dc.contributor.author | Merschbrock, Christoph | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Figueres, Alejandro | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-24T09:05:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-24T09:05:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Merschbrock, C., & Figueres-Munoz, A. (2015). Circumventing Obstacles in Digital Construction Design–A Workaround Theory Perspective. Procedia Economics and Finance, 21, 247-255. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2212-5671 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1242311 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3042 | |
dc.description.abstract | Building Information Modeling (BIM) has proven its value for design in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry
.
However, currently only a few leading firms succeed in reaping the full potential of BIM. Especially, specialist designers rema
in
exc
luded from innovative practices. Reasons include the technical hurdles of BIM adoption and a misfit between human agency
versus the affordances of BIM. Not all designers have the capabilities required to actively partake in BIM. Thus, BIM practice
is
often ‘messy’ and characterized by a large degree of unnecessary rework and workarounds. “How and why digital workarounds
unfold in BIM design?” is at the core of the inquiry reported in this paper. Based on a ‘fresh’ theoretical approach entitled T
heory
of Workarounds, we explicate the nature of BIM related workarounds. The industrial setting involves an office refurbishment
project in Oslo, Norway. Many specialist designers remained excluded from BIM in this project and a range of different
workarounds have been conducted. We portray how and why digital workarounds happened. This provides valuable learning for
researchers and practitioners interested in digital workarounds in construction. We contribute to better understanding of messy
practices surrounding BIM and to drawing the attention of scholars to workarounds as an area in need of further research. Lastl
y,
our work constitutes an early application of Alter’s Theory of Workarounds in the setting of a construction project. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.subject | Building Information Modeling | en_US |
dc.subject | case study | en_US |
dc.subject | digital construction design | en_US |
dc.subject | workarounds | en_US |
dc.title | Circumventing obstacles in digital construction design - a workaround theory perspective | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(15)00174-4 | |