The Burj Khalifa (formerly the Burj Dubai) is a skyscraper located in Dubai that was built by Emaar Properties. Construction began in 2004 and completed in 2009. The Burj Khalifa is considered as the tallest skyscraper in the world. The building is a mixed-used building, offering residential, business, and entertainment facilities. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Architecture of Chicago, and the primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea. Turner Construction Company, one of the largest construction companies in the United States and a subsidiary of a German company, was hired as the major project manager of the venture. The total cost for the building was $1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Your coursework should include a discussion of the following important points:

• The project was delayed in different phases of the construction due to several factors; name five different factors that you think could cause a delay and discuss how could the project planning help the managers and engineers to avoid such delays in the future?
• There are many software solutions and ICT tools that have been developed in an effort to solve the problems that plague (shake) the construction industry. What technology(ies) were used in Burj Khalifa and why the engineers selected these particular technology(ies)?
• How BIM could be used as a new technology for Burj Khalifa for supply chain management? (You could use a drawing as a basic illustration of the project supply chain).
• Construction project planning and management is a balancing act between leading, managing people and resources within given constraints in an efficient and effective way. Based on your understanding of the modules, what do you think the constraints could be and why? Can BIM help in the construction execution?

Additional considerations for your analysis.
The assignment requires you to use the relevant module material (ideas, concepts, theories or frameworks) to inform your evaluation. It is expected that the principles underpinning your analysis should preferably be from academic books and/or updated peer-reviewed academic journals.

Answers to Above Questions on Digital Construction Case Study

Answer: Burj Khalifa is one of the tallest buildings in the world and its construction was carried out with lots of complexities and challenges. During the construction, for project faced significant delays because of a number of factors. An analysis of those factors indicates that the major challenge was in respect to the changes to the design and scope of the project, and there were Logistic as well as supply chain issues that have also caused delay in the construction of Burj Khalifa.