Abstract:
Implementing building information modeling (BIM) in construction projects can provide
team members with an effective collaboration process. Therefore, organizations are implement-
ing BIM to acquire the benefits. However, project members still use traditional collaborative
approaches due to the lack of trust. Therefore, this study aims to identify the factors, challenges,
and strategies of trust in BIM-based construction projects. To achieve this aim, semi-structured
interviews were conducted with twenty industry professionals, and thematic analysis was used
to analyze the collected data. The results suggest that the factors affecting trust in BIM-based
construction projects are knowledge, skills, awareness, behavior, policy, system, cost, and man-
agement. Moreover, the challenges to creating trust in BIM-based construction projects are policy,
cost, cooperation, system, service, behavior, expertise, and knowledge. Finally, the strategies
used to create trust in BIM-based construction projects are management, preparation, capability,
cooperation, awareness, individuals, education, and government. In summary, this study pro-
vides insights that can help industry practitioners to improve construction projects by reducing
unnecessary distrust among team members.
