Abstract
The digitalization of the construction industry has immense potential for dramatically improving the industry’s practices. Concerning current measures in construction project management, the industry is still dependent on traditional construction methods. However, the application of fully automated techniques within the construction industry has not yet been a widespread practice. Thus, this may explain why there is a slow adaption of digital growth within the construction industry and specifically in developing countries. This study is aiming to investigate the acceptance of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Augmented Reality (AR) integration in the construction industry. To achieve this aim, Technology Acceptance Model 3 (TAM3) was utilized. The scope was narrowed down to four developing counties (Malaysia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey) and a questionnaire survey was developed and distributed between construction professionals in those countries for data collection purposes. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to develop the TAM, and a regression analysis is used to validate it. The developed TAM3 showed that users control over BIM-AR and perception of easiness of use has the highest influence on their perception of the system usefulness, which would positively affect their intention to use the system. Additionally, unlike the findings of the original TAM3, three variables of Image, Perception of External Control, and Voluntariness illustrate new relations which can be considered as a novel outcome. The outcomes of this study can be used to evaluate the acceptance of BIM-AR Integration in the construction industry context, and the developed TAM3 can be used for the development of new BIM-AR applications in developing countries as it can predict the BIM and AR users’ acceptance.
Highlights
Technology is a critical component in the engineering sector, and current technological development has marked up the industry
The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) produced 10 factors solution because only 10 factors are retained as this study considers 0.6 and higher according to Hair et al (2006) as an acceptable level of variance in the factors loading, and the extracted factors account for 77.93% of the total variance
Perception of external control and perceived ease of use are the most significant predictors of the user's perceived usefulness for Building Information Modeling (BIM)-Augmented Reality (AR) platform, which means users would perceive the system as useful and have confidence in if they believe that they have control over it and access to the required resources
Summary
Technology is a critical component in the engineering sector, and current technological development has marked up the industry. The construction industry has been known for being slow in adopting modern technologies and its resistibility to changes and accepting innovative ideas (Mansor, 2010). The industry is known to be information based and enormous amounts of data, drawings, specifications, and bills of quantities need to be managed and processed daily (Froese, 2005). The construction life cycle is a big, complex and time-consuming process that contains many parallel activities. From the preliminary design stage to the demolition of the structure, too many activities are performed which leads to unwanted waste of resources, time, money, and harm to the environment (Mansor, 2010)
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