Application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Malaysian Construction Industry: A Story of the First Government Project

Juliana Brahim,Suzila Mohd,Aryani Ahmad Latiffi

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.773-774.996

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is currently being used by the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry in Malaysia. It has been introduced by the Director of Public Works Department (PWD) in 2007 to reduce construction costs and avoid design problems. BIM utilization in construction can detect any clash analysis during the design stage, improves efficiency of project scheduling, reduce costs and ensure high quality of the project as well as facilitate communication among construction players. Since it has been introduced by the PWD, several projects have been constructed and being constructed using BIM and one of the project is The National Cancer Institute (NCI). The project is owned by the Malaysian government. This paper discusses the application of BIM in the project, the first project launched by the Malaysian government. A literature review was conducted to explore previous BIM studies on the history of BIM, benefits and importance, barriers and challenges as well as existing BIM projects in the Malaysian construction industry. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews were carried out with the client, consultant and contractor involved in the project. The interviews results reveal necessities and benefits of implementing BIM in completing the project. BIM is necessary for construction because its implementation can increase project quality. It is useful in assisting construction players to complete projects successfully. The results provide clear evidence of the effectiveness of implementing BIM in government projects. This paper can serve as a reference for critical studies of developing a strategy approach model for BIM implementation in the Malaysian construction industry.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a new approach to manage construction project life cycle activities, which are project design, construction and facility management [1]
The use of BIM in managing construction project life cycle has been in place since 1970 and its implementation has become more widespread in the construction industry for producing data-rich models of buildings and structures [2,3,4,5]
Minister of Health, Dr Subramaniam said, National Cancer Institute (NCI) would be the pioneer in the country to have a comprehensive information and communication technology (ICT) system or Total Hospital System

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a new approach to manage construction project life cycle activities, which are project design, construction and facility management [1]. The use of BIM in managing construction project life cycle has been in place since 1970 and its implementation has become more widespread in the construction industry for producing data-rich models of buildings and structures [2,3,4,5]. In Malaysia, BIM had been introduced by the Public Works Department (PWD) since early 2007 [4,7]. The Committee proposed to use Autodesk as one of the BIM tools [8]. The use of the tool was proposed through the Information Technology Department. By the end of 2010, installation of the BIM tool started in PWD, followed by the training in using the tool in early 2011 [7]

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