Robin, R O A (2023) Building information modelling (BIM) performance evaluation model in the Malaysian construction industry. PhD thesis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia.
Abstract
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has received greater attention from Malaysian construction industry players since it was introduced in 2007. Although significant support from the government to enhance BIM implementation, the implementation of BIM in private and public construction sectors is still poor. BIM CIDB Report 2016- 2019 identified the lack of direction of BIM implementation cause as a challenge in delaying the Malaysian construction industry’s target to achieve Level 2. Preliminary interviews with two BIM experts in Malaysia found that the government and CIDB tend to achieve the target by continuously monitoring and evaluating BIM implementation. However, there are limited studies on BIM performance in the Malaysian construction industry. Most BIM implementation studies were based only on the benefits, challenges, awareness and readiness of BIM. There are remaining uncertainties regarding the actual performance of the organisations that implement BIM due to the lack of evaluation models that can evaluate BIM performance in Malaysia. Therefore, this study aims to develop a performance model for BIM implementation in the Malaysian construction industry. This study employed a qualitative study consisting of two data collection phases. Semi-structured and structured interview (using the AHP technique) sessions were conducted with BIM experts around Peninsular Malaysia during the data collection period. Semi-structured interview findings identified five main metrics and twenty-nine sub-metrics of BIM performance metrics. In addition, the structured interviews (AHP) findings have categorised the BIM performance metrics based on importance level. The value of consensus also exceeds 50%, which confirms that the agreement on the value of metric weights among the experts is acceptable. The validation results showed that BIM experts agreed that the developed BIM performance model was suitable and acceptable for the Malaysian construction industry. In conclusion, the proposed and developed BIM performance model would benefit practitioners, especially the PWD and CIDB, to evaluate the performance of BIM organisations in the Malaysian construction industry.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Malaysia; building information modelling; government; interview; monitoring; performance evaluation |
| Index terms: | public construction, monitoring, implementation, construction industry, building information modelling, Malaysia, qualitative study, practitioner, validation, performance evaluation, performance metric, interview |
| Subjects: | research design and methodology, data collection methods, control systems, performance measurement, professional development, information systems, industry analysis, practitioner, contractual arrangements, Geography, building construction |
| Topics: | Quality Management, Engineering Principles, Geographical Context, Procurement, Digital Applications, Site Management, Information Management, Research Practice, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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