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 convinces the industry players concerning BIM benefits and reveals the barriers and their potential solutions to encourage them to reap the benefits from BIM adoption.
Highlights
The AEC industry is considered as the backbone of the economy for several countries worldwide (Elhendawi, et al, 2019)
This recent survey opposes the conclusion made by Farah (2014) who reported that there is a high level of awareness of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) AEC industry
This research extensively investigated the benefits and the barriers that hinder the implementation of BIM within the KSA AEC industry as the cornerstone for proposing solutions to pave the way for KSA construction industry to implement BIM
Summary
The AEC industry is considered as the backbone of the economy for several countries worldwide (Elhendawi, et al, 2019). The AEC industry has been suffering from a plethora of problems and lags behind other industries. AEC is suffering from low productivity, poor efficiency, ineffective performance, low support to sustainability (Azhar, et al, 2015), insufficient environment protection, poor working conditions and loss of control on safety (Latiffi, et al, 2013). The construction industry has become more complex to manage (Omar & Dulaimi, 2015). This is due to technical complexity, various data to be managed, continuous changes in the supply chain management systems, contractual provision (Ahmed, et al, 2018), and the pressing demands for smart and green buildings (Marzouk, et al, 2014). Several researchers have considered BIM as a Available online at: http://bimarabia.com/IJBES/
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