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PERCEPTION OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING WITHIN THE CROATIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been subject of numerous research for a long time and will certainly change the way construction projects are being procured, designed, constructed and maintained. Recognizing many benefits of BIM, governments of the most developed members of the European Union (Great Britain, Finland, Denmark) have decided that construction projects till 2016 need to be procured in BIM - level 2.0. The past studies show that supporting the usage of BIM by the state authorities increases the percentage of private companies that use BIM in their own business. Furthermore, the longer BIM is applied in an organization, a higher level of expertise in application of BIM is achieved. Currently there are no studies about application of BIM technology on the Croatian market. Furthermore, this study sought out to obtain the data how Croatian construction sector applies and perceives BIM. The survey was sent to contractors and investors/consultants. We have found that only 0-25% companies use BIM technology and that there is a great scarcity of knowledge regarding to BIM and BIM tools in general. Further, there are no national standards present which would support its implementation by either public or private companies. Nevertheless, participants showed high affiliation to BIM and expressed a need for its standardization

BIM; Level 2.0; construction industry; Croatian market; perception

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