BIM for Fast-track Construction under COVID-19 Circumstances: A Comparative Case Study in the African Context

10 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Hanane Bouhmoud, Dalila Loudyi and Salman Azhar

Abstract

Under COVID-19 circumstances, the majority of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) contractors around the world found themselves handcuffed, facing the sudden restrictive measures to be mandatorily applied in worksites imposing a necessary shift in the typical practices for building. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies associated with fast-track construction were found to be an efficient solution for several countries to quickly build health care facilities to meet the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Based on a comparative study, this paper explores the applicability of BIM-based building operation for fast-track construction in the African context and discusses the associated challenges as well as needed elements for its implementation. The study reveals that to reach the full performances of BIM, the African AEC industry has to mainly handle the aspects related to skills, bidding, payment, infrastructure, and availability of local construction materials and technologies.

Keyphrases: africa, building information modeling, leishenshan hospital, modular, prefabrication

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 91-100.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/fLbD
	https://doi.org/10.29007/h5tv

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:BIM_Fast_track_Construction,
  author    = {Hanane Bouhmoud and Dalila Loudyi and Salman Azhar},
  title     = {BIM for Fast-track Construction under COVID-19 Circumstances: A Comparative Case Study in the African Context},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/fLbD},
  doi       = {10.29007/h5tv},
  pages     = {91-100},
  year      = {2022}}

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