Current State of Malaysian Quantity Surveyors towards Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Yap, May Mun (2020) Current State of Malaysian Quantity Surveyors towards Building Information Modelling (BIM). Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Quantity surveyors are responsible for cost management throughout the entire life span of a project from initiation until building completion. Building Information Modelling plays an important role in the performance improvement of quantity surveyor practice. This research study aimed to determine the current awareness, current practice and barriers of Building Information Modelling (BIM) intake in a sample of Malaysian Quantity Surveyors from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor areas. This study was carried out a quantitative method (questionnaire) to the quantity surveyors via online. It has 51 respondents and most of the respondents are younger quantity surveyors. It will use the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) method to analyse the collected data such as descriptive analysis, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and multiple regression. This study was investigating the relationship between current awareness and current practice. It was a strong, positive correlation between these two (2) variables, r = 0.599, n = 51, p = 0.000 (< 0.05). It means a high level of awareness is the reason for the high adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM). This study was also determined whether the barriers will affect the current practice of Building Information Modelling (BIM). All of the mean scores of barriers are more than 3.00 of 5 points. But all the mean scores of practices are below 3.00 of 5 points. Based on the analysed data, there is no significant relationship between barriers and practice. It means the barriers will not affect the level of practice. From this finding, the reason for the low level of practice may have some unseen barriers to affect the level of practice on Building Information Modelling. This study can provide the current state of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to the government and construction industry and they can be improving the Building Information Modelling (BIM). Keywords: Building Information Modelling (BIM), awareness, practice, barriers