Wei Wei
ABSTRACT
China has been the world's largest construction market. Moreover, the sector can still be improved by adopting more advanced technology. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is considered one of the technologies that should be introduced to many players in the sector. Furthermore, many relevant government policies have been introduced to support BIM use. However, the implementation of BIM is still very slow in China. Few articles have been able to systematically study this phenomenon in the context of the current construction market. This study provides a further analysis that combines literature, policy standards, and project findings. The data collected is according to the actual situation of BIM implementation in China. The goal is to analyze the barriers affecting BIM implementation, which were compiled and analyzed based on the analytical hierarchical procedure (AHP). There are 15 companies and government-related departments involved in generating the AHP and sub-criteria. Twenty experts were invited to give the scoring of each criterion and the sub-criteria scale to determine the weight of importance. The result shows that one of the most important factors affecting the BIM implementation barrier in China is the lack of talent that fully understands the technology.
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- The Analysis of Barriers to Implement Building Information Management in China's Construction Industry using AHP
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