPD and
BIM. On that basis, Jin et al. (2020) and Solnosky et al. (2014) argue that academia must
create appropriate pathways for the next generation of AEC professionals, adding to the
existing pressures on academia following drastic changes in the industry (Forgues and
Becerik-Gerber, 2013).
However, MacDonald and Mills (2013) note that academia faces certain difficulties in
implementing proposals to integrate IPD and BIM in the AEC curriculum. In 2014, Penn
State University successfully implemented an IPD- and BIM-influenced capstone pilot
course to respond to industry needs (Solnosky et al., 2014). The pilot program was so
successful that it was repeated the following year (Solnosky et al., 2015). After five years
from Solnosky and his colleagues’(2014; 2015) studies, Jin et al. (2020) suggested the
“Constructivism Collaboration Process”for IPD and BIM collaboration education.
In this context, several (Solnosky et al., 2014,2015;Forgues and Becerik-Gerber, 2013;Jin
et al., 2020) stressed that BIM enhances the IPD project life cycle and facilitates IPD goals
and a more realistic IPD environment while IPD paves the way for more effective BIM
implementation. Together, according to MacDonald and Mills (2013), IPD and BIM promise
to improve construction project productivity.
3.8 Supply chain integration
The two main research streams in this category focused on supply chain partnership
(Papadonikolaki et al.,2016;Papadonikolaki and Wamelink, 2017;Hall et al.,2018) and off-
site construction (Li et al., 2017;Jin et al., 2018). In addition to IPD, “supply chain partnering”
was also acknowledged as a delivery arrangement (Papadonikolaki et al.,2016;
Papadonikolaki and Wamelink, 2017). Framed as a supply chain integration practice, BIM
was said to increase systematic innovation when applied in conjunction with IPD (Hall et al.,
2018), and one study reported that BIM-enabled supply chain partnering exhibited a distinct
pattern of collaboration (Papadonikolaki et al., 2016). According to Papadonikolaki and
Wamelink (2017), BIM-enabled supply chain partnering may emphasize transactions or
relations; the former is described as operational partnering and the latter as strategic
partnering.
One study (Li et al., 2017) showed that IPD and BIM have a significant impact on the
successful implementation of prefabrication. Based on a review of the off-site construction
literature for the period 2008–2018, Jin et al. (2018) confirmed that more research is
warranted on the integration of IPD and BIM with off-site construction. More generally, a
majority of studies in this category acknowledged BIM’s role as an IPD enabler, and their
joint role in facilitating off-site construction and prefabrication was also highlighted.
3.9 Early integration
Studies of early integration related to either inclusion of the facilities management stage or
the construction stage into the design stage, focusing in particular on comprehensive design
decisions and resolving inter-stage fragmentation. IPD and BIM were viewed as catalysts
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for process change in the AEC industry (Mayo and Issa, 2016). Even when not fully applied,
the IPD philosophy was seen to improve collaboration by involving later-stage
representatives earlier in the process (Pishdad-Bozorgi et al.,2018). When coupled with BIM,
this was seen to resolve fragmentation, as well as push designers (Olatunji and Akanmu,
2015) and owners (Mayo and Issa, 2016) to fulfill facilities management needs in the early
stages of projects. In terms of interplay, this is the only category in which neither BIM nor
IPD was characterized as the dominant enabler. Instead, they were seen to contribute jointly
to reduced fragmentation by encouraging designers to gather the necessary information
earlier.
3.10 Scheduling
Scheduling is a primary theme with a mere four articles. Given the significant incidence of
delays in the AEC industry, scheduling might be thought of as an under-researched area at
first glance. Yet, the theme of scheduling was discussed within the theme of cost
management and finance as well (Harrison and Thurnell, 2015;Elghaish et al., 2019). Thus,
we did not classify scheduling as an under-research area.
Examining the synergistic effects of IPD, BIM and lean construction on schedule and
cost performance, Nguyen and Akhavian (2019) found that these have a greater impact on
the former. Sepasgozar et al. (2019) studied overlooked delaying factors in the AEC sector
and referred to IPD and BIM in relation to the “overlooked effect of digital technologies.”
Describing an ideal strategy for optimizing tools for IPD, Umar et al. (2015) highlighted the
importance of four-dimensional BIM. Elghaish and Abrishami (2020b) argued for the need to
improve four-dimensional BIM and suggested coupling it with ABC to support IPD
adoption. Two of the four studies in this category (Umar et al., 2015;Elghaish and
Abrishami, 2020b) referred to the interplay issue, characterizing BIM and especially four-
dimensional BIM, as an enabler for IPD in the context of scheduling.
3.11 Transformation
Given the radical changes in the AEC industry, the theme of transformation was under-
represented, yielding only three articles. While two of these (Kraatz et al.,2014;Rowlinson,
2017) addressed industry-wide transformation, Gustavsson (2018) examined change in
terms of the liminal roles of partnering manager, building logistic specialist and BIM
coordinator. Both Kraatz et al. (2014) and Rowlinson (2017) suggested the creation of
government steering agencies to facilitate industrial transformation and implementation of
exemplar projects to promote IPD and BIM.
Rowlinson (2017) and Kraatz et al. (2014) discussed the interplay of IPD and BIM, but
Gustavsson’s (2018) position was unclear, as the paper discussed related roles but did not
deal with IPD and BIM at a conceptual level. While Rowlinson (2017) was clear that BIM
merely enables IPD, Kraatz et al. (2014) characterized the interplay as reciprocal and related
the effects to industry transformation, noting that IPD leverages BIM while IPD is the final
stage and ultimate goal of BIM.
4. Discussion
In attempting to deepen the existing understanding of IPD and BIM and their interplay, the
present study makes two main contributions. First, the state of IPD and BIM research was
elucidated, using SLR to cluster relevant papers from the extant IPD and BIM literature
around 11 overlapping but distinct themes: adoption of IPD and BIM, contractual models for
project delivery, cost management and finance, sustainability, technology, collaboration,
increasing the competence level of staff in the AEC industry, supply chain integration, early
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integration, scheduling and transformation. Furthermore, meta-level analysis of the themes
was carried out for the sake of advanced value creation in construction projects (Figure 2)
and areas of improvement were spotted. Second, we explored the interplay of IPD and BIM
more fully than previous SLR studies that treated these as standalone concepts (Yalcinkaya
and Singh, 2015;Oraee et al.,2017) by including both IPD and BIM as focal elements of the
review.
As shown in Table 1, the most extensively studied research themes were adoption of IPD
and BIM, contractual models for project delivery, cost management and finance,
sustainability and technology. As well as IPD, we discussed features of other collaborative
delivery forms like project alliances under contractual models for project delivery category.
We found that many studies compared collaborative delivery forms with partially
collaborative forms like DB and traditional delivery forms in terms of their alignment with
BIM. Overall, we can conclude that IPD’s focus on BIM ensures clear advantages over other
project delivery forms in terms of coherence.
Beyond their role as collaborative methods, IPD and BIM were discussed as sustainable
(Oduyemi et al.,2017) and technological (Götz et al., 2020;Isikdag, 2012) methods,
highlighting theirmultidimensionality. Most of the reviewed studies advocated the coupling
of IPD and BIM; additionally, some referred to the need to incorporate complementary
methods such as ABC, EVM and target value design to enhance cost management
performance. Another extensively discussed theme was adoption of IPD and BIM.
Academic dissatisfaction with industry adoption of IPD and BIM focused on the associated
barriers and complexities, which seem likely to remain a hot topic for the foreseeable future.
Our review identified a significant number of good studies highlighting the neglect of
emerging concepts like IPD and BIM in the AEC curriculum (Forgues and Becerik-Gerber,
2013;Solnosky et al., 2014,2015), as reflected in the limited knowledge of these approaches
among current practitioners. The themes of early integration and supply chain integration
were also discussed in relation to the longstanding issue of construction project
fragmentation (Fellows and Liu, 2012), which has clearly preoccupied researchers over the
last decade. Because they prioritize early involvement, IPD and BIM have been identified as
effective solutions to the challenges of fragmentation (Nawi et al.,2014;Pishdad-Bozorgi
et al., 2018). In particular, IPD and BIM were seen to counter designers’supposed hegemony
in the early design phase by requiring them to involve contractors and facility managers in
design decisions. The discussion of integration in this context extends beyond the design
phase all the way back to the supply chain. Li et al. (2017) and Jin et al. (2018) linked IPD and
BIM to the themes of prefabrication and off-site construction, and Papadonikolaki et al.
(2016) recommended BIM-oriented supply chain partnerships.
Among the smaller clusters, it seems clear that more research is needed on the theme
of transformation. Although the AEC sector is lagging behind other sectors in productivity
terms and is under pressure to change, surprisingly few studies emphasized the issue
of transformation in the context of IPD and BIM. We contend that a structured process of
transformation can shift the prevailing traditional paradigm to IPD- and BIM-enabled
collaborative projects. The theme of scheduling, as a primary theme, involves a limited
number of papers in IPD and BIM research, especially considering the fact that delays are
such a common feature of construction projects (Sepasgozar et al.,2019). Yet, scheduling is
highly connected to cost and discussed extensive enough in the cluster of cost management
and finance as a secondary focus (Harrison and Thurnell, 2015;Elghaish et al., 2019), thus
we did not include scheduling to the group of themes that need more research in this study.
Based on the systematic analysis of the recent literature, this study indicates that IPD
and BIM have several joint fundamental cornerstones. It is also evident that IPD and BIM
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support the implementation of each other. Furthermore, the success of either one is strongly
related to the other. However, this relation does not mean that they cannot be implemented
without another. For instance, BIM can be implemented without collaboration, merely as a
tool of transferring data and design specifications, yet this study confirms that its full
potential will not be exploited without integrated delivery models. Conformably, IPD can be
implemented without BIM, however, collaboration in BIM results in better performance in
AEC projects. Individual implementation of IPD or BIM results in only partial benefits. In a
nutshell, synchronous implementation of IPD and BIM advances value creation through the
concepts that have been presented in Figure 2. The themes and their relation toward
advanced value creation presented in Figure 2 emerged from the synthesis of the analysis of
IPD and BIM interplay in the recent literature.
Beyond the identified themes being interrelated and overlapping, we recognized the
upstream root-cause relationship for advanced value creation of construction projects
(Figure 2), which will be a significant area of further research and efficiency improvement at
a practical level. One of the main practical benefits of IPD and BIM is shifting focus from
parts to the entity. AEC projects have been suffering from fragmentation severely (Nawi
et al.,2014;Pishdad-Bozorgi et al.,2018), while the practical implication of this contribution
generates focus to the final cause, namely, advanced value creation, instead of
suboptimization. One very fruitful avenue for this has been turning the revenue logic of
suppliers depending on the quality of final end-result (Hietajärvi et al.,2017). Comparably, as
a theoretical implication, the former requires research on a more detailed root-cause
relationship how and through which logic value creation will be improved. The earlier the
mechanism starts to work the better the end-result will be, as can been from Figure 2 as well.
Figure 2.
Synthesis of the
analysis of IPD and
BIM interplay in the
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Value creation is often measured by key performance indicators (KPI) (Moradi et al.,2021).
The themes of cost management and finance, sustainability and scheduling are directly
connected to advanced value creation in the context of IPD and BIM and are classified as
KPIs. Even though project performance can be measured by different combinations of KPIs
(Moradi et al., 2021), one of the most accepted bundles consists of cost, time and quality,
namely the “iron triangle”(Walker and Rowlinson, 2020b). Even though scheduling consists
of a limited number of articles, the theme was discussed in the cost management and finance
cluster as well (Harrison and Thurnell, 2015;Elghaish et al.,2019) because time and cost are
inseparable KPIs for construction projects (Nguyen and Akhavian, 2019).
We found a mere one article wherein quality was one of the main focal concepts (Liu and
Shiv, 2017), thus more research is called for IPD and BIM’s relation to project quality which
is one of the three pillars of the “iron triangle”. Sustainability has been associated with
project performance and has often been discussed as KPI especially in recent years (Silvius
and Schipper, 2016). The sustainability theme involves a considerable number of articles in
the context of IPD and BIM, still, this theme is identified as an area of improvement
considering the growing attention of the AEC industry. We believe that what IPD and BIM
can offer for sustainability and how IPD and BIM can be improved in terms of sustainability
require more exploration.
Collaboration, particularly between key stakeholders, plays a vital role in improved KPIs
in construction projects (Staykova and Underwood, 2017). We found that the technological
maturity of construction projects has a high potential to facilitate early collaboration and
connectivity between major stakeholders, supported by an integrated supply chain and
early integration of later construction phases. While technological infrastructure paves the
way for team collaboration and integrated process in construction projects (Goulding et al.,
2014;Papadonikolaki and Wamelink, 2017), supply chain integration practices intend to
organize information, process people and/or firms for the purpose of collaboration among
the whole supply chain (Hall et al., 2018). Thus, an integrated supply chain expresses a clear
vision for collaboration (Papadonikolaki et al.,2016). Early integration of later phases, such
as facilities management, to the design phase increases collaboration from the very
beginning (Pishdad-Bozorgi et al., 2018). In this way, early amendments are aimed to be used
throughout the project time span and risks and opportunities are aimed to be managed from
the outset of construction projects.
When advanced value creation is aimed to be achieved through collaboration, IPD’s
stress on the integrated process and BIM as a process and technology make IPD an obvious
choice among other project delivery forms in our sample (Zhang and Li, 2014). However, the
benefits of IPD and BIM come with preconditions in both industrial and organizational
levels (Govender et al.,2018) that led researchers to search for ways to overcome barriers to
adopting IPD and BIM. Despite the paradigm shift from traditional project environment to
collaborative construction project management, the theme of transformation did not receive
enough attention from IPD and BIM researchers in the last decade.
We believe that paradigm shift requires a systematic framework steered by
governmental agencies and stakeholders of the AEC industry should be encouraged to
adopt IPD and BIM and collaborate at a higher level. Yet, the transformation can be
proceeded by only competent staff, thus numerous studies strive to find ways to increase the
competence level of staff in the AEC industry that reveals the current low level of
competence. However, because of the critical position of the theme and one-dimensional
discussion, we defend that different aspects of increasing the level of competence of staff
should be discussed. Overall, we believe there is a need formore research in transformation,
sustainability, increasing the competence level of staff in the AEC industry and quality. We
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call for more research in creating new collaboration-centered roles in the AEC industry.
Additionally, we found numerous articles that strive to improve the curriculum in AEC
education in terms of collaboration (Jin et al.,2020;MacDonald and Mills, 2013;Solnosky
et al.,2014,2015;Forgues and Becerik-Gerber, 2013), which is crucial to increase the
competence level of staff for future. However, we as researchers explicitly need to find ways
to increase the competence level of the current staff as well because the transformation
process cannot exclude them, at least in near future.
As mentioned earlier, the other main objective of the present study was to explore
the interplay between IPD and BIM. In this regard, insights from existing studies
clearly depended on the researchers’perspective. Existing scholarly inconsistency on
BIM description (Kymmell, 2008;Zuppa et al., 2009;Turk, 2016;Hardin and McCool,
2015) continues in our sample papers as well. Studies that treated IPD and BIM
separately tended to view BIM as a tool (Kim and Dossick, 2011;Zhang and Li, 2014;
Salim and Mahjoob, 2020), a technology (Chen et al., 2020;Zhang et al., 2020), a process
(Porwal and Hewage, 2013;Eadie et al., 2015;Franz et al., 2017;Ariffinet al., 2018;
Bahram, 2019)oranapproach(Albano and Di Giuda, 2018), while IPD was discussed
mainly as a method (Keskin et al., 2020;Bynum et al., 2013), a practice (Ma et al., 2018b),
an approach (Salim and Mahjoob, 2020), a process (Isikdag, 2012)oramindset
(Pishdad-Bozorgi et al., 2018;Holzer, 2011).
We identified four types of the interplay between IPD and BIM in the 71 papers in our
sample. A majority (48) discussed this interplay as sequential, with either IPD or BIM
playing the role of enabler. Of these, 30 papers clearly stated that BIM enables IPD while 18
advanced the reverse view. A further 12 papers did not address the relationship between
IPD and BIM but focused instead on their effects on independent variables –in other words,
this type of interplay could be characterized as pooled. In ten studies, IPD and BIM were
seen to enable each other. Additionally, six of these ten papers stressed the joint role of IPD
and BIM as enablers for another independent variable and these papers were classified as
reciprocal and pooled interplay, while the rest of the papers (4) are classified as reciprocal
but not pooled because IPD and BIM were defended to enable each other but their enabling
role for the independent variable was not mentioned.
Secondly, accounts of the interplay between IPD and BIM varied by theme. For instance,
while the dominant argument in adoption of IPD and BIM and contractual models for
project delivery is that IPD enables BIM, the dominant view in cost management and
finance, sustainability, technology, increasing the competence level of staff in the AEC
industry, supply chain integration and scheduling is that BIM enables IPD. Only one
category (early integration) emphasizes pooled interplay, IPD and BIM enabling an
independent variable. The limited number of studies in the transformation category varied
in their approach to the issue of interplay. In one case (Gustavsson, 2018), the author’s
position was unclear; Rowlinson (2017) was in no doubt that BIM enables IPD and Kraatz
et al. (2014) adopted the pooled and reciprocal approach, wherein IPD and BIM enable each
other and they also enable an independent variable jointly.
While some studies questioned the direct impact of IPD and BIM on performance
indicators, it was generally agreed that coupling BIM and IPD (and in some cases, other
complementary methods) undoubtedly influences trust, early involvement, team integration
and collaboration, paving the way for improved performance. However, as trust was
regarded as a precondition for IPD and BIM implementation, this may be a vicious circle.
In summary, the AEC industry is clearly undergoing a paradigm shift from traditional
modes toward more collaborative, sustainable, technological models like IPD and BIM and
both academics and practitioners are aware of this change. Second, as the construction
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industry is constrained by legislation and public sector agendas, it is reasonable to infer that
awareness and implementation of IPD and BIM vary from country to country. IPD in
particular is complex and preconditions may take years to fulfill. For that reason, some
researchers view IPD with suspicion and focus instead on delivery forms like DB, which are
easier to implement.
5. Conclusions
This review of the recent literature extracted and analyzed differing perspectives on the
interplay of IPD and BIM. While our findings confirm the absence of consensus on this
issue (Rowlinson, 2017;Piroozfar et al., 2019;Sepasgozar et al., 2019;Du et al., 2019;
Azhar, 2011), it seems clear that IPD and BIM facilitate and complement each other. Our
analysis indicates that project owner initiatives to promote collaborative behavior are
preferable to random emergence (Govender et al.,2018) while also acknowledging that
attitudes to collaboration are influenced by national legislation and public agencies’
agenda.
While project owners play a key role in the transition to a more collaborative
approach, collaborative concepts must be established and validated, as construction
organizations necessarily respond to known demands. This vicious circle can only be
broken if the industry learns to exploit the full potential of IPD and BIM and as a
number of studies have shown, that will depend on increasing the competence level of
staff in the AEC industry.
In addressing system-level issues, the present study paves the way for further detailed
research on the interplay of IPD and BIM. We aim to enhance the body of knowledge via two
main contributions: First, we identified 11 overlapping themes in the recent literature of IPD
and BIM (see Table 1), including a discussion of the relation of the themes (Figure 2). The
identified themes highlight trends and future spaces that more fully comprehend the nature
of IPD and BIM and appropriate research frames. Based on the 11 themes identified here,
future researchers can select relevant clusters for further analysis. Among the identified
themes, we deduce that the themes of sustainability, transformation and increasing the
competence level of staff in the AEC industry require more attention from IPD and BIM
researchers. Additionally, we also confirm that future studies should focus on IPD and
BIM’s relation to the concept of project quality, which received very limited attention from
IPD and BIM researchers even though it is one of the most accepted KPIs (Moradi et al.,
2021). Quantitative methods should also be used to further illuminate the interplay of IPD
and BIM in developing a systematic framework to guide the AEC industry adoption of a
collaborative approach.
This study inevitably has a number of limitations. First, it includes only publications in
English. Second, the dependence on abstracts, titles and keywords in search excludes papers
that discuss IPD and BIM only within the text. Third, the choice of search terms may have
excluded some relevant studies; for instance, we used the term “BIM”but not “virtual design
and construction”or “building product model.”Fourth, we included only articles or review
papers while excluding conference papers and book chapters. Additionally, some papers
identified in our first search were excluded because the discussion of the target concepts was
found to be too limited. In this regard, exclusions were determined by more than one
researcher to guard against subjective bias. Finally, it must be noted that clusters that
returned more papers were the most popular in the existing literature rather than
necessarily the most important.
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