BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) CULTURAL AND STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES
FOR DIGITILISATION IN CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Abstract
As digitilisation is being applied in redefining products and business
models world-wide, evidence abound in the construction industry as a
sector that is slow to its adoption. While digitilisation tools have
been applied in modifying processes/procedures in the global North; a
larger percentage of the sector in the global South is yet to be
disrupted. For indigenous firms to join the rapid transformation wheel,
this study reviews the interrelationship between digitilisation and
building information modeling. The study objectives are to examine the
prevalence of cultural and strategic capability, evaluate the
relationship between cultural orientation and strategic capability as
well as predict a model of building information adoption from culture
and strategy. The study population was drawn from the list of
construction firms registered with the Lagos State Tender board, list of
registered construction firms from the Institute and specific listed
firms on the internet. Factor Analysis, Correlation and Regression were
the adopted statistical tools. The results revealed production; task and
goal attainment; information/communication technology; workforce;
innovation, learning and knowledge management as well as conflict and
dispute resolution as the prevalent cultural orientations. The
availability of resources to communicate, interact and collaborate
digitally and leadership capability to organise and coordinate digitally
are the top two strategic capabilities. Consequently, 3 out of every 5
firms have moderate awareness on BIM implementation. It was concluded
that the level of agreement on the adoption of the culture and the
strategy did not reflect on the level of BIM adoption model. Since the
results revealed that the existing orientation and strategy contribute
about a tenth of BIM adoption model; the firms’ leadership need cultural
re-orientation from the client angle and from business environment. On
strategy, the firms need support from institutions/government on
policies that will cushion the effect of the provision of resources for
transformation.