Sustainable Construction Method: Key Issues of BIM Implementation in Malaysia

Abstract

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is not a new approach to ensure a sustainable construction as it has been used extensively by western countries. As for Malaysia, the adoption of BIM was quite apparent in big organisations. Meanwhile for small and medium sized organisations, the adoption of such software was slowly adopted. It can be seen that some of the organisations have put an effort to familiarise with the software in order to meet the client’s requirements especially the government sector. Despite BIM being aggressively promoted through the Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) 2016-2020, there has been no significant improvement in BIM implementations in the industry. Looking into this scenario, the main purpose of the research is to identify the key issues faced by construction organisations in implementing BIM. Using a quantitative base-approach, 351 sets of questionnaires were distributed to the industrial player namely architect, engineer and quantity surveyor. However, only 222 sets of questionnaires were collected successfully. The findings have been discussed systematically. It was found that most of the respondents agreed that the construction industry in Malaysia was not ready yet for BIM adoption though initiatives being made by various parties. The best way to resolve the inefficiency of BIM implementation among construction organisations also has been proposed to assist this industry to move forward.