Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.3390/app9183833
Title: Reducing critical hindrances to building information modeling implementation: The case of the Singapore construction industry
Authors: Liao, L.
Teo, E.A.L. 
Chang, R.
Keywords: Building information modeling (BIM)
Building project
Factor analysis
Hindrance
Managerial strategies
Singapore
Structural equation modeling (SEM)
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: MDPI AG
Citation: Liao, L., Teo, E.A.L., Chang, R. (2019). Reducing critical hindrances to building information modeling implementation: The case of the Singapore construction industry. Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 9 (18) : 3833. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9183833
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: The Singaporean government has made building information modeling (BIM) implementation mandatory in new building projects with gross floor areas over 5000 m2, but the implementation is still plagued with hindrances such as lacking project-wide collaboration. The purposes of this study are to identify critical factors hindering BIM implementation in Singapore's construction industry, analyze their interrelationships, and identify strategies for reducing these hindrances. The results from a survey of 87 experts and five post-survey interviews in the Singaporean construction industry identified 21 critical hindrances, among which "need for all key stakeholders to be on board to exchange information" was ranked top. These hindrances were categorized into lack of collaboration and model integration (LCMI), lack of continuous involvement and capabilities (LCIC), and lack of executive vision and training (LEVT). LEVT and LCIC contributed to LCMI; LEVT caused LCIC. The proposed framework implying the key hindrances and their corresponding managerial strategies can help practitioners identify specific adjustments to their BIM implementation activities, which enables to efficiently achieve enhanced BIM implementation. The hindrances identified in this study facilitate overseas BIM implementers to customize their own lists of hindrances. © 2019 by the authors.
Source Title: Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/206295
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app9183833
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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