Building Information Modeling (BIM) based management of construction has been actively developed in the 21st century. There have been several BIM development projects also in Finland. Based on these projects in 2012, Common Building Information Modeling require-ments 2012 -publication series were published. These publications describes the basic requirements and the concept of the use of BIM in construction projects.

The objective of this thesis was to examine the differences between BIM processes in new construction and renovations projects. Furthermore, the aim was to research the special features of the design and implementation of the building renovation projects. As a result of this research the advantages and disadvantages of BIM usage were explored. In addition, the objective was to examine the commonly used structure and connection types in renovation. On the basis of these studies, selected structures were modeled for Tekla Structures BIM software.

BIM processes together with advantages and disadvantages of BIM were studied with the help of professional literature and internet sources. Structure and connection types were also examined with the above mentioned sources but also the proposals of the subscriber company were taken into account when making the selection for the structures to be modeled.

The study showed that BIM offers several advantages and opportunities which helps to increase the quality of design and implementation and it also reduces the number of defects. However, the nature and contents of the project defines whether it is overall beneficial to use BIM or not.

As a result of the thesis parameterized components were created from column mantle structure and the related anchoring connection and additionally wall structure reinforcements in basic cases. Components were created to facilitate the modeling process and also because there were not yet components from these structures in the component catalog of Tekla Structures. In addition, these particular structures are very common in renovations.