Eze, E C; Sofolahan, O; Uzoma, C N; Ameyaw, E E and Omoboye, O (2025) Impediments to building information modelling-enabled construction waste management in Nigeria. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 15(3), pp. 500-517. ISSN 2044-124X
Abstract
Purpose: Building Information modelling (BIM) has the potential to significantly minimise the quantity of construction waste (CW), but its adoption is low in construction waste management (CWM). This study examined the factors impeding the adoption of BIM in CWM efforts at the design and precontract stages from the perspective of construction stakeholders in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: The study was informed by a post-positivism philosophical stance, which involved using the structured questionnaire as a quantitative research design tool for data collection via snowball sampling technique. The data garnered from construction experts were analysed using Cronbach’s alpha test, normalities test, Frequency, Percentage, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance and Chi-square tests, Analysis of variance (ANOVA), and exploratory factors analysis (EFA). Findings: The study concluded that the awareness of BIM potential for CWM is high, but the adoption in waste management (WM) is low. The factor analysis reduced the twenty assessed factors into four key clusters of impediments to BIM adoption in CWM: (1) knowledge and resistance barriers, (2) support and interest barriers, (3) interoperability and experts' factors, and (4) economic barriers. These factors are critical impediments to BIM-enabled CWM at the design and precontract stage, and there was no significant statistical difference in their rating by the construction stakeholders in Nigeria. Originality/value: Studies on the impediments to BIM adoption in CWM efforts, primarily at the design and pre-contract stages in emerging countries are scarce. This sought to fill this literature gap by establishing the critical impediments that should be overcome to improve BIM use in CWM.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BIM; construction waste; impediments; sustainability; sustainable construction; waste management |
| Index terms: | questionnaire, waste management, positivism, methodology, sustainable construction, factor analysis, sampling, construction waste, interoperability, quantitative research, emerging country, building information modelling, variance, Nigeria |
| Subjects: | waste management, sustainable construction, development economics, Geography, research methods, data analysis and analytics, data collection methods, statistical analysis, systems and processes, philosophical concept, information systems, measurement and scaling |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Sustainability, Digital Applications, International Construction, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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