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Abstract The main aim for any construction projects is to make balance between time, cost and quality. All members in construction projects (managers, engineers, workers, builders...etc.) try to find the ideal methods to achieve less time with less cost and best quality. Over the years all people belong to design and construction services tried to improve methods and instruments to achieve project management triangle; time, cost and quality. With the development of civilization, the projects become more complicated and need more scientific and development methods to satisfy the new development. Many methods and theories began to appear to make full control on project management and to face the new types of construction projects. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the new methods which appeared to satisfy the development of construction projects. This research studies the impact of applying BIM in design and construction stages, and how it increases the quality of co-ordinations between all disciplines in projects, which reflects directly on the productivity of construction projects. Construction always face low productivity with other industries due to poor planning and co-ordination problems. BIM is a process which is used to overcome these problems by controlling co-ordinations between project team members, making design more clear, presenting a full information about design process and showing most conflicts between disciplines before performing construction process so that conflicts will be solved before starting construction process. Most case studies of construction projects find that apply BIM process will make project productivity increases with various ratios, these ratios depend on how BIM process is circulated and organized from project members. This research tries to find the ideal usage of BIM in design and construction stages and finds out how applying BIM affects directly in project management triangle; Time, cost and quality. The thesis outline is divided into the following chapters: • Chapter (1) An introduction to the research. This chapter discusses the importance of the research, types of construction project stages, and the scope of the research program. • Chapter (2) Presents a brief review of the available literature on the history of applying BIM with definitions, managing design, and construction process. Construction productivity are also documented in the same chapter. • Chapter (3) Presents the BIM process. This chapter describes project management in design and construction stages and present case study to ensure process steps. • Chapter (4) Presents BIM questionnaire. The analysis and results of questionnaire will show how BIM affects in construction projects. • Chapter (5) Presents research summary and conclusions with suggestions for future studies. |