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

Elhendawi, Ashraf; Omar, Hany; Elbeltagi, Emad; Smith, Andrew

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 convenes the industry players concerning BIM benefits and reveals the barriers and their potential solutions to encourage them to reap the benefits form BIM adoption.

Citation

Elhendawi, A., Omar, H., Elbeltagi, E., & Smith, A. (2020). Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM. International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science, 2(2), 1-22

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 21, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jan 22, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 22, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jan 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 22, 2020
• Journal: International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science
• Electronic ISSN: 2571-1075
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1-22
• Keywords: BIM barriers; benefits; BIM implementation; AEC; KSA; top management
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2492927
• Publisher URL: http://bimarabia.com/IJBES/