Dr Arayici undertook research in BIM via research & enterprise projects and PhDs; Visiting professor in Reggio Calabria University; graduated 7 PhDs currently supervises 15 PhDs; published over 60 papers; a book about requirements engineering for computer integrated environment; recently organised the
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is often misinterpreted by practitioners and researchers as REVIT or ArchiCAD since these tools are introduced as BIM by the software vendors. Yet, BIM is much more than a software tool. It is actually more about process and people than it is about technology. The e-book provides a detailed and complete perception for BIM to conceive it correctly by practitioners and researchers. It covers technology, process and people aspects through a lifecycle perspective. It also gives examples of BIM projects for the readers to perceive BIM benefits from its use.