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Still, up until now the overall
industr y has proven to be
s o m e w h a t r e s i s t a n t t o
digitalization when compared to
other sectors. The certain causes
are hard to identify but it's known
that while old habits tend to last,
large changes such as one of this
nature just don't fall into the one
size fits all type of case. The latter
emphasizes how important it is for
all stakeholders in the industry,
from the various disciplines to
suppliers and as far as governing
bodies, to agree a high level
effective and reliable strategy. A
strategy that manages this
transformation in the making in
line with the real needs of all
players, while at the same time
allowing for individual businesses
Figure 1: High vs Low Digitization
to adapt and create business Image taken from: McKinsey Global Institute Industry Digitization
strategies based on their own Index [https://www.mckinsey.com/]
circumstances.

An abundance of breakthroughs in all areas On and, although the industry did not lose its
of science and technology makes these reliance on 2D drawings, this was a major step
privileged times for the 'cherry-picking' of the forward in terms of the 3D model concept and
right tools to go deeper into the digital. enriched data files. The next stage from there
Expanding computational power, unlimited has been upon us for some years now and it's
storage resources, advances in hardware and called Building Information Modelling or just
software, as well as data collection, analytics BIM. While modelling is an intrinsic part of BIM,
and market research are disrupting our its scope and overall target is much broader.
previous thought limits, however this will come
with an hefty price tag in terms of investment Building information modelling or BIM has
in technology, training and in many cases become popular around the year 2000 and

organizational and even cultural changes in since then it has been recognized as the
the business. backbone of the digital strategy in
The push for digitalization is not something construction, even more with the publication of
new to the construction industry and one ISO 19650-1&2:2018 which includes both its
example is the introduction of Computer-Aided definition and scope. The importance of BIM
Drafting & Design (CADD) in the 1950's when has been so widely recognized that it is now
before all drawings were drafted by hand and being mandated for new projects in many parts

by this time still all in 2D. CADD turned 3D later of the world.

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