Building information modeling (BIM) application has the potential to revolutionize the quantity surveying practice. It appears that quantity surveyors are still lagging behind in BIM application compared to other professionals. Low adoption among quantity surveyors is due to lack of awareness of the potential of BIM application toward their profession. Quantity surveyors are still unsure of the capability of BIM in their practice. It is still generally underexplored how BIM application contributes to quantity surveyors performance improvement. This research attempts to identify the capabilities of BIM application in quantity surveying practice to increase awareness. The scope of this research limited to pre-construction stage. The potential capabilities are found through literatures and verify through interviews with eight quantity surveyors till achieve saturation. The findings indicated that there are 11 potential BIM capabilities that can enhance quantity surveyors' performance and majorities of them are confirmed by the interviewees. These findings provide clear understanding that BIM application has the capabilities to enhance quantity surveyors' performance where traditionally their works are known as time-consuming and error-prone.

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Although the potential of building information modelling to achieve sustainability has been widely acknowledged by the scientific community, the level of implementation is nevertheless quite low. Most of the existing research focuses on the study of the barriers and strategies of BIM application through a quantitative approach. This study ascertains critical barriers and appropriate strategies for the application of BIM through qualitative approach via focus group discussions. The findings reveal that the cost of implementation is not indicated as a critical barrier, and that the lack of expertise, training, and awareness, is more critical in that respect. Primjena Building Information Modelinga: analiza na osnovi interesnih skupinaIako znanstvena zajednica u osnovnim crtama prihvaća mogući doprinos Building Information Modelinga (BIM) radi postizanja održivog razvoja, stupanj provedbe još uvijek je vrlo mali. Većina istraživanja danas se usredotočuje na analizu prepreka i strategija za primjenu BIM-a i pritom se koristi kvantitativni pristup. U ovom radu određuju se ključne prepreke i odgovarajuće strategije za primjenu BIM-a, ali se pritom koristi kvalitativni pristup na osnovi ispitivanja interesnih skupina. Rezultati pokazuju da troškovi provedbe nisu ključna prepreka, te da su u tom smislu značajnije prepreke nedostatak znanja, osposobljenosti i svijesti o potrebi uvođenja BIM-a.