Understanding barriers to BIM implementation: Their impact across organizational levels in relation to BIM maturity

doi:10.1007/s42524-019-0088-2

Front. Eng

2021, Vol. 8

Issue (2) : 236-257 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-019-0088-2

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Understanding barriers to BIM implementation: Their impact across organizational levels in relation to BIM maturity

Sander SIEBELINK¹(

), Hans VOORDIJK¹, Maaike ENDEDIJK², Arjen ADRIAANSE¹

¹. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
². Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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Abstract

This multiple case study of a contracting firm contributes to understanding the barriers that organizations face during the implementation of building information modeling (BIM) by providing insights into the impact of these barriers across different organizational levels (i.e., from top management to project teams) and by relating these barriers to different degrees of BIM maturity. First, we observe the dominance of barriers related to the motivation, competence, and time capacity of people across all levels of an organization. Second, the cluster of barriers at the middle-management level highlights the important role of this level in reducing these barriers. Third, only those cases with a low level of BIM maturity have struggled with lack of top management support, thereby highlighting the importance of such support in achieving BIM maturity growth. High BIM maturity situations are more prone to externally oriented barriers in attempting to further leverage the benefits of BIM. Our study provides insights on where to focus BIM implementation measures and how to enhance organizational BIM maturity.

Keywords building information modeling implementation barriers maturity organizational levels

Corresponding Author(s): Sander SIEBELINK

Just Accepted Date: 20 December 2019 Online First Date: 20 March 2020 Issue Date: 25 March 2021

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Sander SIEBELINK,Hans VOORDIJK,Maaike ENDEDIJK, et al. Understanding barriers to BIM implementation: Their impact across organizational levels in relation to BIM maturity[J]. Front. Eng, 2021, 8(2): 236-257.

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Fig.1 Graphical representation of the interview structure, which covers the two main theoretical constructs. Part I includes questions on barriers to BIM implementation and use and their characteristics. Part II includes questions related to the 18 BIM maturity criteria (^{Siebelink et al., 2018}).

Tab.1 Data collection and case characteristics

Fig.2 Visualization of the data analysis stages.

Fig.3 Data structure.

Fig.4 Generic picture of BIM implementation barriers plotted against different organizational levels, including data from all cases.

Tab.2 Grouping of cases on the basis of their BIM maturity scores

Fig.5 BIM maturity scores per case and per criterion of the BIM maturity model.

Fig.6 BIM implementation barriers plotted against organizational levels for the low BIM maturity cases. Characteristic barrier themes are highlighted in bold.

Fig.7 BIM implementation barriers plotted against organizational levels for the high BIM maturity cases. Characteristic barrier themes are highlighted in bold.

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