Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction

Abstract

Due to its wider applications and advantages, 3D printing has attracted the attention of a number of industries in the past years. Although the implementation of 3D printing in many industries still has challenges, the progress in the construction industry is particularly slow. This article, therefore, attempts to explore the key factors that highly influence the 3D printing adaptation and implementation in construction. A qualitative research method considering the systematic review was adopted to achieve this aim.Relevant data spanning over a period of 20 years (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019) considering four main databases were collected using specified keywords. A total of 137 articles were downloaded and 43 were finally selected after the screening criteria were imposed. The results from this review enabled to categorize the derived factors broadly into four categories including Technology, Organization, Environment, and Cost. Each of these main factors is constituted by sub-factors. An understanding of these factors would be helpful to develop effective strategies towards the adaptation and implementation of 3D printing in the construction industry. Since construction industry characteristics vary from region to region, the significance of these factors in different regions could be different and thus need to be investigated further.

Challenges of BIM implementation in GCC construction industry

“…A similar approach was also adopted for other main categories of challenges as reported in Appendix. The literature review suggests that developing a main category from sub-items is a common practice in the research of the same nature (Umar, 2020b; Yeh and Chen, 2018). While using equation (1), the main challenge categories as “Technical” achieved the maximum score (47.31) and was thus raked as first.…”

“…Likewise, and more specifically, the research investigating the barriers and challenges of BIM implementation in the construction, therefore, BIM challenges” and “BIM barriers” were used as subsequent keywords. A similar approach that includes the systematic review method was also adopted by Umar (2020a, b) in a recent study on the factors that influence 3D printing implementation in the construction industry. Furthermore, the search was kept limited to the past 10 years from 2010 to 2019.…”

A Systematic Literature Review of Influencing Factors and Strategies of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Construction Industry

“…This is together with power supply, professional bodies support and project documentation with one source each. Influencing Factors Source 3D detailing [13], [15], [20], [28] Clash Detection [13], [20], [28] Collaboration/communication [15] , [19], [22], [24], [25], [27], [28] Comparability [14], [17], [18], [23], [30] Complexity [14], [17], [18] Cost of adopting AI [14], [15], [16], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [28], [29], [31] Costing and estimating [13], [28] Define project roles and responsibilities [13], [28] Documentation [13], [28] Facilities Management [13], [28] Fragmented industry [15] Goal Setting [13],…”

The University of Lisbon’s Short Professional Course in BIM: Practice, Construction, Structures and Historic Buildings

“…Currently, the focus of civil engineering education is oriented to BIM, and it is up to the institution, as the main source of training for the future engineer, to introduce this topic as a concept that should be passed on, contributing to supporting all new subjects included in the curriculum with a BIM-based digital support network. The requirement of BIM skills in the sector has imposed an educational maturity of alertness in relation to the needs of society, which has led to a progressive adaptation of the curricula being taught [9]. Therefore, the principles of BIM must be understood by all teachers in order to be able to teach their specific sciences using BIM tools, following the emerging technologies that can be applied in the construction field.…”