Wang, W; Gao, S; Mi, L; Xing, J; Shang, K; Qiao, Y; Fu, Y; Ni, G and Xu, N (2021) Exploring the adoption of BIM amidst the COVID-19 crisis in China. Building Research & Information, 49(8), pp. 930-947. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
The outbreak of COVID-19 has introduced critical challenges in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry; to address these challenges, building information modelling (BIM) can be applied as a project management tool to help enhance collaboration among stakeholders and improve business performance. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, there is a greater need to explore and implement effective strategies to promote a wider adoption of BIM. However, increasing the willingness of project participants to adopt BIM through event management has not received much attention. Therefore, based on event system theory and innovation diffusion theory, we developed a model to explore the influence of the COVID-19 crisis on the willingness of AEC participants to adopt BIM. Structural equation modelling was performed to test the hypotheses. The results demonstrate that the intention of the AEC project participants to adopt BIM is directly driven by the COVID-19 event criticality and perceived usefulness of BIM. Moreover, the event criticality and BIM technical features (relative advantage, compatibility, and complexity) can indirectly affect this intention, through the perceived usefulness. However, the impact of event disruption and novelty on the BIM adoption intention is not significant. Several recommendations are provided to improve the BIM adoption intention of AEC participants during and after the pandemic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modelling; COVID-19; event strength; structural equation modelling; technical feature; technology adoption |
| Index terms: | project management, strategy, relative advantage, complexity, building information modelling, technology adoption, outbreak, perceived usefulness, COVID-19, pandemic, China, innovation diffusion, business performance, structural equation modelling, collaboration |
| Subjects: | health risk and incident analysis, Geography, information systems, sociology, innovation and technology management, management, innovation studies, behavioral psychology, performance measurement, statistical analysis, systems engineering, project management theory and practice |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Health and Safety, Project Management, Organizational Design, Business Strategy, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Quality Management, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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