Factors influencing the organisational capabilities of the public sector for implementation of building information modelling in construction projects

Abstract

PurposeThis study examined factors influencing the organisational capabilities of the public sector for building information modelling (BIM) implementation in construction projects with a view to enhancing the performance of public sector projects.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a quantitative descriptive analysis that was based on primary data. In total, 198 valid questionnaires obtained from construction professionals within the public sector provided primary quantitative data for the assessment. The respondents provided the responses on the factors which were identified through an in-depth synthesis of literature relating to organisational capabilities of the public sector. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.FindingsThe findings established that the potential of the public sector to deploy BIM in construction projects is greatly influenced by varying degree of organisational capability attributes with bureaucratic culture (mean score, MS = 3.37), structural complexity (MS = 3.17), lack of skilled and trained staff (MS = 3.12), personnel stability (MS = 3.11), staff cooperation (MS = 3.09) and political constraint (MS = 3.07) ranked highest. Through factor analysis, these and other highly influential factors were grouped into eight components, namely management-related, policy-related, technical-related, attitude-related, work structure-related, work ethic-related, decision-related and feedback-related factors. This grouping reflects the various components of organisational capability attributes which the public sector needs to efficiently develop to benefit from project management paradigm introduced by BIM.Practical implicationsThis study provided information for improving specific capability attributes with respect to human and technical resources as well as other soft infrastructure to support BIM implementation on building projects by the public sector client. The study also serves as a guide for understanding BIM implementation by the public sector in similar socio-political and economic contexts.Originality/valueThis assessment indicates various degrees by which the organisational attributes of public sector have influenced the attributes' capability to implement BIM on construction projects. Thus, findings provide information on areas of improvement for better implementation of BIM by the public sector in project delivery.

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“…These works have investigated BIM adoption and implementation from different and in some cases overlapping perspectives. These have included works that explore the drivers to BIM implementation (Olanrewaju et al, 2021;Vigneshwar et al, 2022); the factors the influencing the capacity of organizations to implement BIM (Yusuf et al, 2022); the barriers to BIM implementation (Toyin and Mewomo, 2022); the barriers and strategies to BIM implementation (Babatunde et al, 2021); the impact of barriers on the level of awareness of BIM (Olanrewaju et al, 2022); the status of BIM in a given developing country (Oyuga et al, 2023); the status, benefits and barriers of BIM (Acheng et al, 2022) and factors influencing the adoption of BIM among small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) (Saka et al, 2022). Analysis of the works that have reported the BIM benefits reveals the functions that were perceived as advantageous by practitioners practicing in developing countries.…”