Takyi-Annan Georgina Esi, Zhang Hong
School of Architecture, Southeast University, No.90 Chengxian Street, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210096, China.
Heliyon. 2023 Jul 25;9(8):e18601. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18601. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Over the past 20 years, the phrase "Building Information Modelling" (BIM) has spread throughout the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries. BIM usage in the construction industry is vital in the revolution towards Industry 4.0 in the AEC Industry. BIM contributes to this change due to its automatization and sustainability features. However, there are growing concerns about its implementation in the developing world context. The BIM Implementation Barriers (BIMIBs) in individual countries and on a global scale have been examined in a variety of studies and works of literature, but two research questions are still open; (1) what specific BIMIBs are the AEC industries in the developing world encountering the most, and (2) what is the interrelationship between these barriers? Through a combination of expert interviews and a bibliometric analysis of published relevant empirical studies on the subject, the aim of this study is to identify these frequently occurring BIMIBs in the developing world and to determine the interrelationships between these barriers using an Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) approach and MICMAC analysis. The study identified the 14 BIMIBs with 'high associated cost' as the most fundamental of all. A comparison of the study's findings and a proposed 3-level barrier mitigation strategy with other studies identified the lack of governmental support for BIM implementation and research as a root cause of majority of the BIMIBs identified in the developing world. This study lays forth the knowledge base for future studies in the area of BIM implementation in the developing world.
在过去20年里，“建筑信息模型”（BIM）一词已在建筑、工程和施工（AEC）行业中广泛传播。BIM在建筑业的应用对于AEC行业向工业4.0的变革至关重要。由于其自动化和可持续性特征，BIM促成了这一变革。然而，人们越来越担心其在发展中世界背景下的实施情况。在各种研究和文献著作中，已经考察了各个国家以及全球范围内的BIM实施障碍（BIMIBs），但仍有两个研究问题尚未解决：（1）发展中世界的AEC行业遇到的最主要的具体BIMIBs是什么，以及（2）这些障碍之间的相互关系是什么？通过专家访谈与对已发表的关于该主题的相关实证研究进行文献计量分析相结合的方式，本研究旨在识别发展中世界这些频繁出现的BIMIBs，并使用解释性结构建模（ISM）方法和MICMAC分析来确定这些障碍之间的相互关系。该研究确定了14个BIMIBs，其中“高相关成本”是所有障碍中最根本的。将该研究的结果与其他研究所提出的三级障碍缓解策略进行比较后发现，发展中世界所确定的大多数BIMIBs的根本原因是政府对BIM实施和研究缺乏支持。本研究为未来在发展中世界BIM实施领域的研究奠定了知识基础。
