DOI: 10.36347/sjet.2018.v06i02.006

Pages: 75-82

There are copious amounts of research, conducting the issues within the construction sector. These issues led to increase in cost and time, and reduce the quality of the project. There is a gap in how BIM will affect the risk of construction special in steel projects. The goal of this paper is to study the effect of applying building information modeling through the whole project life cycle. A structured questionnaire for determining the probability and impact of the factors affecting on the steel projects before and after applying BIM techniques was suggested. Data were collected through interviews with the professional in the construction industry in Egypt. In total, 77 valid responses were received for analysis. The maximum reductions were in factor “Fabrication priority incompatible with the erection process” and the factor “Misunderstanding the building”. While the minimum reduction was happening in factor “Miss some of the obtained moments or forces on connections”. The paper provides deeper insights into the risk of factors affecting on steel projects and the effect of applying BIM on these projects. This paper estimates a model to estimate the risk after applying BIM techniques depending on the risk before applying BIM on steel projects.