The Influence of Building Information Modelling Adoption in the Viability of Medium, Small and Micro Scale Construction Firms (MSMSCFs)

Identifying factors influencing the viability of medium, small, and micro scale construction firms (MSMSCFs) is a crucial precursor in positioning such firms to aid economic and infrastructural development, especially in developing countries. This article assesses viability factors that are influenc...

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Published in:Buildings (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.13 (4), p.1087
Main Authors: Oladimeji, Olubimbola, Najjar, Mohammad K., Soares, Carlos A. P., Haddad, Assed N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Building
Building information modeling
building information modelling (BIM)
Construction accidents & safety
Construction companies
Construction contracts
Construction costs
Construction industry
Construction management
Contractors
Contracts
Coronaviruses
Corporate culture
Corruption
COVID-19
Developing countries
Employees
Failure
Fatalities
LDCs
Macroeconomics
medium, small and micro scale construction firms (MSMSCFs)
Pandemics
Principal components analysis
Profitability
Profits
Project engineering
Project management
Quality of service
Success
Surveys
Viability
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Summary:Identifying factors influencing the viability of medium, small, and micro scale construction firms (MSMSCFs) is a crucial precursor in positioning such firms to aid economic and infrastructural development, especially in developing countries. This article assesses viability factors that are influenced by building information modeling (BIM) in MSMSCFs amidst construction firms’ viability factors. Out of a total of 177 workers surveyed from 59 MSMSCFs that were awarded construction project contracts in sampled institutions in Nigeria, 65 staff members from 31 MSMSCFs were accessed. The factors were ranked and reduced to significant ones through principal component analysis. Ten significant factors influence the viability of MSMSCFs and six of them are enhanced by BIM implementations. All eight component factors and 18 of the 27 variables with high factor loadings can be influenced by BIM implementation. BIM can potentially curb corruption in construction projects and enhance MSMSCFs’ quality of service, clients’ satisfaction, construction management and technology, professional performance, procurement practices, and prompt payment of work certificates. All stakeholders need to pay prompt attention to factors that can be influenced by BIM to improve the viability of MSMSCFs, thereby hastening BIM adoption and utilization, especially in developing countries.
ISSN:2075-5309
2075-5309
DOI:10.3390/buildings13041087