Decision support evaluation for building information modeling software selection

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has shift the construction industry into a new approach in development of project.The effectiveness of BIM towards increasing productivity and quality of project has been reported not only in literature yet project report.Thus, there are numerous of BIM software available with different features and function.This trend has created decision problem among the companies to select the best software that fulfill company need and project needs.Hence, a web-based Decision Support System (DSS) application namely topsis4BIM has been developed.This paper presented the evaluation the proposed DSS though using the latest technology such as web 2.0 and cloud technology

Towards the significance of decision aid in Building Information Modeling (BIM) software selection process

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been considered as a solution in construction industry to numerous problems such as delays, increased lead in times and increased costs. This is due to the concept and characteristic of BIM that will reshaped the way construction project teams work together to increase productivity and improve the final project outcomes (cost, time, quality, safety, functionality, maintainability, etc.).As a result, the construction industry has witnesses numerous of BIM software available in market.Each of this software has offers different function, features. Furthermore, the adoption of BIM required high investment on software, hardware and also training expenses.Thus, there is indentified that there is a need of decision aid for appropriated BIM software selection that fulfill the project needs.However, research indicates that there is limited study attempt to guide decision in BIM software selection problem.Thus, this paper highlight the importance of decision making and support for BIM software selection as it is vital to increase productivity, construction project throughout building lifecycle

Proposed study of Information Communication Technology (ICT) works interface strategy for construction-based project

The purpose of this research is to formulate and develop an ICT works interface strategy for construction-based project in construction industry.ICT works interface framework will be developed based on requirement engineering approach and work interface mapping.One of the major issues in delivery of ICT works is unavailability of ICT interface strategy and methodology to be referred by ICT contractors or system integrators involved in construction-based project.The problem arise when interfacing processes are not well understood and coordinated properly especially in large scale construction project which has complex tasks of engineering integration.This research is an “action research” where the root of problem is originated from the workplace area of the researcher.This research will identify the common practice of work integration between ICT and engineering, interfacing processes and type of ICT works involved in a construction-based project experienced and managed by KLIA Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd (KLIACS).Qualitative method will be applied where two case studies will be conducted in order to gain information of ICT plan and method used during the project implementation. The expected result of this research would be the creation of an ICT work interface strategy which able to provide interface planning and framework for delivering ICT works involved in construction-based project.It is anticipated that the result would be able to contribute to the improvement of the ICT works interface and project integration as well as the enhancement of the project quality management system of KLIACS.It would also become part of references for the company to manage ICT works for its entire construction-based project. The result is also expected to benefit the government, ICT player

Conceptual design of fuzzy TOPSIS DSS for building information modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is playing a significant role in the development of Construction industry.Evaluation of BIM software selection is one of the key roles in successfully BIM adoption.Currently, there is limited study on BIM software selection. With a great potential for integration of MADM and the current Web 2.0 technology, the development of Web DSS based on TOPSIS is desired to solve this problem. In order to develop an effective DSS, the development of subsystem which is TOPSIS would be integrated with fuzzy element.The proposed of this integration is to deal with the vagueness of decision makers in order to evaluate and rating the software and attributes of BIM software selection.Inteads of use crips value, the decision maker will asked to weight and rating through linguistics.For example Very Low (VL), Low (L), Medium Low (ML), Medium (M), Medium High (MH), High (H) and Very High (VH) will used for wighting asessement in BIM software selection.In order to demostrade this proposed DSS, a real construction project which UTHM Multipurpose hall will be deploy

Criteria Requirement for IBS Vendor Selection

The role of vendor selection in construction procurement was addressed as a crucial process to achieve project objective not only in conventional construction project, but also in IBS project. Due to the promising advantages of IBS, constructions industry has witness numerous of IBS vendor available in Malaysia market. This situation has created a decision problem among the construction company to select the best vendor that fulfils the project need. Several complexities of construction vendor selection were discussed in past studies. Thus, there is a need of decision aid in IBS vendor selection. A discussion of criteria in construction vendor selection has also been presented. As initial step to develop a decision model, a documental analysis was performed to gather the related IBS vendor selection criteria. Literature suggest that construction vendor selection can be grouped into cost, quality, service, buyer and vendor relationship, assurance supply, payment term, and past performance. After gather and filtering criteria from literature, 38 criteria were found related with IBS vendor selection. This set of criteria is essential to further develop research instrument to identify the criteria of IBS vendor selection in the next phase of research

The Importance of Developer Reputation Criterion In House Purchase Decision Making

House purchase is high stake decision that is not only required a high number of investment, yet numerous criteria need to be considered. Such as price, location, neighborhood, infrastructure, future value, availability of green space, developer reputation, transportation and etc. However, due to the increasing number of failed and unfinished housing project mostly caused by developer, the role of developer reputation criterion is becoming increasingly important in housing selection. Thus, this paper had provided insight on how reputation criteria influence housing purchasing decision making. In addition, this paper has gathered evidences to illustrate the needs of developer reputation decision making tools towards a better decision-making process. It is anticipates that this study will yield an effective decision making platform to manage housing purchase problem

Aiding decisions for selecting appropriate BIM software in construction industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is dramatically reshaping the way construction project teams work together to increase productivity and improve the final project outcomes (cost, time, quality, safety, functionality, maintainability, etc.) for all the parties involved.The use of BIM on construction projects is growing rapidly. As a result, many commercial software products are developed to cater demands for BIM.Due to the wide variety of BIM tools on the market, the selection of appropriate BIM software for a certain construction project becoming more difficult.The need of aided decision making for BIM software selection often overlooked. Research indicates that there is limited study attempt to guide decision to select the right software for construction project that utilized BIM. Thus, this paper hightlight the importance of decision making and support for BIM software selection as it to increase productivity. construction project throughout building lifecycle

Usage barriers of e-commerce among small and medium enterprise in agro-based industry

Census on Establishment Small and Medium Enterprise 2005 indicate that overall performance of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) is at great development.However it seems to be shortcoming on certain aspect in term of accessing the export market, lowered in technology application, and technology capability.The aim of this study is to get the current total of e-commerce usage among the native entrepreneur of SME in Ago-Based Industry (ABI) and to recognize barriers toward e-commerce usage.Furthermore, those barriers and primary activities are recognized through the past study result.The current data is acquired from distributed questionnaire to SME's that related to ABI in northern area of Kedah.The data is then analyzed to know the total of ecommerce usage and to recognize primary barrier of e-commerce usage of SME in ABI. As a result, this paper has figured out that e-commerce usage among the native entrepreneur of SME in ABI is at lower level.In particular, the primary barriers of e-commerce usage among native entrepreneur of SME ABI in the Northern area of Kedah include high cost, lack of skill and knowledge workers on Information Technology (IT), lack of demand from customers and suppliers to use e-commerce.The wish to provide useful information that can be used as guidance to Malaysia Government to develop strategic plan using e-commerce application in order to strengthen SMEs sector