5.1.3. OPPORTUNITIES

High Interest of the Construction Market Leaders

Large companies (both investors and construction contractors) that are leaders in the construction industry are highly interested in the implementation of the BIM technology due to the wish to reduce the costs of construction investments and to increase the attractiveness of their company. The interest of large public procurers is also slowly growing, as proved by the first pilot programs performed by infrastructure procurers, such as the Polish State Railways, the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways and the Polish Power Grids.

Final rating of the feature (on a scale of 1–5): **4** (subjective assessment).

Implementation of the BIM Technology in a Number of Countries

The implementation of BIM technology is currently taking place all over the world. Some countries already have legislation in place and in some countries BIM is mandatory in public procurement. The state of global adoption of BIM for 2017 is depicted in Figure 2.

**Figure 2.** Overview of global BIM adoption [18].

Final rating of the feature (on a scale of 1–5): **3** (compared to other European countries, Poland is only on the path of planned BIM adoption)

Developing Higher Awareness among All Stakeholders

Increasing stakeholder awareness regarding both the benefits and losses associated with running an enterprise using BIM technology will cause less distrust on the market. More investors, knowing the benefits and potential threats, will decide to impose the use of BIM by designers and contractors in the construction process.

Developing higher awareness was placed in reports [10,11] as the first BIM activities that should be implemented in Poland so that the architectural and construction industry could fully use BIM (2015—40.4% and 2019—55.3% respondents believe that BIM awareness is currently the most important activity that should be carried out in Poland).

Final rating of the feature (on a scale of 1–5): **5** (due to the most important activity that should be carried out in Poland).
