Leaders of Tomorrow: Status and Outlook of Bim Implementation Among Young Quantity Surveyors

Abstract

Studies on BIM have taken the front burner in the construction industry globally. However, studies have shown that the global south is behind in the adoption level. Most previous studies on BIM focused on varied populations as respondents in the global south. To this end, this study set out exclusively to investigate the BIM consciousness among young quantity surveyors (YQS). The data collection instrument was shared online on all young quantity surveyors forum (YQSF) platforms to gain access and administer the research instrument to all young quantity surveyors. The result revealed a high level of consciousness among the YQS. The popular BIM tool among respondents is Revit; other softwares are Naviswork, Tekla structure, Exactal CostX and Buildsoft cubit. However, respondents can only operate Revit, Navisworks and Mb3. If the current trend prevails, the future of the Quantity surveying profession in the digital age is promising. The study recommends a systematic introduction of BIM in the school curriculum adoption of BIM by QS firms, among others. Other stakeholders like the NIQS must intentionally support the young QS to be adequately prepared for the technological revolution currently being experienced in the construction industry globally.

Construction in the digital age: exploring the benefits of digital technologies

“…(2022) posits that the advent of DTs into the construction industry is changing the landscape and overall outlook of the sector which has often been regarded as sluggish in the adoption of innovativeness. According to Adekunle et al. (2021), the integration of BIM and several other smart technologies into the various stages of a construction project can improve the quality of operations and the eventual project delivery process.…”

“…Based on the latent similarities in the rotated variables, this cluster is renamed “ greater accuracy ”. Again, the advent of BIM and visualization technologies like ART, VRT and mixed reality technology (MRT) can provide full project visualization which can help in streamlined planning and better cost assessments (Adekunle et al. , 2021).…”

“…Both ART and VRT make it possible to appraise the results of a design even before the project is complete. Furthermore, the advent of BIM can result in better project delivery, better coordination of projects, improved communications, and collaborations, risk reduction, shorter project lifecycles, improved scheduling, reduced errors, streamlined planning and better cost assessments for construction projects (Adekunle et al. , 2021).…”

“…, 2020), lack of investment in technology (Abioye et al. , 2021; Adekunle et al. , 2021), lack of adequate skills to handle innovative technologies (Aliu et al.…”

“…However, the implementation of DTs in the construction sector has not been the smoothest due to certain barriers such as social inertia that resists change (Olanrewaju et al, 2020), lack of investment in technology (Abioye et al, 2021;Adekunle et al, 2021), lack of adequate skills to handle innovative technologies (Aliu et al, 2021), high cost of procuring technologies (Aghimien et al, 2021), low mechanization of the activities and processes (Durdyev and Hosseini, 2020) and several others. Consequently, the construction industry has been sluggish to adopt innovative technologies which have seen the sector play catch up to other sectors such as aviation, business, education, energy, finance, health and several others (Chen et al, 2021).…”