Adoption of building information modelling technology among the design team in Malaysian construction industry
List of Authors
  • Nor Atiqah Mustapa , Rozana Mohamed Salleh

Keyword
  • BIM, BIM Technology, Design Team

Abstract
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM) is now gaining traction in the sector of construction as the importance of interoperability issues in relation to the sector`s quality and productivity. BIM can be described as a modelling technology that is related to a set of procedures in creating, exchanging, and analysing models of the building throughout for project`s lifecycle. Even though there are numerous advantages to the adoption of BIM, the design team in the construction industry is still hesitant to adopt the technology. The study`s goal is to achieve the following objective to identify the barriers that prevent the design team from implementing BIM technology in Malaysia. The questionnaire survey was distributed and gathered from the construction consultant company registered in Johor Bahru, Johor. The finding of this study is that the main obstacle for the design team to adopt BIM technology is the complexity of BIM technology which is under the category of technological barriers. This barrier is expected to be resolved as technology advances to meet BIM-related goals.

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