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A Phenomenological Study of the Perceptions Towards BIM Adoption Barriers and Strategies in Addis Ababa Construction Industry.
Building technology is in a constant process of change and innovation for the past three to four decades. The main driver of this is believed to be the introduction of new technologies every now and then. The traditional paper-based process has evolved into a computer-aided design (CAD). This evolution facilitated the editing and the revision process of building design development. Nevertheless, through time it was explored that the CAD system has limitations towards construction of more complex building structures and large scale projects. This constraint have given light to the need of a certain modern system to design and deliver projects as a result the notion of Building Information Modelling BIM have come to the attention of the industry. The adoption of new systems in any industry always requires the identification of potential use case scenarios in order to ensure successful diffusion and implementation. Through a rigorous phenomenological study it has disclosed major barriers in adoption of BIM in Ethiopia specifically in the Addis Ababa city. Phenomenological design approach was applied to seek an in-depth knowledge from BIM aware professionals and researcher’s experiences about potential barriers of BIM adoption and strategies to overcome it. Major BIM barriers have been accessed and the results have been compared to other developing countries in order to give a status understanding of Addis Ababa construction industry. A total of ten participants with BIM experience have been interviewed. An exponentialnon-discriminative-snowball-sampling was used to pick participants basing on their past experience in relation to BIM. The interviewees were from government, academia and practicing background, which made the data obtained to be versatile. Interview results have passed rigorous stages from transcription to theme formation to bring the underlying essence of BIM adoption barriers in Addis Ababa. This study revealed the four main barrier themes that exist in the Addis Ababa construction industry as well the strategies needed to overcome it. The results were compared with other developing and have shown a certain degree of similarity.
A Phenomenological Study of the Perceptions Towards BIM Adoption Barriers and Strategies in Addis Ababa Construction Industry.
Building technology is in a constant process of change and innovation for the past three to four decades. The main driver of this is believed to be the introduction of new technologies every now and then. The traditional paper-based process has evolved into a computer-aided design (CAD). This evolution facilitated the editing and the revision process of building design development. Nevertheless, through time it was explored that the CAD system has limitations towards construction of more complex building structures and large scale projects. This constraint have given light to the need of a certain modern system to design and deliver projects as a result the notion of Building Information Modelling BIM have come to the attention of the industry. The adoption of new systems in any industry always requires the identification of potential use case scenarios in order to ensure successful diffusion and implementation. Through a rigorous phenomenological study it has disclosed major barriers in adoption of BIM in Ethiopia specifically in the Addis Ababa city. Phenomenological design approach was applied to seek an in-depth knowledge from BIM aware professionals and researcher’s experiences about potential barriers of BIM adoption and strategies to overcome it. Major BIM barriers have been accessed and the results have been compared to other developing countries in order to give a status understanding of Addis Ababa construction industry. A total of ten participants with BIM experience have been interviewed. An exponentialnon-discriminative-snowball-sampling was used to pick participants basing on their past experience in relation to BIM. The interviewees were from government, academia and practicing background, which made the data obtained to be versatile. Interview results have passed rigorous stages from transcription to theme formation to bring the underlying essence of BIM adoption barriers in Addis Ababa. This study revealed the four main barrier themes that exist in the Addis Ababa construction industry as well the strategies needed to overcome it. The results were compared with other developing and have shown a certain degree of similarity.
A Phenomenological Study of the Perceptions Towards BIM Adoption Barriers and Strategies in Addis Ababa Construction Industry.
Haleluya Getachew (author)
2022-03-03
doi:10.20372/nadre/19622
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Electronic Resource
English
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