Title: Influence of building information modelling on the shortening of deadlines of engineering designs in industrial projects

Authors: Leonardo Pessanha de Azevedo Pereira; Miguel Luiz Ribeiro Ferreira; Roger Matsumoto Moreira

Addresses: Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ' Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ' Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract: The impact of using the building information modelling (BIM) methodology on the shortening of deadlines during design, specifically for projects related to assembly of pumps in industrial plants is analysed. The total development lengths of four detailed engineering projects, as well as those of their individual stages, were studied. Out of these four projects, two used BIM. Qualitative research was conducted through an individual study of each case and a comparative analysis of the results. A quantitative analysis of the performance behaviour of the total lengths of the projects and each stage was also conducted. Incidents that are responsible for an increase in the length of the construction project were also recorded, classified, and quantified. The results for the four construction projects studied did not show a decrease in the length of design deadlines using BIM. However, other advantages mentioned in the literature were obtained when BIM was used.

Keywords: industrial projects; engineering design; design; building information modelling; BIM; schedule; shortening deadlines; Monte Carlo simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2025.144901

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2025 Vol.44 No.3, pp.356 - 376

Received: 24 Jan 2023
Accepted: 11 Mar 2023
Published online: 07 Mar 2025 *

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