Investigating the Key Hindering Factors and Mechanism of BIM Applications Based on Social Network Analysis

Abstract

China’s construction industry is an important driving force for the development of society. Nevertheless, with the recent new normal of economic development, traditional construction approaches cannot meet the requirements of socialist modernization and sustainable construction. As such, the development of the construction industry needs to match the recent developmental concept of green environmental protection. Therefore, China’s construction industry needs to explore innovative development paths of transformation and upgrading. Recently, the Chinese government has been vigorously promoting building information modeling (BIM) applications. However, in the real-world construction process, BIM applications have not achieved their expected impacts. To satisfy the practical demands, this research uses the social network analysis method to analyze the key hindering factors in order to clarify the significance and influencing mechanism of each factor. The current study identified 12 key hindering factors that impede the development of BIM applications in China’s construction industry. The results show that a lack of policy guidance and the restriction of relevant laws are the most critical hindering factors. This research contributes to the research of the hindering factors of BIM applications in China and can assist decision makers in formulating appropriate strategies to promote the application and development of information BIM technology in China’s construction industry.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081270
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Civil Engineering
Additional Information: Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: BIM,construction industry,hindering factors,resilience,social network analysis
Publication ISSN: 2075-5309
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2024 08:42
Date Deposited: 22 Aug 2022 08:43
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2022-08
Published Online Date: 2022-08-19
Accepted Date: 2022-08-17
Authors: Wu, Zezhou
Lu, Yun
He, Qiufeng
Hong, Qing
Chen, Changhong
Antwi-Afari, Maxwell Fordjour (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-6812-7839)

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