Challenges and Barriers of Building Information Modeling Adoption in the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry

Alhammadi, Mohammed; Wei, Tian

doi:10.2174/1874836802014010098

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“…29% of respondents assess the second obstacle, Owners do not require the use of BIM with evaluation value of 5, the same evaluation with the following obstacles, as The hardness of authorities to adopt and support BIM, Lack of support from the management to accept changing the current practices, Lack of practical standers, guidelines, and specifications support BIM in the contract, Difficulties to find a contractor or designer who is familiar with BIM, Contract Provision does not support integration and Collaborative work among the project stakeholders, Lack of the arrangements of ownership and licensing of intellectual property rights in BIM models and their permitted uses, where 36.4%, 48.5%, 42.4%, 39.4%, 33.3%, 39.4%, 18.57% and 17.14% of respondents for the above, While 30.3 % and 45.5% of respondents assess the obstacles The cost of using BIM is only feasible for large projects and BIM requires a completely new contractual approach than the conventional contracts and give a value of 4 for these obstacles as shown in Table 1. The study results are emphasizing the BIM implementation obstacles acknowledged by Hassan [9] and Al-Hammadi [10], as can be observed from the survey responses unawareness of BIM nature and Lack of support from the management to accept changing the current practices are of the highest ranked BIM implementation obstacles which means that these obstacles are still hindering the implementation of BIM in construction projects in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, as stated by Al-Hammadi [15] the application of BIM in Saudi Arabia has not been mandatory by the Saudi government and there is no clear clause mentioning BIM in the public works contract and it has not been widely implemented by construction organizations, we can see in the survey responses that majority of the responses are strongly agreeing that BIM requires a completely new contractual approach than the conventional contracts and that Lack of practical standers, guidelines, and specifications support BIM in the contract is obstructing BIM implementation in Saudi Arabia.…”

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“…Hassan [9] also found evidence of a low implementation rate for BIM in construction projects in the GCC market and lack of awareness of BIM, unwillingness of stakeholders to accept changing current business practices. A study conducted by Al-Hammadi [10] regarding BIM technology awareness in KSA, more than half of respondents (67.3%) in their survey were unaware of BIM. Only (4.5%) of overall respondents were aware of BIM usage and used it in practice, while (16.59%) of respondents were aware but had not used BIM [10].…”

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“…A study conducted by Al-Hammadi [10] regarding BIM technology awareness in KSA, more than half of respondents (67.3%) in their survey were unaware of BIM. Only (4.5%) of overall respondents were aware of BIM usage and used it in practice, while (16.59%) of respondents were aware but had not used BIM [10].…”

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Evaluation of using building information modelling in green building in Saudi Arabia construction contracts

Alqahtani

Alabduljabbar

Alsaqer

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) enables, faster development, real-time monitoring of project performance, clash detection, knowledge management, more effective and efficient operation and maintenance, and provide more reliable and timely exchange of information to support the decision-making process. Despite the worldwide adoption of BIM, its implementation is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not mature, especially when it comes to green buildings. The goal of this research is to investigate the use of BIM in green buildings in KSA and provide insights on the factors that need to be considered for optimal attainment of BIM outcomes. First, BIM implementation is analyzed in international contracts such as FIDIC and NEC4. Second, the local implementation of BIM in KSA is investigated through analysing the public works contract and the contract of case study of a mega project. Finally, a survey was conducted to identify and rate the (1) obstacles, and (2) benefits of BIM implementation in green building in KSA. Among the significant results was the fact that the strongest barrier to BIM implementation is the lack of support from the management to accept changing the current practices, and the weakest barrier is actually the costs of BIM implementation. The findings shed the light on significant aspects (such as increasing awareness about BIM and fostering flexibility in managers) that will enable successful implementation of BIM in green buildings in KSA; which in turn will result in cost and schedule savings.

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Section: Obstacles Facing Bim Implementation In Green Buildings In Ksamentioning

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Evaluation of using building information modelling in green building in Saudi Arabia construction contracts

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“…There are large number of BIM studies that particularly focus on the challenges to the implementation of BIM technology in different countries. Al-Hammadi and Tian [10] analyzed the critical challenges to BIM technology adoption in the Saudi Arabian construction industry. "Lack of demand", "lack of experts" and "poor awareness of BIM benefits" were listed as the major barriers.…”

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Analysis of Challenges to BIM Adoption in Mega Construction Projects

Akcay

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Megaprojects are large-scale and complex investments, including a long construction period, as a result need efficient management skills during their life cycle. The success rate of the megaprojects is lower compared to the traditional projects due to their complex characteristics. By adopting new technologies, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), more efficient project management can be performed for mega construction projects. Hence, the success of projects could be increased in terms of time, cost and quality. In this study, the challenges to BIM implementation in mega construction projects are investigated. To achieve this aim, the challenges for BIM adoption extracted through a literature review. Then, a questionnaire survey was designed to collect the data from practitioners. Furthermore, the challenges were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

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“…Some countries have introduced programs and government regulations on BIM implementation, thereby encouraging developers to adopt it [9]. In some countries, BIM implementation is highly developed, while in others it is only starting to be introduced [4,[10][11][12][13][14]. In Poland, projects that utilize BIM, especially during the construction phase [15], are relatively uncommon, yet their number is expected to increase [16].…”

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Employer’s Information Requirements: A Case Study Implementation of BIM on the Example of Selected Construction Projects in Poland

Zima¹,

Mitera-Kiełbasa²

2021

Applied Sciences

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Case studies available in the literature clearly point to the numerous benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling), in addition to the barriers that participants of such projects may face. This paper is a case study of Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR) for preparing and managing BIM models in the design and construction of selected large public construction projects: the Cogiteon Lesser Poland Science Center (LPSC Cogiteon), the Krakow Music Center (KMC) and the Copernican Revolution Studio (CRS). The paper presents the main aspects included in EIRs. It discusses the technical (e.g., requirements for the Common Data Environment platform—CDE), management (including the scopes of responsibility of staff in charge of BIM) and strategic sections (primary expectations concerning Data Drops) of the EIR. Projects executed using BIM by public institutions allow for the application of insight gained as a result of their completion and the creation of a knowledge base or checklist for future projects. The projects discussed here, carried out using advanced BIM solutions, could potentially be developed further by the proposed content extension concerning levels of detail (this paper cites potential guidelines that can be applied), component elements concerning price and qualifications, so as to easily generate bills of costs, and information used in facility management which can also encourage facility manager cooperation. Examples of EIR provisions are presented based on an analysis of three completed construction projects carried out using advanced BIM solutions. BIM is still a new form of management and this paper expands the range of available EIR standards, in addition to presenting guidelines for their practical application in the construction industry.

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Challenges and Barriers of Building Information Modeling Adoption in the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry

Cited by 22 publications

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Evaluation of using building information modelling in green building in Saudi Arabia construction contracts

Evaluation of using building information modelling in green building in Saudi Arabia construction contracts

Analysis of Challenges to BIM Adoption in Mega Construction Projects

Employer’s Information Requirements: A Case Study Implementation of BIM on the Example of Selected Construction Projects in Poland

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