2016 年 35 巻 2 号 p. 109-112
The BIM (Building Information Modeling), refers to the process of construction virtual buildings in a computer. BIM concept is shown in the United States in the 1970s, progress in academism research in this country since the late 1980s and early 1990s. In Japan, 2009 is referred to as “BIM first year”. Then, in the center of the design office and the general contractor, the use of BIM has spread. In this paper, the author over the past few years, was visited in the survey of BIM, the United States, Singapore, South Korea and by comparing the Japanese trend, and attempts to find a weakness in the Japanese construction industry from the viewpoint of BIM dissemination. As a result, the Japanese construction industry, reveals that the top-down is insufficient for BIM dissemination. In addition, it pointed out the importance of the project manager as a future direction.