Olugboyega, O and Windapo, A O (2022) Structural equation model of the barriers to preliminary and sustained BIM adoption in a developing country. Construction Innovation, 22(4), pp. 849-869. ISSN 1471-4175
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the barriers that are constituting significant obstructions to preliminary and sustained BIM adoption in the South African construction industry. Design/methodology/approach: Implementation Process Theory was used to develop the theoretical model of barriers to continuous and consistent BIM adoption. This enabled the formulation of two hypotheses, the identification of two sub-constructs (barriers to preliminary BIM adoption and barriers to sustained BIM adoption), and five variables (resources, knowledge, work process, organisational and planning barriers), which were validated using structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings: The SEM results show pieces of evidence that validate the hypotheses in the theoretical model. The path analysis confirms that the two sub-constructs and five variables are statistically significant. Research limitations/implications: This research extends the postulations on the barriers to BIM adoption by demonstrating that organisational challenges and planning difficulties constitute barriers to sustained BIM adoption in the South African construction industry. Practical implications: The findings of this research are useful in understanding the planning scope and organisational requirements towards continuous and consistent BIM adoption in the South African construction industry. Originality/value: The difficulties with BIM adoption are the issues with the performance of BIM on projects and are the major reason for the non-consistent adoption of BIM on projects. Having difficulties adopting BIM on projects suggests that BIM adoption is majorly on a preliminary or trial basis in the developing countries. This research tests this theory by proposing two types of BIM adoption and their associated barriers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BIM; BIM adoption; BIM adoption barriers; developing countries; preliminary BIM adoption; sustained BIM adoption |
| Index terms: | path analysis, construction industry, implementation, structural equation model, evidence, methodology, structural equation modelling, developing country |
| Subjects: | development economics, research methods, industry analysis, statistical analysis, evaluation and assessment methods, contractual arrangements |
| Topics: | International Construction, Research Practice, Procurement |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 CTA |
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