Modelling Information Behavior of Communication System Supported by Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is in use today and is flourishing in Architecture Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry. However, the lack of agreement pertaining to the definition and the framework of BIM has stifled its adoption. What is more, how BIM functions during the information communication process has not attracted the expected level of attention, especially from the perspectives of information behavior and communication. The AEC industry and the research community need a systematic model that helps them better understand BIM and its function as a communication platform or processor. Three steps are conducted to fill this gap. Based on Hall's three-dimensional. morphology of system engineering, a framework of BIM is proposed from the three perspectives of time, logic and profession. Each perspective is further reduced to. detailed components and indexes. In order to study how BIM functions during the information communication process, an information behavior model of a communication system is proposed by integrating and developing models of system, communication and information behavior. Finally, the importance and limitations of the research are discussed. The research thus promotes a common understanding of BIM and its function during the information communication process.