A Conceptual Model for Investigating BIM Adoption by Organisations

A model to approach BIM adoption process and possible BIM implementation failures

“…He describes the innovation-decision process in five stages (table 1). This model has been adapted, renamed, and became the model of the adoption process [9] (see table 1) and readapted more recently in BIM-specific literature [10] (table 1), where Decision (at stage 3) became Point of Adoption. Table 1 : Different models in five stages that describe innovation -decision process / adoption process.…”

“…Persuasion Decision Implementation Confirmation [8] Awareness Interest Trial Evaluation Adoption [9] Awareness Intention and interest Point of Adoption Implementation Confirmation [10] But considering adoption as a decision is not new: "innovation implementation presupposes innovation adoption, that is, a decision, typically made by senior organizational managers, that the employees within the organization will use the innovation in their work" [11]. This definition is also used in Information Technology Adoption literature for Technology Acceptance Models (TAM) : "TAM2 reflects the impacts of (…) forces impinging on an individual facing the opportunity to adopt or reject a new system" [12].…”

“…A summary of factors that affect innovation adoption coming from various literature can be found in [22] (innovation-specific), cited by [10] (BIM-specific) :…”

“…Firm's idea about value of the innovation [22] as perceived usefulness of a technology and perceived ease of use [19], relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, triability, observability, and technological factors [8]. • Adopter characteristics: (this factor does appears in [22], and is integrated to "internal environment" in [10])…”

“…In Rogers' [8] and Ahmed's [10] models, only the rejection decision can stop the adoption process (at stage 3, see table 1). Hannan and Freeman describe pressures (internal / external) that can lead to implementation or reorganization fail, the different steps where implementation can stop and what form this failure can take (see fig.…”