Analysis of the drivers and benefits of BIM incorporation into quantity surveying profession

Abstract

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A study of Building Information Modeling (BIM) uptake and proposed evaluation framework

“…Due to the government procurement strategy, owner/contract requirements have become one of the accelerating reasons for using BIM. Classified as neutral drivers by all participants; better control of time, cost and scope are slightly different from those of the earlier studies (Chan et al 2019 andBabatunde et al 2018), especially from the cost aspect. Multi user simultaneous input and reducing waste are also the driving forces specified for BIM utilisation.…”

“…According to the questionnaire results; the top six total ranked drivers to BIM adoptions include desire for innovation to remain competitive; time savings; improving communication to operatives; accurate construction sequencing and clash detection; streamlining design activities and improving design quality; and client/competitive pressure. In their earlier research, Babatunde et al (2018) identify the top six ranked BIM benefits as: BIM provides fast, effective and efficient quantity take-off and cost estimation; improve cost database management which reduces loss of information; produce reliable and accurate quantities as well as competitive cost estimates; enhance communication and collaboration amongst team members; time savings in the preparation of estimating costs; and it generate accurate cost estimates for various design alternatives.…”

Barriers to the incorporation of BIM into quantity surveying undergraduate curriculum in the Nigerian universities

“…In Nigeria, however, adoption of BIM concept in universities AEC curricula is a relatively new effort and studies on the status of BIM implementation in universities are not very common. For instance, similar previous studies include Babatunde et al (2018) that focused on the drivers and benefits of BIM incorporation into quantity surveying profession in Nigeria. The study found that understanding the BIM is compulsory for quantity surveying and incorporation of BIM into the quantity surveying profession would make the quantity surveyors perform their practices better in a sustainable manner.…”

Collaborative multidisciplinary learning: Quantity surveying students’ perspectives

“…The continued support of multidisciplinary learning at the selected university is seen as vital to the creation of future leaders in the built environment. The concept of sampling students to develop an understanding of an existing phenomenon to better improve academic practice in a constructivist learner-centred approach in the built environment is not new (see Babatunde and Ekundayo, 2019; Babatunde et al, 2018). Additionally, this approach was used in Shelbourn et al (2017) to gather students’ perceptions of BIM education.…”