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The successful cases of designing and constructing buildings with BIM (Building Information Modeling) are increasing, and institutions like a university hospital with many facilities are trying to gain the benefits of using BIM for facility planning and management. However, the complexity and the absence of BIM experience have made them to hesitant to adopt, so it is necessary to develop the method of BIM adoption suitable for large facility organizations. This study set up a BIM adoption process, as the hypothesis to be tested, for a university hospital for facility management and planning based on the previous case studies and interview with management personnel and examined qualitatively its sufficiency in detail based on observation on the process and response of management personnel. Its sufficiency was tested in three stages, such as adoption decision, implementation, and confirmation stage using 4 factors that influenced the decision-making process of BIM adoption. During the process, a few alternative methods such as 3D scanning of exiting a building and parametric algorithms were introduced and tested. This study confirms the initial courageous investment decision by the management group, personnel’s motivation to learn, and the visualization feature of BIM are important factors in BIM adoption when its previous cases for the reference are rare and not available. The visualization feature of BIM was not only played an important role in the adoption decision stage but also in the other stages. The lack of a unified data system between departments hindered the integration process of the equipment data and the space data and it was expected to be a serious challenge to utilize BIM for facility management even after the adoption.