How Building Information Modelling (BIM) influences project management competences?

The belief is that Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption will mean building and infrastructure projects set up and completed faster, in a more economical and sustainable way. Moreover BIM embracement is going to grow continuously and in all likelihood it will become an important competitive factor on the international level. The management of project is confirmed as the dominant model in many organizations for strategy implementation, business transformation, continuous improvement and new product development. Our research work is originated from the understanding of the relationship gap between BIM and project management (PM) in a managerial perspective. The investigation regards the relations in both directions. Experts affirm that PM is necessary for BIM and that BIM is a very useful support for project managers. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which the introduction of BIM has resulted in changes in PM competences. The influence is due to both the new technology and the new role of the BIM manager. The goal is relevant for both practitioners and educators. The reference standard for the competences is IPMA Competence Baseline 3.0 (ICB3) which encompasses 46 competences subdivided in 3 groups: technical, behavioural and contextual competences. The exploration is done by the analysis of both literature review and primary data. The second source regards interviews to a portfolio of stakeholders of the AEC industry, e.g. project manager, architect, BIM expert, software reseller, building developer owner, innovation manager. The choice of the different kinds of actors is due to the assessment of the two worlds of BIM and PM mainly from a stakeholder perspective. The findings regard which competence, among the 46, acquires more or less importance, which one needs to be modified in his characteristics, which one is better supported or more constrained by BIM, which is not affected by it or if there is the necessity to add new elements to ICB3.