The benefits of implementation of BIM technologies and tools in significantly construction wastes in the Malaysia construction industry

Abstract

Malaysia, as a rapid developing nation with a ballooning construction industry, has fallen victim to a predicament that has affected most similar developing nations, which is the mass outflow of construction wastes. The expeditious advancements made by this sector couple with an all-time high demand of a list of development projects ranging from infrastructure to residential and commercial centres, has led to the production of large amounts of construction wastes which is made exponentially worse by the emplacement of flawed, inconsistent and insufficient practices in dealing with the ever-expanding rates of construction wastes. As a potential solution in mitigating this problem, Malaysia has been looking at the introduction of BIM tools and technologies, as an industry norm, to all construction practices and stages. However, the proper and systematic assimilation of the BIM systems in Malaysia has not proven to be entirely possible yet, particularly in a scale that would be significant enough where it could sufficiently be utilised in the reduction of construction wastes. This limitation, can be attributed to many factors such as the perceptions and acceptance of industry players to learn and adapt to this relatively new software, reluctance in replacing the conventional methods, which the industry players are all too complacent with, of waste managements that have been in-place for decades, coupled with an incomprehension of the myriad of benefits such an implementation could bring about to the local construction industry, as exemplified by many other developing nations that have jumped on the bandwagon of incorporation of BIM into their practices for years now.