The Potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Malaysian Construction Industry

Wong, Xu Huei (2023) The Potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Malaysian Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.

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Abstract

In the last 30 years, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been advocated globally to boost the efficiency in administering the construction projects. In spite of the fact that BIM has been implemented in Malaysia for many years, many construction companies are still unfamiliar with BIM technology even though they have implemented BIM. Besides, many construction firms are facing a lot of issues while using BIM which cause BIM acceptance is still low in Malaysia. Accordingly, in order to tackle these problems, this research was conducted to identify the features of BIM, to investigate the benefits that BIM features bring to the Malaysian construction industry, and to study the current issues faced by the Malaysian construction industry when using BIM. This research was executed based on cross sectional study design where the data will merely be amassed once from the respondents. Furthermore, this research was quantitative research, and the questionnaires were utilised as the primary instrument in assembling the needed data for this research. The research process commenced with literature review for the purpose of studying the features of BIM, the benefits that BIM features bring to the Malaysian construction industry, and the current issues faced by the Malaysian construction industry when using BIM. Subsequently, questionnaires were handed out to the respondents to achieve the research objectives. The respondents for this research were picked based on purposive sampling. The study population for this research was the Malaysian construction industry while the samples for this research were the construction stakeholders including Architect, Engineer, Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager whose corporation is situated within Malaysia. In this research, 30 responses were gathered from the respondents. Next, the data gathered was analysed using descriptive statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software and the outcomes were displayed in the form of tables, pie charts and bar charts for the ease of comprehension. In terms of the first research objective, the outcomes showed that all of the respondents agreed visualisation, quantification and cost estimation, and clash detection are the features of BIM. The outcomes for the second research objective showed that all of the respondents agreed preconstruction project visualisation, enhanced project planning, and automatic clash and conflict resolution are the benefits that BIM features bring to the Malaysian construction industry. The outcomes for the third research objective showed that most of the respondents agreed insufficient funds for installing new and updated BIM software and hardware, low client demand, and lack of Building Information Modelling (BIM) professionals are the current issues faced by the Malaysian construction industry when using BIM. This research enables Malaysian construction firms to have a deeper comprehension on the BIM that they have implemented for their construction projects so that they can use the BIM in an effective and efficient way. Most of the Malaysian construction companies are confronting issues mentioned above, hence, this research may help some of them to avert the current issues faced by the other construction firms when using BIM.