Impact of BIM implementation on architectural practice

This paper discuss problems and results of BIM implementation in medium-size architectural practice upon 10-year time frame. The author analyses the process of BIM implementation from the practical and the theoretical point of view. The case study observations have been confronted with literature of the subject. Findings proved that practical benefits of using BIM technology in architectural practice are undisputed but many clients do not yet recognise the benefits of using BIM in the design/construction/operation process, and so refuse to bear the related costs. Therefore, BIM developmental and operational costs are not equally distributed among interested parties: architectural practices must bear the majority of the costs and risks related to implementing BIM technology. Moreover, architectural practice must overcome three basic BIM barriers: human, infrastructural and business.