Review Article

A Review of Employer-Caused Delay Factors in Traditional and Building Information Modeling (BIM)-Enabled Projects: Research Framework

Table 10

BIM implementation strategies for employer-caused delay factors.

BIM implementation strategy factors for employer-caused delay factorsReferences to previous studies (year)

Implementation of BIM by the employer to avoid design clashesLatiffi et al. [37], Khoshnava et al. [32], Tahir et al. [48], Alenazi and Adamu [58], Crowther and Ajayi [131], Charehzehi et al. [57], and Jununkar et al. [132]
Implementation of BIM by the employer for early warning of delay through earned value analysis and connection of BIM to scheduleSun et al. [133], Latiffi et al. [36], and Jununkar et al. [132]
Implementation of BIM by the employer for construction planning and managementKhoshnava et al. [32] and Tahir et al. [48]
Implementation of BIM by the employer to monitor the impact of changes on project progressā€”
Implementation of BIM by the employer to reduce claims by utilizing a combination of responsibility matrix of claim causes and a five-dimensional BIM model for visualizing and foreseeing project areas having claims or even potential of claimsMarzouk and Abdelaty [19]
Implementation of BIM by the employer for schedule visualizationKhoshnava et al. [32] and Tahir et al. [48]
Implementation of BIM to support proper decision-making for any anticipated changesā€‰
Implementation of BIM by the employer to reduce project duration through various simulated proposalsAlenazi and Adamu [58]
Implementation of BIM by the employer to use algorithmic procedures to learn from previous problems and proactively identify same/similar problems later on in the projectCrowther and Ajayi [131]