Barriers to BIM-Based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Buildings: An Interpretive Structural Modelling Approach

Abstract

With the emergence of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as central to construction design, planning, execution and maintenance, integration into the entire infrastructure sustainability process is imperative for achieving sustainable development. Despite its immense benefit of aiding compliance to sustainable construction, potential barriers continue to widen the gap in implementation. Therefore, this study adopts the “interpretive structural modelling approach” to advance a ranked structure of the interrelatedness of the barriers to integrating BIM in buildings sustainability assessment. The “Matrice d’Impacts croises-multipication applique a classement analysis (MICMAC)” was utilised to categorise the identified adoption barriers in the model. The identified barriers and relationship with themselves are valuable in discussing the challenges to BIM-based LCA and developing policies and design decisions to drive the process further. Further, it adds to the emerging discussion of BIM from the life cycle sustainability assessment perspective for infrastructure. The findings are critical for policy, stakeholders and extending the body of knowledge.

An Empirical Analysis of Barriers to Building Information Modelling (BIM) Implementation in Wood Construction Projects: Evidence from the Swedish Context

“…The examination of the identified barriers compared with the results of the literature review revealed many similarities. Barriers related to resources and cost (G2) [36,49,55,62,63], skills and knowledge (G3) [9,21,29,31], human behaviour (G5) [44,49,55], and governmental (G7) [21,31,49] were all identified previously from similar studies in the literature review, as shown in Table 1. Other barriers were mentioned by participants and were found to be related to the wood industry in particular, such as interoperability issues [46,64] and insufficient object libraries (G1) [50].…”

“…Only one paper was found that investigates the current use, barriers, and driving forces of BIM implementation among mid-sized contractors. The authors concluded in their study that the main barriers are a lack of demand from clients and the absence of internal demand in companies [49]. Furthermore, the literature review conducted in this study revealed that there is a lack of interest in exploring BIM implementation barriers that are hindering the expansion of BIM implementation in the wood construction industry in general and in Sweden specifically.…”

“…As this research focuses on the Swedish construction industry, it is logical to consider barriers from similarly developed countries, as the level of income plays a major role in the country's capabilities to adopt the latest technologies and to encounter fewer difficulties compared to developing and low-income countries. Fragmented nature of BIM (information is not stored in one location) [49] France; [50] Europe; [26] UK; [33] UAE 8 Lack of standards and regulations [49] France; [55] Canada; [50] Global; [48] UK 9 Reluctance to change [9] Germany; [27] Saudi Arabia; [21] Global Limitations of available software [48] UK; [50] Europe; [33] New Zealand Gap between the theoretical principles and practical implementations [9] Germany; [49] France; [27] Saudi Arabia Size of business [48] UK; [27] Saudi Arabia; [26] UK; [53] Canada Lack of leadership [49] France; [27] Saudi Arabia Lack of training sources [49] France; [27] Saudi Arabia; [14] Contractual issues [53] Canada; [48] UK; [33] New Zealand Lack of interest [50] France; [51] Germany Lack of demand from clients [50] France; [47] UK; [21] Global Time-related issues [49] France; [27] Saudi Arabia; [53] Canada; [33] UAE The prevailing culture in the construction industry [51] Germany; …”

Assessment of a Decision-Making Model for Monitoring the Success of a Project for Smart Buildings

“…An external questionnaire design and Table A-2. An internal questionnaire design adapted from [46]; and interviews with the objective of acquiring additional data. Since each interview is conducted independently, this method typically produces results with a sample size that is quite tiny.…”

Barriers to the Adoption of Modular Construction in Portugal: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach

“…The main advantages of ISM include incorporating experts' opinions based on their knowledge and experience, allowing amending opinions and altering the evaluations without demanding too many operations to evaluate the systems with less than 15 variables, making it suitable to analyze real-life conditions [46,54]. Researchers frequently use this method in ordering and decomposing complex relationships between barriers to adopting innovations in construction [21,[55][56][57][58][59][60].…”