Study on the Barriers and Driving Factors in Implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Malaysia Construction Industry

Munianday, Praveena (2018) Study on the Barriers and Driving Factors in Implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Malaysia Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The major focus of this paper is to identify the advantages, challenges and successful implementation strategy of BIM during the project life cycle in Malaysia construction industry. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology is not new within the building industry, where the system helps to integrate the information throughout the life cycle process to create interactive. This dissertation aimed to develop a Rich Picture which provides details of the collaboration and implementation processes of BIM among the disciplines in Malaysian Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. By taking a step further, this paper also critically reviews and analyses current BIM maturity level, benefits, risks and challenges, and software used by the Malaysian construction industry. This study was conducted through reviewing literatures and questionnaire survey to achieve the objectives. Questionnaires have been distributed to respondents from the construction in Malaysia including Sabah, Sarawak (East Malaysia). Microsoft Excel was used to analyse the data collected. The results reveal that the adoption of BIM in Malaysia is still relatively stagnant and low. Autodesk® Revit™ is found to be the most preferable BIM software and collaboration platform to be used among other BIM software in Malaysia. Reluctance in changing the existing work practice, cost to implement BIM, hiring and maintaining personnel with adequate BIM capacity, teamwork and partnership, lack of standard and incentive, interoperability, and reluctance from project stakeholders are discovered to be the key challenges faced by most of the construction company in Malaysia. The key benefits discovered are problem solving upfront, better visualization, better design solution, automated clash detection, reduction in change order and rework, and cost saving whereas, standardization advantages, Building Life Cycle Assessment benefits, the least experienced benefits are better planning in material on site and reduced wastage on site. Vital IT planning, updated technology and collaborative development from management would be the successful implementation strategies for Building Information Modeling (BIM)