Rethinking digital construction: a study of BIM uptake capability in BIM infant construction industries

Adeniyi, Onaopepo; Thurairajah, Niraj; Leo-Olagbaye, Feyisetan

doi:10.1108/ci-09-2021-0161

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“…Though studies concerned with exploring digitalisation in construction organisations are increasing [61], qualitative studies focusing on employees' competency are limited [62].…”

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Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

2023

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The shift towards digitalisation has been empowering growth in the construction industry, especially in the past decade. Construction stakeholders are offered myriad benefits by embracing digital advancements to achieve efficiency. However, the exploitation of digital opportunities is bounded by the need for a practitioner skillset that aligns with the digital era, a requirement that has been described as difficult to meet and justified by the low degree of digital literacy among construction employees. This paper reports findings from interviews with 19 leaders and decision makers in the construction sector to reveal the indicators that can predict construction employees’ digital literacy. Such an approach offers a comprehensive exploration of the likelihood of employees’ digital literacy through socially oriented characteristics. Overall, 19 individual characteristics emerged from the thematic analysis and highlight the critical connection between social behaviour and digital literacy. The findings of this paper are timely and important for those businesses assessing their employees’ willingness and maturity with regard to technological change through social and behavioural information. The qualitative approach led to the development of a conceptual framework that can explain the dynamics needed to assess employees’ digital literacy in construction organisations. This study, therefore, reveals the effectiveness of predicting employees’ readiness to shine in the digital era by shedding light on their digital literacy through examinations of individual characteristics in a construction workplace. This paper is among the first to encourage research efforts that take into account the importance of studying social and psychological complexities, which are subject areas that are limited in recent construction literature. As such, it is of value to employers wishing to embed greater digitalisation in their firms, as well as researchers in this domain and policymakers looking to encourage greater digital transformations.

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“…Though studies concerned with exploring digitalisation in construction organisations are increasing [61], qualitative studies focusing on employees' competency are limited [62].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

2023

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“…The concept of BIM infant industry was first introduced by Jayasena and Weddikkara (2013) to describe industries interested in adopting BIM but not yet practising it. The term gained gradual acceptance to identify industries that are in their early stage of BIM adoption (Adeniyi et al, 2022). The Infant Industry Argument (IIA) states that "in their early stages, new enterprises [or industries] have to be protected against competition in order to be able to be mature and become competitive" (Klingemann, 2012, p. 1).…”

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“…With its ability to address many of the problems in the industry and the array of other benefits it can offer, the question of why the diffusion of BIM is poor in many construction industries is of great interest (Oyuga et al, 2021). Within this question, special interest is found about BIM infant industries where the diffusion of BIM is substantially challenged (Adeniyi et al, 2022).…”

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Affordance-led framework of understanding of BIM adoption

Jayasena,

Thurairajah,

Perera

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PurposeSuccessful adoption of building information modelling (BIM) by early adopters is crucial for its effective diffusion. The purpose of this study is to develop a framework of understanding that supports contextualized understanding of BIM adoption decisions in a BIM infant industry. The framework bridges the gap in current knowledge in terms of the absence of such a framework, which has hindered the structured understanding of the BIM decision of an adopter, curtailing the appropriate strategizing of their BIM adoption.Design/methodology/approachThe study focuses on a BIM infant industry, where early adopters begin using BIM, allowing insights into this crucial initial stage of adoption. Identifying affordances as a versatile concept that could effectively represent not only what an adopter perceives and expects from BIM implementation, but also, what the adopter, in fact, can achieve from it, an affordance-led framework of understanding (AFU) was developed to comprehensively capture varying dynamics of BIM decision process. The study took a qualitative retroductive approach to theory with semi-structured interviews to gather necessary data from a sample of BIM adopters purposively selected to maximize the breadth and depth of data.FindingsThe study concludes by identifying and defining pertinent affordances as a new concept and a compulsory state for BIM adoption. Findings further demonstrate that existing theories can be linked to the AFU to strategically direct the affordances dynamics towards the pertinent state.Originality/valueThe AFU enables a deeper contextualizable view of innovation adoption that was absent in existing innovation studies. It significantly enhances the precision of strategizing BIM adoption compared to previous approaches, enabling adopters to plan and implement BIM in a manner that aligns well with their expectations and specific conditions.

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“…Likewise, the study carried out for the Western European AEC industry by McGraw-Hill Construction (2010) revealed that the level of BIM implementation was 36%. However, recent studies have shown that there is considerable growth in BIM adoption between 2010 and 2023, mainly in Asia, Europe, and North America (Adeniyi et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Requirements for BIM implementation in AEC companies: a Brazilian case study

de Assis Santos Wanderley,

Casado Lordsleem Júnior,

Aquino Rocha

2023

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is widespread in many countries; however, its implementation still encounters some barriers in Brazil. In addition, during the BIM implementation process, some companies give up because they do not achieve the expected result. In the Metropolitan Region of Recife, adherence to the BIM methodology is less than 5% of the research universe, which is 445 among companies and professionals. This study evaluates the fulfillment of the necessary requirements for BIM implementation at Brazilian architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies. The methodology was carried out using case studies and its strategy was based on the following steps: identification of the state-of-the-art and of requirements for BIM implementation, which allowed the determination of the criteria for evaluating the companies studied; the criteria determined were use to elaborate an online form for identification of AEC companies in Recife (Brazil) and a questionnaire for conducting interviews with the selected companies; subsequently, case studies were developed, and data analysis. The case studies were carried out at five AEC companies which had a median fulfilment of requirements of 65%. Many of the companies presented BIM 1.0 characteristics. It has been verified that the BIM implementation is more effective at companies where a greater number of BIM requirements are applied. The companies with the fewest requirements applied, or those that did not meet the requirements in practice, did not present significant advances in BIM implementation. The main research contributions were the compilation of the requirements for BIM implementation. Therefore, this study produces knowledge that can assist companies in the AEC industry experiencing similar difficulties in BIM implementation as those described in this paper.

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Rethinking digital construction: a study of BIM uptake capability in BIM infant construction industries

Cited by 8 publications

References 63 publications

Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

Affordance-led framework of understanding of BIM adoption

Requirements for BIM implementation in AEC companies: a Brazilian case study

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