BIM Use by Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry in Educational Facility Projects
Table 12
Relationship between the role of the respondent and the kind of disputes their companies have encountered when implementing BIM in educational facility projects∗.
Types of disputes
Architects NA = 25 nA = 26
Site engineers NSE = 3 nSE = 4
Structural engineers NSTE = 10 nSTE = 12
MEP engineers NMEPE = 5 nMEPE = 5
Contractors NC = 9 nC = 9
My company has not encountered disputes with BIM implementation
14 (56%)
3 (100%)
7 (70%)
4 (80%)
6 (67%)
Intellectual property ownership of the model or parts thereof
2 (8%)
1 (33.3%)
1 (10%)
0 (0%)
2 (22%)
Disputes regardingliability for system designs
8 (32%)
0 (0%)
3 (30%)
1 (20%)
1 (11%)
Adequate compensation for BIM work
1 (4%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Lack of BIM use from other disciplines
1 (4%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Level of model accuracy
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
1 (10%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Note.∗Select all that apply. Percent (%) = number of selections divided by number of respondents for a specific discipline. Total N = 52 and total n = 56.
