Perceived negative effects on project stakeholders from adopting bim in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Many Asian countries have adopted Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology in their projects. But BIM Level 2 has not been adopted by Sri Lankan construction industry yet. While there are number of studies on BIM in and for Sri Lanka, there is no prior research focused on ‘Perceived Negative Effects on Project Stakeholders from Adopting BIM’. Among many challenges and barriers in BIM adoption, negative perception is a significant challenge. Understanding the negative perception of each key stakeholder is very important to a successful BIM adoption. Without knowing how significant the perceived negative effects are, formulating effective BIM adoption strategies are impossible. There is a need to develop the understanding, of how these negative perceptions affect BIM adoption in Sri Lankan construction projects and among the key project stakeholders. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the key project stakeholders for BIM adoption and to verify the status of perceived negative effects of BIM among Sri Lankan construction project stakeholders. In order to identify significant negative BIM perception among different disciplines, a deductive research method and quantitative approach was adopted. An online questionnaire survey was conducted among 316 key project stakeholders comprising clients, consultants and contractors, to identify the significant negative effects of BIM. 49 completed the questionnaire. Descriptive statistical analysis using percentiles method was used to rank the significant BIM perceptions. The study finds that the perceptions on BIM among different disciplines are widely different. However, all disciplines firmly agree that BIM will not replace their profession.