Challenges and opportunities for information integration applications in the data-enabled construction systems

While many consider that information integration is a win-win choice in the data-enabled construction systems, because of the aggregation benefits of it. However, integration effects are often accompanied by the distribution of integration benefits, which thrown up new challenges for it. In this paper, we model system of Building information modeling-based construction alliances (BbCAs) and simulate dynamics among them to understand its stability. From the results, we conclude that there is generally an overall benefit of BbCAs but these benefits are not uniform, across the board among the partners. We therefore advise caution in implementation of information integration and a detailed study of each partner's cost benefit analysis .