Adoption of Building Information
Modelling technology (BIM)
Perspectives from Malaysian engineering
consulting services firms
Abstract
Purpose – Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology has been well received by the Malaysian construction industry, yet the adoption rate is extremely slow. Many areas of adoption issues and know how regarding BIM were investigated. However, no prior research has considered the perspective from engineering consulting services (ECS) firms. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the overview and adoption of BIM from the perspective of Malaysian ECS firms, with its objectives first, to determine the perceptions, barriers, governmental support and intentions in adopting BIM, and second, to identify the key drivers for adopting BIM within two years.
Design/methodology/approach – The primary data were collected from focus group interview and questionnaire survey to achieve the first objective, and subsequently, the second objective was achieved based on Pearson relationship analysis.
Findings – The results show that the firms have a concept of BIM that equates to industry authoritiesrsquo; norms; yet the lack of well-trained personnel, guidance and governmental supports were identified as the main barriers to adoption. Nevertheless, the firms were prepared to adopt BIM where market demands and competitive advantage were the main drivers to adoption within two years.
Originality/value – A different perspective has been highlighted in adoption of BIM. It renders a new insight into the effective adoption and use of BIM from the ECS firmsrsquo; perspective.
Keywords Information technology, Malaysia, Perception, Surveys, Construction management, Information technology strategy
Paper type Research paper
The delivery of a built environment project is beset with problems. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a globally emerging phenomenon that may greatly influence the evolution of the construction industry. BIM is the technological breakthrough that is necessary to modernize construction, bringing with it increases in productivity and value across many stakeholder groups.
Of the BIM triumvirate of people, process and technology (Gu and London, 2010), people is the slowest entity to evolve. The research reckons a successful transition to the adoption of BIM requires a broad spectrum of involvement and investigation from all project participants. Previous studies have investigated BIM adoption and implementation from numerous parties as shown in Table I. Most of the previous studies focused on architects and the whole industry. Some of them have looked into the perspective from engineersrsquo; as part of the research subject, but there is little research that specifically focuses upon engineers or engineering consulting services (ECS) firms. An integrative and comprehensive view of different parties is necessary because the ECS firms are one of the key parties in developing BIM projects. This party cannot be neglected as they would help in contributing to BIM transition in the construction industry. Nevertheless, it is no doubt that the employers or governments (Wong et al., 2011; Sebastian, 2011; Porwal Hewage, 2013) play the most important role in the adoption of BIM as they are the paymaster and initiator. Malaysia is in the midst of BIM adoption as a developing country. The case study from a developing country would contribute an added value towards the required integrative and comprehensive view from different parties in developing BIM.
Therefore, the research aims to explore the overview and adoption of BIM from the perspective of Malaysian ECS firms. Subsequently, the research objectives are: to determine the perceptions, barriers, governmental supports and intentions in adopting BIM from theMalaysian ECS firms, and to identify the key drivers for adopting BIM within two years from the perspective of Malaysian ECS firms. In practical implications, the research would render a wider perspective on BIM diffusion and improve the rate of BIM adoption. As BIM has been rapidly evolving, the timing of, and path of entry into BIM are of great importance. In academic contribution, the research has extended the investigation towards the engineers. It addresses the gap from previous studies and provides a comprehensive view of BIM adoption from all participants. The results generated from Malaysian ECS firms could be generalized from the perspective of the Washington Accord as other countriesrsquo; engineers receive an education comparable to those in Malaysia. It would render certain matching insights from their education background.
The paper begins with a literature review and progresses to discuss the research methods that were adopted in data collection, namely, focus group interview and questionnaire survey. The paper then presents the data analysis and discussion. The paper is then concluded.
Literature review
The following section reviews existing literature pertaining to three dimensions:
(1) topic and context introduction – BIM and Malaysian ECS sector;
(2) previously identified barriers to BIM adoption in Malaysian ECS sector; and
(3) adequacy of Malaysian Government policies for successful BIM adoption. Subsequently, it highlights synthesis of the observations and research questions.
BIM and Malaysian ECS sector
Definitions of BIM
As observed by the USArsquo;s National Institute of Building Sciences (2007, p. 1), “There are currently almost as many definitions for BIM as there are people implementing them”. Following Neuman (2006, p. 54) BIM is an abstract concept cluster, it is understood as a web of meaning comprised of many other concepts. It is commonly used as a generic term encompassing a wide and expanding cluster of concepts. Gu and London (2010, p. 988) provide a technology dominant perspective that gestures towards
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建筑信息模型(BIM)技术的采用
摘要
目的–建筑信息模型 (BIM) 技术一直以来深受马来西亚建筑业的好评,然而采纳率极低。许多采纳了的地区受到了调查,他们发出声明并知道如何看待BIM。然而,目前在国内还没有研究从工程咨询服务(ECS)公司的角度考虑过。因此,本文的目的是从马来西亚ECS企业的角度探讨BIM的观点和采纳,其目标首先确定采用BIM的观念、障碍、政府支持和意图,其次,确定两年内采用BIM的关键驱动因素。
设计/方法/方式-从焦点小组访谈和问卷调查,以实现第一个目标的主要数据,随后,第二个目标的实现是基于皮尔逊相关关系分析。
结果–结果表明公司有一个概念,等同于BIM产业的权威规范;但缺乏训练有素的员工、指导和政府的支持被认为是采纳BIM的主要障碍。然而,该公司准备采用BIM,在两年内市场需求和竞争优势是主要的驱动者。
独创性/价值–在BIM的采用中一个不同的视角突显出来。从ECS企业的角度来,说在有效地采用和使用BIM上提供了新的见解。
关键词:信息技术 马来西亚 感知 调查 施工管理 信息技术策略
纸质版研究论文
建筑环境工程的交付围绕着许多问题。建筑信息模型(BIM)是全球新兴的现象,会大大影响建筑产业的发展。BIM是技术的突破,对现代化建设是有必要的,伴随带来的是许多利益相关者群体的生产力和价值的增加。
在人类,流程和科技的BIM三方中(Gu和London,2010),人类是进展最慢的。研究认为采纳BIM的成功转型是需要一个项目所有参与者的广泛的参与和调查的过程。以前的研究已经从众多当事人中研究了BIM的采纳和实施,如表一所示。以往的大多数研究主要集中在建筑师和整个行业。他们中的一些人从工程师的角度看问题,并作为研究课题的一部分,但是没有研究着重强调工程师或工程咨询服务公司(ECS)。各方的综合和全面的观点是必要的,因为ECS公司是BIM项目发展的关键部分之一。这个部分不能忽视,他们将有助于促进BIM在建筑行业的转变。不过,毫无疑问,雇主或政府(Wong et al.,2011;塞巴斯蒂安,2011;porwal hewage,2013)在BIM的实施中扮演着最重要的角色,因为他们是发薪人员和发起者。马来西亚在发展中国家中是BIM应用的中心。对发展中国家的案例的研究将为在发展BIM的不同部分所需的综合和全面的观点增加附加的价值。
建筑信息模型技术
序号 |
作者 |
国家 |
描述 |
建筑师 |
承包商 |
施工技术员 |
建筑场景/全部内容/整个行业 |
1 |
Tae et al.(2006) |
香港 |
nD BIM的数据接口与应用障碍 |
X |
|||
2 |
Howard and Bjork (2006) |
几个国家 |
BIM的专家视角的标准化及行业部署 |
X |
|||
3 |
Gu and London (2010) |
澳大利亚 |
在AEC行业理解并促进BIM 的应用 |
X |
|||
4 |
Arayicl et al.(2011) |
英国 |
建筑实践的BIM应用与实现 |
X |
|||
5 |
Kent (2012) |
马来西亚 |
施工技术员BIM 的应用策略 |
X |
|||
6 |
Khoerowshohi and Arayici (2012) |
英国 |
英国实现BIM的路线图 |
X |
|||
7 |
Arayici et al.(2012) |
英国 |
BIM的实线和远程建筑项目:问题、挑战和批评 |
X |
|||
8 |
Glennon and Brown (2013) |
英国 |
BIM应用的第二阶段 |
X |
|||
9 |
Reina (2013) |
英国 |
BIM在英国的授权 |
X |
|||
10 |
Shanmugunatnan (2013) |
几个国家 |
BIM-一个全球顾问的观点 |
X |
|||
11 |
Won et al.(2013) |
几个国家 |
在团体中成功的应用BIM |
X |
|||
12 |
Eadie et al.(2013) |
英国 |
驱使应用BIM |
X |
|||
13 |
Aibima and Veniatesh (2014) |
澳大利亚 |
澳大利亚BIM 的应用和造价机构的经验 |
X |
|||
14 |
Gardizi et al.(2014) |
马来西亚 |
马来西亚BIM实现的挑战 |
X |
|||
15 |
MondNoe and Grant (2014) |
马来西亚 |
马来西亚建筑业的建筑信息模型(BIM) |
X |
|||
注:X是文章关注的部分。 |
表一 过去BIM应用的研究
因此,本研究旨在从马来西亚ECS公司的角度探索采用BIM技术及概述。随后,研究的目标是:依据马来西亚ECS企业来确定BIM应用的看法、障碍、政府支持和意图,并根据马来西亚ECS公司的观点确定两年内采用BIM的关键驱动因素。实际是意义是,研究将提供一个更广阔的BIM扩散的视角并提高BIM的采用率。BIM已经迅速发展,与此同时,进入BIM的路径非常重要的。在学术上的贡献,研究已经扩展了对工程师的调查。它位于以往的研究的间隙中,从所有参与者提供了一个关于BIM的应用的全面看法。来自马来西亚ECS公司的结果可以用华盛顿协议的角度概括,这是一个其他国家的工程师接受同马来西亚的相当的教育的地方。它会从他们的教育背景提供某些匹配的见解。
本文从文献综述和研究进展入手,探讨了数据采集中采用的研究方法,即焦点小组访谈法和问卷调查法。然后论文进行了数据分析和讨论。论文最后得出结论。
文献综述
下面的部分回顾了有关三个维度的现有的文献:
(1)主题和背景介绍–BIM和马来西亚ECS部门;
(2)在马来西亚ECS部门先前确定的BIM应用障碍;及
(3)马来西亚政府的适当政策使BIM应用成功。随后,它强调了意见和研究问题的综合。
BIM和马来西亚ECS部门
BIM的定义
由美国国家建筑科学研究所(2007,p. 1)观察到的,“目前有几乎和BIM的定义一样多的人们要去实现他们”。正如纽曼(2006,P。54)所说BIM是一个抽象的概念集群,据了解,作为一个网络的含义由许多其他概念组成。它是常用的一种通用的术语,涵盖广泛并扩大的概念集群。Gu和London(2010,p.988)提供了一个技术优势的角度来朝着好的预期发展。
建筑信息模型(BIM)是一种被允许的信息技术,把包括运营和维护阶段的项目生命周期的不同阶段建筑信息以数据库的形式完整地用数据描述出来。有关BIM的建设信息可以包括几何数据以及非几何数据。BIM是目前虚拟现实(VR)的研究的一个重要的领域与预期设想的高效协同,提高了数据的完整性,智能文档,建立数据和分布式访问和检索,通过增强性能分析,以及多学科的规划和协调得到高质量的项目成果。
英国政府(BIM行业工作组,2011,p. 7)从整个生命周期的角度考虑,将其目的延伸至资产管理:
为了提高公共资产的计量和管理,它是建议公众的客户要求具体的信息用供应链进行交付。指定的信息集,称为COBie,提供一致的和结构化的资产信息有利于业主运营商使用后决策”。此外,英国政府正致力于使BIM(2级)必须用于所有中央政府项目,包括2016年左右五(5)万英镑及以上的项目(Ngo,2012),认为通过在设计、施工,运营和维护阶段应用BIM系统将有助于提供一个低碳的未来。政府作为一个客户可以得到成本、价值、碳性能的显着改善,通过开放共享的资产利用的信息来实现(内阁办公室,2011)。
然而,Brewer 等(2011,p. 244)认为广泛应用障碍意味着BIM不经常作为预期和所有项目参与者的中央数据存储库的灵丹妙药,在目前的实践中是这样:
[hellip;] [BIM]可能对于建设项目周围的参与者是更可行的,这些参与者谁拥有完备的供应链并独立于项目本身。
总结:
[hellip;]在TPO, BIM的成功取决于参与者的公司存在的共享兼容的技术、业务流程和文化,为首的人持有的态度和有利于合作行为(Brewer 等,2011,p. 246)。
本研究建议的BIM的定义和概念
BIM可以从包罗万象的技术,过程和人体外形角度看(Coates等人,2010)。从根本上说,建筑信息模型是一个协调一致的数据库,是先进的或简单的信息和知识的生成过程,可应用于具体的要求。
具体要求的满意度可能取决于业务流程和关系的重组,以及一些可能尚未成为当前技术或人力资源的容量和能力的要求,但这些都是暂时的、可解决的问题。
因此,本研究采用的BIM的定义是一个强调输出特性,阐明影响范围并鼓励未来潜力广阔升值概念。它是一个包括英国RIBA,太保、建设智能和美国国家BIM标准委员会等大机构认可的定义,并被普遍的接受:
建筑信息建模是一个能创建一个共享的知识资源的设施的物理和功能特性的数字表示,它在其生命周期中形成了可靠的决定基础,从最初的构想到拆迁(斯诺克,2011)。
BIM本身需要在协作环境中操作(伊士曼等,2011)。根据定义,BIM不能采用隔离的ECS部门。BIM只能通过与其他主要利益相关者一起应用(乔治,2012)。
BIM已被认为是一种颠覆性技术的潜在能力(保尔和克里斯坦森,1995),它可以取代现有的技术,如二维CAD。对于BIM的应用的若干问题在现实环境中被认为缺乏细化,技术不成熟,有突破性技术的标志性问题。泛项目BIM能力的成熟,4D、5D、6D模型的好处会显露出来(Sacks等人,2010),虽然这些从现有的技术发展而来的支撑技术可能被视为很小的突破,然而BIM是一个合作的平台,可以促进技术的融合,正是在这些nD,BIM有能力打破现状并且彻底改变ECS和结构建筑,工程和施工(AEC)行业。
马来西亚ECS
在发展中国家,马来西亚作为一个案例研究,它是适合的,工程服务的定义是由国家的监管机构提供的,
马来的工程
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