Digital fabrication, BIM and early contractor involvement in design in construction projects: a comparative case study

Digital Fabrication (DFAB) is a systemic innovation with low adoption rates in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) projects. Managing requirements of new design process one major challenge for the increased DFAB adoption. For other types innovations, practices such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) improve management by integrating process, information organisation In theory, BIM ECI could increase DFAB. However, relationship between DFAB, has not yet been studied thoroughly. There need to understand paradigms regard integration, integration organisational integration. This study undertakes comparative four adoptions AEC projects varying levels implementation. The processes are traced using swimlane diagrams. From this, relationships BIM, derived quadripartite interrelationship diagram. work illustrates proposed fishbone concludes potential future research digital fabrication, including five takeaways practitioners adopt manage