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Long hailed as the future of the building industry, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and integrated design processes have been slow to be implemented widely. However, as more firms start to overcome the obstacles of upfront cost and significant changes to their business model, the promised results of cost savings, shortening time lines and more integrated working conditions are winning converts. Because no “best practices” have been established as to how and when a firm – architecture, engineering or construction – should implement the technology, there has been little help for practitioners to confident-ly move in the direction of BIM based project management. This pa-per outlines a methodology for gaining a better understanding of the true influence of digital design technologies on the building industry.

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