A literature review of the factors limiting the application of BIM in the construction industry

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 764-779

  Sun, Chengshuang ^a   Jiang, Shaohua ^b   Skibniewski, Miroslaw J ^c   Man, Qingpeng ^a   Shen, Liyin ^d  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BIM; building information modeling; construction industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946429659     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2015.1087071     Document Type: Review

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