Interrelationships among enabling factors for BIM adoption in construction enterprises
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 12 October 2022
Issue publication date: 1 February 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to identify the enabling factors for Building Information Modeling (BIM) adoption in Vietnamese construction enterprises and uncover their interrelationships. This will help stakeholders focus on controlling and allocating resources (time, personnel, and costs) appropriately to adopt BIM and differentiate themselves from fierce competition in the architectural, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) industry.
Design/methodology/approach
This study first identifies and evaluates 32 enabling factors for applying BIM in the Vietnamese construction industry according to the TOE extended framework. Afterwards, a hybrid questionnaire survey using a convenient sampling method is conducted to capture stakeholders' views. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique are then applied to identify the constructs of the enabling factors and their interrelationships.
Findings
The study extracts six constructs that could have a significant impact on the adoption of BIM in construction enterprises, namely: technical feasibility (TF), human resources and management (HRM), company business vision (CBV), political environment (PE), economic viability (EV), and legal aspects (LA). Based on eleven proposed hypotheses, the analysis results confirm nine hypotheses and show that the HRM, TF, and CBV have the strongest effects on managers in evaluating the factors for BIM.
Originality/value
The results of the study fill the gap in knowledge by discovering the interrelationships among the enabling factors for BIM adoption in construction enterprises. The results might support the construction enterprises and their stakeholders in increasing the application of BIM, and digital transformation in construction industry.
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Acknowledgements
Thi-Thao-Nguyen Nguyen was funded by Vingroup Joint Stock Company and supported by the Domestic Master/PhD Scholarship Programme of Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF), Vingroup Big Data Institute (VINBIGDATA), code VINIF.2021.TS.140.
The authors acknowledge Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), VNU-HCM for supporting this study.
Citation
Nguyen, T.-T., Do, S.T., Nguyen, V.T. and Nguyen, T.A. (2024), "Interrelationships among enabling factors for BIM adoption in construction enterprises", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 31 No. 2, pp. 891-918. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-05-2022-0465
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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