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Beyond barriers – exploring resistance towards BIM through a knowledge infrastructure framework

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  • Réka Andersson
  • Maria Eidenskog

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Building information modelling (BIM) is a digital tool that offers the possibility to collect and share a multitude of data about a building and increase collaboration across professional borders. However, the uptake of BIM in the construction industry has been relatively slow, and previous research has shown how BIM creates tensions in the workplace. In this article, we explore the impact of BIM on socio-technical knowledge practices, to understand how these are enabled or restricted by the use of BIM. Through a qualitative case study in Sweden, this article analyses BIM through a knowledge infrastructure framework to explain the relatively slow uptake of BIM in a new light. The results show that BIM lacks embeddedness in governmental and corporate practices and regulations and that it sometimes leads to the marginalization of some professions through changed organizations and the slow process of changing complex knowledge infrastructures. This suggests that a critical discussion of the role of BIM in relation to professional flexibility, construction project process organization and power over technological development is vital for the future development of the construction sector.

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  • Réka Andersson & Maria Eidenskog, 2023. "Beyond barriers – exploring resistance towards BIM through a knowledge infrastructure framework," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(11-12), pages 926-941, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:41:y:2023:i:11-12:p:926-941
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2023.2218498
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