An industrial report on the Malaysian building information modelling (BIM) taskforce : issues and recommendations

Haron, AT; Marshall-Ponting, AJ; Zakaria, Z; Nawi, MNM; Hamid, ZA; Kamar, KAM

Abstract

The government of Malaysia has a vision to become a fully developed country by the year
2020, and the construction industry has a significant role to play in assisting the government
to achieve this vision. In order to become an advanced country, the construction players in
Malaysia need to be globally competitive, and encouraging innovation in the industry is a key
aspect of this is and provides the rationale for the roundtable discussion workshop this paper
describes. The main objectives of this roundtable discussion were to establish the Building
Information Modelling (BIM) task force, provide a platform for industry experts to discuss BIM
issues, share knowledge and information and work collaboratively, and to provide
recommendations for policy makers for further enhancements of the construction industry.
The exploratory roundtable discussion was used as the research method. This roundtable
discussion demonstrated the lack of understanding of BIM by the construction industry in
Malaysia and the importance of establishing a BIM task force to promote BIM and National
BIM Guidelines in Malaysia. This paper also presents the draft organisational chart for the
BIM Taskforce, concludes that Industrial Building System (IBS) should provide one of the
directions for this task force to implement BIM and that the next step is to develop a case
study to increase knowledge sharing activities amongst practitioners and academics.

Citation

Haron, A., Marshall-Ponting, A., Zakaria, Z., Nawi, M., Hamid, Z., & Kamar, K. (2015). An industrial report on the Malaysian building information modelling (BIM) taskforce : issues and recommendations. Malaysian construction research journal, 17(2), 21-36

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 27, 2019
• Journal: Malaysian Construction Research Journal
• Print ISSN: 1985-3807
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 21-36
• Publisher URL: https://www.cream.my/main/index.php/publication/about-malaysian-construction-research-journal