BIM benefits and its influence on the BIM implementation in Malaysia

TLDR

BIM implementation is seen as daunting because many construction stakeholders are unaware of its benefits, yet increased awareness could boost project productivity and performance. The study aims to assess how perceived BIM benefits influence Malaysian construction stakeholders’ willingness to adopt the technology. A survey of 590 questionnaires was administered, yielding 268 usable responses that represent a sample of 346 stakeholders. The analysis shows that most firms lack BIM awareness, identifies productivity, time, cost, clash detection, and communication as key benefits, highlights trust, respect, commitment, early involvement, and knowledge as implementation drivers, and confirms a significant positive relationship between perceived benefits and BIM adoption.

Abstract

Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation is considered a daunting reality because majority of the construction players don't know the potential benefits of the technology. Awareness of BIM benefits and its implementation could significantly increase project productivity and performance. This study is aimed to determine the influence of BIM benefits from the Malaysian construction stakeholders' perception towards its implementation. The study was carried out using survey questionnaire. Out of 590 questionnaires 268 were collected that represent a sample size of 346. Results revealed that most of the construction companies lack of awareness about BIM technology. The statistical analysis showed that productivity, time, cost, clashes, and communication are the most essential BIM benefits that concerned the participants. The driving factors of implementation, on the other hand, were identified as Trust, respect, commitment, early involvement, and knowledge. It is also found that there is a significant relationship between BIM benefits and its implementation.