The Influence of Building Information Modelling Adoption in the Viability of Medium, Small and Micro Scale Construction Firms (MSMSCFs)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Factors Influencing the Viability of MSMSCFs in the Literature
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Sampling Method and Response Rate
3.2. Questionnaire Design
4. Data Analysis
4.1. Methods of Data Analysis
4.2. Local Construction Firms’ Characteristics
4.3. Ranking of Factors Influenced by BIM Amidst Factors Influencing the Viability of MSMSCFs
4.4. Principal Factor Analysis of Factors Influenced by BIM
5. Conclusions and Recommendation
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Questionnaire for Contractors and Their Construction Professional Representative
- (Please Companys’ Name Not Required)
- Section A
- Q1: Designation of person completing the questionnaire?
- □Contract manager □Construction professional □Site manager/Project manager □Others (please specify)
- Q2: Years of experience in construction? (Please specify and also thick below)
- □0–5 years □6–10 years □11–15 years □16–20 years □21–25 years □Over 25 years
- Q3: Years of Construction Company’s Operations. (please specify only)
- Q4: In how many projects have you been involved in the past? (please specify and also thick below)
- □1–5 projects □6–10 projects □11–15 projects □16–20 projects □Over 20 projects
- Q5: Number of permanent staff (foreman and above) in 2015? (please specify and also thick below)
- □less than 5 □5 to 50 □Over 50
- Q6: Annual Turnover (in Million Naira) in 2014? (please specify and also thick below)
- □less than N10 million □N10 to N50 million □N50 to N150 million □Over N150 million
- Q7: Registration Grade (A, B, C, D, E or ____ etc.)
- □General building □Civil engineering
- Q8: Is your company based in Nigeria or Abroad? (please Thick) Nigeria Abroad
- Q9: Is your Company carrying out construction work in other countries apart from Nigeria? (please Thick)
- □Yes □No
- Q10: If Yes, is it a major or minor construction work in comparison to the work done in Nigeria? (please Thick)
- □Major □Minor
- Q11: Who are your major Client? (please Thick)
- □Government □Others □Both
- Section B
S/N | Factors Influencing the Viability of Indigenous Construction Contractors’ Business. (Survival of Contractors’ Business) | (1) Not Important | (2) Fairly Important | (3) Important | (4) Very Important | (5) Extremely Important |
1. | Cash for construction work | |||||
2. | Construction profit margin | |||||
3. | Accessibility to loan | |||||
4. | Interest on loan | |||||
5. | Credit purchase of material | |||||
6. | Prompt payment of work certificate | |||||
7. | Cost of plant and equipment purchase maintenance and hiring | |||||
8. | Cost of construction labour | |||||
9. | Cost of construction material | |||||
10. | Project organization structure | |||||
11. | Management of construction site Material | |||||
12. | Predictability of construction cost and time | |||||
13. | Management of construction site labour, plant and equipment | |||||
14. | Organizational competence/client satisfaction | |||||
15. | Quality of service and works | |||||
16. | Employee Satisfaction | |||||
17. | Reputation of good client-contractor’s relationship | |||||
18. | Age of operation | |||||
19. | Firm Size | |||||
20. | Firm’s Impact on the community | |||||
21. | Inflation | |||||
22. | Tax | |||||
23. | Corruption | |||||
24. | Construction work turnover/successful tender rate | |||||
25. | Availability of Skilled labour | |||||
26. | Availability of Artisan and craftsmen | |||||
27. | Procurement practices (The way contract is awarded) | |||||
28. | Government policy | |||||
29. | Bad weather and Natural disaster | |||||
30. | Construction technical expertise | |||||
31. | Quality of construction work and services | |||||
32. | Specialization of construction work | |||||
33. | Advanced construction technology | |||||
34. | Number of high performance professionals | |||||
35. | Incident rate | |||||
36. | Accident cost | |||||
37. | Availability of safety equipment | |||||
Please, Itemize and rate other factors you know that are not stated above in the space below | ||||||
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No. | Component | Factors | Loadings | % of Variance Explained |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Quality of service and client satisfaction | Organizational competence/client satisfaction | 0.791 | 25.10 |
Quality of service and works | 0.870 | |||
Employee satisfaction | 0.701 | |||
Availability of skilled labor | 0.611 | |||
Availability of artisan and craftsmen | 0.592 | |||
2. | Seasoned professionals and advanced construction | Firm’s impact on the community | 0.478 | 10.11 |
Specialization of construction work | 0.778 | |||
Advanced construction technology | 0.838 | |||
Number of high performance professionals | 0.815 | |||
3. | Resource management and firm structure | Project organization structure | 0.773 | 9.90 |
Management of construction site Material | 0.641 | |||
Management of construction site labor, plant, and equipment | 0.801 | |||
Firm Size | 0.585 | |||
Availability of safety equipment | 0.588 | |||
4. | Credit and loan | Accessibility to loan | 0.716 | 5.85 |
Credit purchase of material | 0.781 | |||
Corruption | 0.634 | |||
5. | Construction hazard rate and cost | Bad weather and Natural disaster | 0.596 | 5.59 |
Incident rate | 0.742 | |||
Accident cost | 0.809 | |||
6. | Procurement practices and government policy | Procurement practices (The way contract is awarded) | 0.789 | 5.03 |
Government policy | 0.782 | |||
7. | Tax and inflation | Inflation | 0.556 | 4.57 |
Tax | 0.828 | |||
Construction work turnover/successful tender rate | 0.499 | |||
8. | Construction cash and payment | Cash for construction work | 0.874 | 4.26 |
Prompt payment of work certificate | 0.509 |
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Oladimeji, O.; Najjar, M.K.; Soares, C.A.P.; Haddad, A.N. The Influence of Building Information Modelling Adoption in the Viability of Medium, Small and Micro Scale Construction Firms (MSMSCFs). Buildings 2023, 13, 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13041087
Oladimeji O, Najjar MK, Soares CAP, Haddad AN. The Influence of Building Information Modelling Adoption in the Viability of Medium, Small and Micro Scale Construction Firms (MSMSCFs). Buildings. 2023; 13(4):1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13041087
Chicago/Turabian StyleOladimeji, Olubimbola, Mohammad K. Najjar, Carlos A. P. Soares, and Assed N. Haddad. 2023. "The Influence of Building Information Modelling Adoption in the Viability of Medium, Small and Micro Scale Construction Firms (MSMSCFs)" Buildings 13, no. 4: 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13041087