An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong

Zahrizan, Z; Nasly, MA; Marshall-Ponting, AJ; Haron, AT; Zuhairi, AH

Abstract

For a decade, construction industry can be considered as a fragmented industry because of
lacking of sharing information through its life cycle and with other parties. Information
Technology (IT) can be a tool for integrating and collaborating among parties in the
construction projects, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) is one of the platforms that
can be used to promote the collaboration between parties in the construction projects. Basically,
BIM will act like a respiratory system with full of information to share with for construction
projects. Even though there are lots of benefits can be gained by utilisation of BIM, it is a
difficult task to convince the construction companies to embrace and implementing it due to
some reasons. Since there is a sort of understanding of BIM by the construction companies in
Malaysia. This paper is intended to review the strategy and action plan from Singapore and
Hong Kong in adopting and implement BIM, which could be used in supporting the
implementation of BIM in Malaysian Construction Industry. Therefore, this paper reviews the
strategy and action plan from Singapore and Hong Kong in adopting and implement BIM,
which could be used in supporting the implementation of BIM in Malaysian Construction
Industry. Malaysia could learn from these countries because they can be classified as a new
comer in implementing BIM compared to other's countries such as the United States of
America, United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, Australia and Norway, which are more
advanced in implementing BIM.

Citation

Zahrizan, Z., Nasly, M., Marshall-Ponting, A., Haron, A., & Zuhairi, A. (2012). An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environment (Online), 3, 1-6

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Dec 3, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Mar 27, 2019
• Journal: International Journal of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environmental
• Print ISSN: 2180-2742
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 1-6
• Publisher URL: http://ijceg.ump.edu.my/
• Related Public URLs: http://ijceg.ump.edu.my/index.php/features1/39-volume-3