Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM

Abstract

Typically, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is considered one of the most effective contributor to the national developments worldwide. However, the AEC industry is facing myriad challenges due to the pressing calls for creativity and innovative solutions. Several issues are confronted such as failure to meet client satisfaction, delays in delivering projects on time, cost overruns, low quality, conflicts among parties, safety issues, increasing requests for change orders, tremendous increases in materials waste and project complexity. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly growing worldwide as a viable tool for improving the efficiency of the AEC industry to solve its salient issues. However, BIM is seldom adopted on the government level, especially in the developing countries. This study aims to explore the stakeholders’ perceptions on the benefits of BIM and the barriers that hindered its adoption. Furthermore, practical solutions to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM are proposed. A questionnaire was sent to BIM users and non-users in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as a case study. The key findings that deterred the implementation of BIM were personal correlated issues such as resistance to change and lack of appropriate awareness of BIM. This study convinces the industry players concerning BIM benefits and reveals the barriers and their potential solutions to encourage them to reap the benefits from BIM adoption.

Developing project evaluation models for smart sustainable practices implementation in construction projects: a comparative study between Nigeria and Hong Kong

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Driving factors for lean-BIM implementation in Malaysia’s construction industry: qualitative interview-based study

“…Top management is one of the most crucial elements in the implementation of lean-BIM. This factor has been highlighted by several authors as one of the factor that requires attention in adopting lean-BIM in organisation (Elhendawi et al., 2019; Jerry and Babaeian Jelodar, 2019; Evans and Farrell, 2020; Zhan et al., 2022). Top management or the employer should feel obliged to engage in the rapidly changing industry by proactively expanding their knowledge.…”

Barriers to integrating lean construction and integrated project delivery (IPD) on construction megaprojects towards the global integrated delivery (GID) in multinational organisations: lean IPD&GID transformative initiatives

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“…Developing modern standards for implementation of BIM is required (Olawumi et al, 2018; Olawumi and Chan, 2018), whilst full integration between BIM and LC is necessary to achieve optimum LeanBIM synergy; integration between LeanBIM and IPD is also required to achieve LeanIPD synergies working towards LeanIPD&GID. Numerous studies have evaluated potential, barriers, risks, challenges, critical success factors (CSFs), critical failure factors of BIM and its influence on the successful delivery of construction projects (Olawumi and Chan, 2020; Olawumi and Chan, 2019a; Hamzeh et al, 2016; Dave et al, 2013; Ghaffarianhoseini et al, 2017; Azhar et al, 2012; Chan, 2014; Sacks et al, 2010; Chan et al, 2019; Elhendawi et al, 2019; Evans et al, 2020b; Saieg et al, 2018).…”