Why BIM Fails in Contractor-Led Projects in UAE & Saudi Arabia
Introduction: The Contractor’s Reality
In the UAE and Saudi Arabia, BIM is no longer optional. It is written into contracts, demanded by clients, and enforced by authorities. Yet despite investing in BIM teams, software, and outsourcing partners, many contractors still face:
- repeated model rework
- authority rejections
- coordination failures
- and most importantly, unrecoverable costs
BIM does not fail because contractors don’t try. It fails because BIM is often introduced without commercial, contractual, and execution alignment.
This article explains why BIM fails on contractor-led projects — from the ground reality, not from theory.
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