Research Article

Comparing Project-Based Collaborative Networks for BIM Implementation in Public and Private Sectors: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

Table 4

Five-top ranked organizations in PUCN during 2002 to 2017.

Measure20092011201320152017

Degree centralityO27O47O47O47O1
O23D3D3O1O47
D3C23O1D39C13
O1C35C23D3O27
O47O1C35C23C23

Eigenvector centralityO23O47D3O47C23
D3D3O47D3O47
D39C35C23C23D3
C13C23C35C35C13
C22C28D39D39C35

The capital letter in the code of the organizations represents the organization type (O refers to owners, D refers to design consultants, and C refers to main contractors), and the second digit represents the serial coding number for each organization type. The asterisked organizations are overseas organizations, whereas the nonasterisked are local organizations. For example, D3 refers to the design consultant which is coded as No. 3 among all the design consultants and it is an overseas company/organization, while O27 refers to the owner which is coded as No. 27 among all the owners and it is a local company/organization.