Barriers to implement building information modeling (BIM) in construction industry: a critical review

Construction is a complex industry. A system like Building Information Modeling (BIM) has benefited many construction players in order to expedite their works effectively and efficiently in terms of design, implementation, and management of a project. As the construction industry involves many players such as clients, designers, contractors, and manufacturers, the existence of BIM can speed up planning time, minimizing resources, and even saving project costs. However, in some countries, the acceptance of BIM technology in the construction industry is still very low. This paper aims to explore and review the barriers associating with adopting BIM as a digital information tool in the construction industry. A systematic review was conducted of 26 journal articles and conference papers published between 2013 to 2019. The identified barriers were then classified and analyzed. The results of the study revealed that from the 26 selected articles, 15 categories of barriers have been successfully extracted and discussed. 15 categories of barriers are cost, law, experts, interoperability, awareness, culture, processes, management, demand, project scale, technology, skills, training, contract, and standard. The study offers significant insights for future research to overcome the barriers to the implementation of BIM

Awareness of adopting building information modelling in construction – case study of consultants perception in West Sumatra

Building Information Modelling (BIM) can support and ease project design planning process, schedule management, budgeting, simulation, analysis and various other things. Therefore, it can help to plan projects more efficiently and accurately. The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness of consultants in West Sumatra in adopting BIM. This research was conducted on consultants in Ikatan Nasional Konsultan Indonesia (INKINDO) and Persatuan Konsultan Indonesia (PERKINDO) in West Sumatra. Data retrieval was done by random sampling with structured questionnaires distributed to 20 consulting companies. All questionnaires were collected and analysed. The results showed that the awareness of adopting BIM by the consultants was very low

Developing a behavioural green index (BGI): introduce a framework and changing behaviour

Some humans are the cause of environmental damage. Employee Green Behaviours must be able to maintain environmental quality because the construction industry is a contributor to high environmental damage in the world. Integrated control is needed in developing green behavioural awareness especially for human resources involved in building and housing projects. The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework towards Behavioural Green Index (BGI) in construction. The methodology developed using frameworks studies and factors analysis. Factor analysis is carried out on factors that have been found to have influence on green behaviour such as external factors and internal factors. The results of this study is conceptual framework as inputs for developing a BGI that needs to be followed up by increasing green behaviour, reducing behavioural barriers, and supporting habitability