Abstract
BIM is transforming industrial workflow, procedures, and how building models are designed. Design Conceptualization has also been impacted by the introduction of BIM in the infrastructure delivery processes. Although BIM provides many advantages for design, designers still find it difficult to incorporate BIM from the beginning of the process. As a result, investigation was carried out to look into how BIM alters the conceptualization process and what potential solutions may be to address the implementation-related difficulties with BIM in design conceptualization. The BIM technique has been used in previous research to describe how the design process has changed, and broad characteristics of the concept design phase have been offered to look into how it has changed information modelling. Three BIM projects and Three non-BIM projects were analysed, which were used to collect data and the ATLAS.ti 9 window software. To address the study's goal, a case study technique was employed in the investigation. This involves qualitative data collection from three projects were BIM was used and three projects in which BIM was not adopted. This approach compares benefits in answering the study’s objectives. Data collected included were recorded and analysed using ATLAS.ti. The study's key findings revealed that BIM minimizes the collaboration time required to explain problem areas, and the project enables the team to merge and simulate their design. The approach enabled optimization. BIM minimizes the time required for collaboration to explain problem areas. Participants experienced early design evaluation to ensure project requirements were met. These findings have implications for practice and research. This research proves that adopting BIM in the design phase improves quality and budget. It is recommended that professional teams interested in implementing BIM invest in having their staff attend BIM training courses. This will help mitigate the biggest disadvantage of organizations starting to implement BIM, which is the lack of BIM experience. Areas of further research on integrating BIM modules into undergraduate and graduate degrees at South African universities are evident.
Keywords: Building information modelling, Design, conceptual phase, budget estimate.