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Systemic BIM adoption: a multilevel perspective

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posted on 2020-11-30, 15:44 authored by Danny Murguia-Sanchez, Peter DemianPeter Demian, Robby SoetantoRobby Soetanto
Systemic innovations require multiple interdependent actors to change their practices simultaneously in order to realise the benefits of the innovation. Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been classified as a systemic innovation that is adopted by building projects, firms, and users. However, the slow diffusion of BIM in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector has maintained the gap between BIM visions and actual BIM practice. Some governments are planning to enact policies to promote BIM adoption in construction. However, in some countries, BIM adoption has already started with large construction organisations (i.e., the middle-out diffusion approach). To learn from previous experience and before enacting top-down interventions, policymakers require a model to stimulate systemic BIM adoption for entire supply chains with fragmented project and organisational structures. The current paper investigates systemic adoption of digital innovations in construction and is aimed at formulating a model of systemic BIM adoption (MSBA). Three primary datasets consisting of 133 BIM users, 30 chief executive officers, and 20 project managers were collected in Peru and collectively analysed using cross-classified multilevel modelling (CCMM). It was found that MSBA has five user-, three firm-, and two project-level factors, explaining 28%, 75% and 50% of variance in users’ BIM adoption respectively. The proposed model would provide useful guidance for corporate decisionmakers and government policymakers to develop BIM-diffusion policies to accelerate adoption. It would also provide a useful practical implementation framework as the industry progresses towards a digital mode of working and could underpin further digitalisation of the sector worldwide.

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School of Architecture, Building, and Civil Engineering at Loughborough University, UK

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volume

147

Issue

4

Publisher

American Society of Civil Engineers

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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© American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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This material may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This material may be found at https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002017.

Acceptance date

2020-10-28

Publication date

2021-01-31

Copyright date

2021

ISSN

0733-9364

eISSN

1943-7862

Language

  • en

Depositor

Danny Murguia Sanchez. Deposit date: 18 November 2020

Article number

04021014

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