Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective

Ahuja, R; Jain, M; Sawhney, A; Arif, M

Abstract

Building information modelling (BIM) is being heralded as a remarkable
innovation in the built environment sector with expectations of lofty
sector-wide improvements. Some countries have shown remarkable
levels of uptake of BIM, along the way documenting some evidence of
benefits stemming from BIM. However, countries such as India and
China are late entrants in the BIM adoption journey and are seeing a
slower adoption rate. This study develops a model using the
technology–organization–environment framework to study the factors
influencing BIM adoption by architectural firms in India and reasons for
this slow adoption. The proposed model of BIM adoption is tested using
the partial least square method against responses collected from 184
industry professionals based in India. Findings reveal that the adoption
of BIM by Indian architectural firms is at the ‘experimentation’ stage with
variables such as expertise, trialability, and management support
exhibiting a strong positive influence on BIM adoption. The study also
explains the status of BIM adoption in India with the help of a multilevel
social construct, which places the level of BIM adoption in India
between the micro- and meso-levels of organizational scales. Similarities
and dissimilarities with previous findings are discussed in the paper to
highlight the findings of this study.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 3, 2016
• Online Publication Date: May 25, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2016
• Journal: Architectural Engineering and Design Management
• Print ISSN: 1745-2007
• Electronic ISSN: 1752-7589
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2016.1186589
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2016.1186589
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