Barriers and facilitators for BIM use among Swedish medium-sized contractors - “We wait until someone tells us to use it”

Table 1 BIM-application areas in design and construction stages (see Cao et al. 2014)

Stage	Application
Design stage	Site analysis
	Analysing design options
	Three-dimensional presentation
	Design coordination
	Cost estimating
	Energy simulation
	Other performance simulations
Construction stage	Clash detection
	Construction system design
	Schedule simulation
	Quantity take off
	Site resource management
	Offsite fabrication