PEOPLE CHALLENGES OF BIM ADOPTION IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

BIM Technology adoption is important because it show the industry’s ability to achieve high profits, good products quality, market share and good financial result over a period of time. However, Malaysian construction industry is currently under low performance in the company’s BIM technology adoption due to people challenges that lead to the low performing in the BIM adoption activities that directly influence the company performance in building and construction industry Malaysia. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe the challenges that affect the BIM adoption in the construction industry in Malaysia and use the data management theory to further study the influencers.

The study was therefore conducted in the qualitative method by using the questionnaire to collect data, the research design and research methodology adopted in this study are to collect the data via questionnaire distribution to the construction industry in Malaysia. The results show that most construction industry-related companies lack BIM adoption. And statistical analysis shows that People challenges have a significant negative correlation with BIM adoption. In particular, management’s interest in BIM has become an important part of the personnel challenges considered by the respondents.