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Item Utilisation of building information modelling in facilities management: a South African case study(2018) Dowelani, FaithFacilities management is longest phase in the life cycle of a facility. To effectively manage a facilities’ electronic information is needed. An integrated information management system such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be utilised to support data at any given phase of a building life cycle. Literature review shows that there are benefits to using BIM in Facilities Management. However, there is insufficient research regarding the use of BIM in facilities management in South Africa. The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent to which BIM is utilised in the South African Facilities Management sector and identifies the challenges faced by Facilities Management personnel while using BIM. Data was obtained through interviews and an online survey. The interviews were used to gather information from a small sample, while the survey was used to understand a larger sample. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques were used to analyse the data. The research was limited to international BIM standards, as BIM is a new concept in South Africa and there is scarcity of relevant literature in the context of South Africa. The findings reveal that majority of Facilities Management practitioners are not utilising BIM, due to factors relating to cost and week support organisations. Those who use BIM believe that the model does not have enough information to carry out all Facilities Management activities.Item Fragmentation challenges amongst construction professional members in South Africa(2017) Papo, MphoConstruction fragmentation remains a major concern amongst professinals through-out project phases in South Africa.The report identifies fragmentation challenges in the context of integration, collaboration, communication and coordination encountered by professinal teams in construction projects. It also investigates whether the intrinsic properties of the construction projects, namely the project size, clients, project locations and project delivery methods, contribute to fragmentatio challenges experienced by the construction professinals. To accomplish this, the study employs mixed method research by using a qualitative tool to capture the raw data from the participants, and analysing the captured data quatitatively. While the results of the study are derived quantitatively, one could not quantitatively measure fragmentation on integration, collaboration, communication and coordination, i.e the results did not translate to weighted fragmentation. However, there are subtle, but enlightening points from the survey that exposed elements of fragmentation challenges faced by the professional team. While some of these challenges seem to lead to natural solutions, it appears most of the may be solved by implementing building information modelling.