Dilan durmus social media approaches on bim collaboration master thesis

2.2.4 Collaboration in Project Teams 
The adoption of integrated technology provides an integrated manner of collaboration according to BIM 
rhetoric. Some of the collaborative relationship examples that have been improved are project alliancing, 
project partnership, and Integrated Project Delivery. However, according to some observers, the 
growing usage of BIM in construction projects has not significantly changed the core methods of 
working in disciplinary "silos." In their study on BIM usage observation, Neff and her colleagues find 
that work practices that enable improved collaboration and information exchange across organizational 
and disciplinary boundaries have not changed quickly, even though BIM usage has increased since 2007 
(Miettinen et al., 2014). 
Several studies imply that the building industry's fragmented and scattered structure generates 
antagonistic attitudes that do not support the types of collaboration based on trust (Bishop et al. 2009). 
Organizational and legal difficulties appear to be major impediments to long-term partnership (Dossick 
and Neff, 2010). The creation of multi-party relational contracts based on risk and reward sharing is one 
attempt to overcome this challenge. 
A steady or gradual modification of existing organizational and collaboration processes would be an 
ideal organizational integration alternative. This necessitates an awareness of real-world BIM 
implementation issues. Miettinen et al. discovered in a Finnish project that the participant organizations 
were convinced that IPD while excellent goals for building more efficient collaboration, would not be 
practically implemented in the projects in the close future. Instead, the organization began to explore 
for new methods to extend its engagement with BIM. One option created and tested was a two-day 
intensive and meticulously planned collaboration to provide design possibilities for the customer 
(Kerosuo et al., 2013) 
Collaboration is required for the successful execution and delivery of any project. Collaboration is 
relevant to several project management knowledge domains, such as integration, communication, and 
resource and stakeholder management (PMI, 2017). According to PMI, one of the most important roles 
of project managers in forming effective teams is to encourage cooperation and build a collaborative 
team culture. Walker et al. emphasize that collaboration reduces obscurity during the projects and assists 

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Durmus, D. 2022. Social Media Approaches on BIM Collaboration.
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Master Thesis. Ljubljana, UL FGG, Second Cycle Master Study Programme Building Information Modelling, BIM A+. 
in the identification of risks and uncertainties. Collaboration is also strongly related to project team 
performance; consequently, project managers must understand what factors impact the collaboration of 
the team members in the construction projects (Caniëls et al., 2019). 
Gray defined collaboration as a process in where partners dealing with different areas of an issue actively 
examine the differences and develop corrective solutions which extends each party's narrow perception 
of what is feasible. In addition, Ey et al. defined construction project cooperation as "...'shar[ing] 
resources' such as people, information, technology, and expertise for the better advantage of the 
partnership's members." Matthews et al. discuss collaboration as an agreement between various experts 
to share skills, including accessible data, knowledge, and expertise, in performing specific tasks with 
the goal of attaining the larger objectives of the projects which are stated by its client, or other project 
actors.