Challenges of Implementing New Technologies in the World of BIM – Case Study from Construction Engineering Industry in Finland

In the world of building information modeling (BIM), effective usage of available technology is an asset. Due to general complexity of information technology implementations, difficulties occur. To choose a technology for company's next spearhead tool, the road is usually long and rocky. This paper aims on introducing and analyzing the wide range of obstacles generated by customers, company's own organization, social behavior and immature technologies in Finnish construction engineering industry. As a result of this study, 23 different key challenges were identified that can alone stop a successful implementation of a BIM technology.This study serves as a base study for future tool creation to manage better BIM technology implementations.