Brito, D M D; Ferreira, E D A M and Costa, D B (2021) Framework for building information modeling adoption based on critical success factors from Brazilian public organizations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147(7), ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
The architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) sector is adopting building information modeling (BIM) in public and private organizations worldwide. The public sector plays a crucial role in the induction and encouragement of BIM implementation in the industry. However, there is a lack of comprehensive and integrative research on critical factors for BIM adoption at the organizational scale in public organizations. The main objective of this study is to establish a framework for BIM adoption based on critical success factors (CSFs) from public organizations in Brazil, which is a developing country with a low maturity level of implementation. The method involves a comprehensive literature review, an exploratory study in three Brazilian public entities, and a survey that was conducted with 68 Brazilian professionals who were involved with adoption in public organizations. The results include the proposal of sixteen CSFs, the development of a correlation map among them, and the establishment of a framework for BIM adoption by public organizations according to BIM fields, prioritized CSFs, and levels of analysis. The main research contribution is the proposed framework for BIM adoption, which involves a comprehensive and integrative approach that is based on a set of CSFs from Brazilian public organizations and provides a greater understanding of contractual, regulatory, technological, procedural, and political particularities to the public sector.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adoption; building information modeling; critical success factor; framework; public sector |
| Index terms: | critical success factor, exploratory study, survey, literature review, Brazil, proposal, developing country, implementation, encouragement, public sector, critical factor, maturity level, building information modelling |
| Subjects: | administrative law, information systems, management, research methods, Geography, evaluation, development economics, project planning, data analysis and analytics, contractual arrangements, risk assessment, data collection methods, control systems |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Digital Applications, Human Resources, International Construction, Risk Management, Procurement, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Project Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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