TY - CONF TI - Integration of Lean Construction and Building Information Modeling in a Large Client Organization in Massachusetts. C1 - Heraklion, Greece C3 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 79 EP - 86 PY - 2017 DO - 10.24928/2017/0311 AU - Bolpagni, Marzia AU - Burdi, Luciana AU - Ciribini, Angelo Luigi Camillo AD - PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, marzia.bolpagni@polimi.it AD - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, lburdi@wpi.edu AD - Full Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, angelo.ciribini@unibs.it AB - Recently the construction industry has started to study and implement together Lean Construction (Lean) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) to better manage projects. Previous research findings suggest that several changes in the work practice and business processes are needed to fully take advantage of BIM and Lean. Even if the client's role is very important to drive the entire process, the literature lacks of comprehensive examples of client's implementation. The paper shows how a large client organization is integrating Lean and BIM in real projects and how it is possible to measure it thanks to a Maturity Matrix. The research is based on a case study involving both active participation and interviews. The main results indicate that a) internal change is needed in the client organization; b) clients need to drive the process in order to maximise benefits; c) BIM does not fit in the traditional procurement process; and d) existing contracts need to be modified to support BIM and Lean. Research findings are useful for large client organizations that would like to integrate BIM and Lean in their operational strategy as well as for researchers. Further studies could be done to compare the work of different client organizations. KW - Lean Construction KW - Lean KW - Building Information Modeling KW - BIM KW - Large Client Organisation PB - T2 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2017/07/09 CY - Heraklion, Greece L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1382/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1382 N1 - Export Date: 29 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -