Review of BIM literature and government initiatives to promote BIM in Malaysia

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to review the current state of building information modelling (BIM) literature in Malaysia. A detailed description of the history and definition of BIM was also presented. A literature search was carried out on the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS CC) on BIM research in Malaysia. Results showed that Malaysian output of BIM research peaked in 2016 and has shown a steady decline since. Most of the research from local affiliations were published in conference proceedings as opposed to academic journals. Also, a search among non-academic sources was conducted to reveal government efforts to promote BIM in Malaysia. Generally, the strategies used by the government to promote BIM include spreading awareness through roadshows, increasing competency through workshops and encouraging higher education institutes to include BIM in their curricula. Current focus should now be shifted to increasing collaboration among construction industry players using BIM as a medium for cooperation. Implications include the need for more peer-reviewed studies and a systematic nationwide study of BIM implementation in Malaysia to facilitate its growth on the national level.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Implementation for Highway Project from Consultant’s Perspectives in Malaysia

“…Thus, this approach will somewhat gradually increase the numbers of expertise in the field as well as expand the exposure to BIM capabilities among designers. Sinoh et al (2020) has also recently indicates the roles of government as one of the solutions in undertaking the impediments factors of BIM adoption through expanding BIM competency in the industry, promoting BIM awareness and also BIM deployment in higher learning education [34].…”

The Benefits and Challenges of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Green Building

“…Figure 1: The Evolution of BIM (Sinoh et al, 2020) Since BIM was introduced to the AEC world, various scholars have come out with a definition of BIM. (1992) "a model of information about a building that comprises complete and sufficient information to support all lifecycle processes and which can be interpreted directly by computer applications" Lee et al (2006) "the 'process of generating and managing building information in an interoperable and reusable way" Sabol ( 2006) "representation of a building as an integrated database of coordinate, internally consistent and computable information on design and construction" Penttilä ( 2006) "is a methodology to manage the essential building design and project data in digital format throughout the building's lifecycle.…”

Automation of cost control process in construction project building information modeling (BIM)

“…Digitalization and information technology have provided remarkable innovative methods for helping engineers from different disciplines track and manage their construction projects with less time, effort, and cost [2]. BIM technology, which was developed in 1974 [3], is capable of providing different effective solutions for building and construction via modeling the facility and tracking 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 variables before, during, and after the projects are executed, which is known as three dimensional (3-D), 4-D, 5-D, 6-D, and 7-D, respectively. BIM technology (Building Information Model-ling) can be defined as "A virtual approach, innovated by research and development (R&D), through which the data of construction projects and their information related to their degree of execution are modeled and tracked through computer software packages for enabling design and planning team, including construction stakeholders, such as civil engineers, architects, owners, designers, suppliers, consultants, contractors, and subcon-tractors to more effectively and easily cooperate and more facilitate their communication in comparison to conventional methods of design, planning using in construction" [4].…”

“…Then, a generic building model (GBM) was implemented in 1995, reaching the BIM concept at the start of the twentieth-first century. Various effective analysis methods and innovative technologies were exploited to increase the BIM technology's critical role and accuracy in estimating projects cost [8]. Figure 3 presents the stages of development that occurred to the BIM technology (References in the figure are cited in the references [9]- [13]).…”

“…Figure 3. Stages of development occurred to the BIM technology over the time [8] A published manuscript investigates and determines key elements and significant features of BIM technology. The research implemented a comprehensive literature review by which the BIM technology's key features and critical characteristics were classified.…”