Evaluation Model of BIM Maturity in Public Education Institutions
BIM. Maturity. Teaching. Construction
Building information modeling (BIM) strengthens the competitivity and efficiency of users. Owing to it benefits and following international tendencies, the Brazilian government has regulated the implementation of BIM in the federal public administration, including federal education institutions. Therefore, an evaluation of the level of BIM use in institutions is necessary to optimize the distribution of implementation efforts; in this regard, BIM maturity models are a viable solution to elaborate an institutional planning on BIM implementation. However, the models found in the literature do not holistically evaluate teaching institutions, which are responsible for the academic formation as well as development of internal projects; such activities are often similar to those of companies that focus on projects, monitoring, and building maintenance. The present study was conducted based on a design thinking approach, and aimed to develop a tool to measure BIM maturity in teaching institutions, contributing to BIM implementation and improvement of BIM maturity evaluation. The model was applied in two teaching institutions for validation and the results indicated it is a practical and advantageous tool for the strategic development of BIM implementation.