Factors influencing the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the South African Construction and Built Environment (CBE) from a quantity surveying perspective

• Autorzy: Venter Berco , Ngobeni Sams P , du Plessis Hendri

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/emj-2021-0027

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The construction industry has often been described as stagnant and out-of-date due to the lack of innovation and innovative work methods to improve the industry (WEF, 2016; Ostravik, 2015). The adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the construction industry has been relatively slow (Cao et al., 2017), particularly in the South African Construction and Built Environment (CBE) (Allen, Smallwood & Emuze, 2012). The purpose of this study was to determine the critical factors influencing the adoption of BIM in the South African CBE, specifically from a quantity surveyor’s perspective, including the practical implications. The study used a qualitative research approach grounded in a theoretical framework. A survey questionnaire was applied to correlate the interpretation of the theory with the data collected (Naoum, 2007). The study was limited to professionals within the South African CBE. The study highlighted that the slow adoption of BIM within the South African CBE was mainly due to a lack of incentives and subsequent lack of investment towards the BIM adoption. The study concluded that the South African CBE operated mainly in silos without centralised coordination. The BIM adoption was only organic. Project teams were mostly project orientated, seeking immediate solutions, and adopted the most appropriate technologies for the team’s composition. The study implies that the South African CBE, particularly the Quantity Surveying profession, still depends heavily on other roleplayers in producing information-rich 3D models. Without a centralised effort, the South African Quantity Surveying professionals will continue to adopt BIM technology linearly to the demand-risk ratio as BIM maturity is realised in the South African CBE.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

building information modelling; BIM; South African Construction and Built Environment; CBE; design silos

PL

modelowanie informacji o budowli; BIM; Budownictwo i Budowle w Republice Południowej Afryki; CBE; projektowanie silosów

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
• Czasopismo: Engineering Management in Production and Services
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 13, no. 3
• Strony: 142--150
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 30 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Venter Berco

• University of the Free State, South Africa

autor

Ngobeni Sams P

• University of the Free State, South Africa

autor

du Plessis Hendri

• University of the Free State, South Africa

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-0702

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