Malaysian building information modelling (BIM) implementation roadmap: identifying stakeholders interest

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an approach in which utilise a 3D parametric
modelling as a primary technology. The approach brings many advantages and has
attracted many players in Malaysian Construction industry and has led the industry to
develop a roadmap to strategize the implementation. The roadmap is important to
coordinate many activities amongst the industry groups working with adopters of BIM
in Malaysia. The aim of the study is to support the development of BIM national
roadmap by providing the data of the stakeholders' Interest of BIM implementation at
the industrial level. Research methodology used in this research is qualitative in nature
by engaging a workshop. The workshop was organised by Construction Industry
Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia. In the workshop, six groups of stakeholders
were formed to provide data and information regarding to the stakeholders' interest for
BIM implementation. The stakeholders were academics, vendor & BIM consultant,
facilities management, contractor & quantity surveyor, design consultant and public
agency. Result from the workshop shows that the stakeholders interest basically tied to
the three main objectives of construction delivery which are the quality, cost and time.
Combining all the interests, 47 factors of interests were identified with some of them are
overlapped between one stakeholders to another. Based on the occurrence that takes
place during the discussion, the most discussed factors are the accuracy of BIM data,
reduction of delivery time and improve understanding of the project information.