Holistic BIM Adoption in Malaysia: A Stock Flow Diagram of Education Institution Precedence

Abstract

The government has allocated substantial budget for the National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) to increase productivity in the construction sector by focusing on increasing technology adoption. However, the Construction Industry Transformation Plan (CITP) has reported that Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Malaysia is low in uptake. It is estimated that only 10 per cent of construction stake players have adopted the technology. In order to encourage BIM adoption in the Malaysia construction industry, the government strategy is to impose level 2 BIM for all government projects from 2019 onwards. Therefore, the research objectives of this paper are to identify the main BIM driving factor and to simulate the intervention model of low BIM adoption in Malaysia. Primary data were collected through questionnaire survey and analysis of the mean value shows that education institution scored the highest value as a potential driving factor to holistic BIM adoption. Consequently, using the stock flow diagram in system dynamic modelling, the paper reveals the novelty of the development of intervention model among the education institution enablers. The use of the intervention model has the potential to assist the Malaysian government in improving the uptake the CITP and reach for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.