ASSESSING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM) AWARENESS LEVEL AMONG THE ROYAL MALAYSIA AIR FORCE (RMAF) OFFICER: PUBLIC PROJECT

• Published in: Malaysian Construction Research Journal
• Main Author: Saedin R.; Brahim J.; Nasir N.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85194585504&partnerID=40&md5=e294517b91124175b43ca0cc55820389

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is said as an evolving and transformative technology that has revolutionised innovation within the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) industry. The fundamental premise of BIM revolves around facilitating collaboration across diverse project teams throughout the entirety of a project's lifecycle. Despite the Malaysian construction industry's ambitions to integrate BIM into public projects exceeding RM10 million in value, the utilisation of BIM remains vague in public projects financed by the Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) and overseen by the Malaysian Public Works Department (PWD). As a result, the primary objective of this paper is to investigate the present awareness of BIM among project teams within the RMAF. A survey in the form of a questionnaire has been disseminated to project teams engaged in public building projects across Malaysia, funded by the RMAF. This research adopted descriptive data analysis using a combination of manual calculation of maturity level score and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings indicate a significant majority of project teams within the RMAF exhibit limited awareness of BIM implementation. Consequently, further investigation is needed to examine the underlying factors contributing to this conspicuous lack of awareness within the teams, with corresponding suggestions for enhancement. From there, this could help public officers like RMAF to have a better awareness of how to adopt modern construction practices which enhance a country's standing on the global stage. © 2023, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia. All rights reserved.