Preparedness of Small and Medium Enterprises for the Implementation of BIM in Malaysia

This study presents the preparedness of small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) to embrace the implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in construction industry. For sampling purpose, this study conducted a survey among a carefully selected group of practitioners in Malaysian construction industry. The responses from the questionnaire were then analyzed to gauge the level of preparedness of the SMEs to accept the use of BIM. The main ideas established from this study were the competency of the respondents besides the knowledge level of practitioners in the construction industry about BIM. The effects of BIM on specifically the design and procurement stage were also discussed. Subsequently, the possible hindrances toward BIM implementation in construction industry were also identified. It was found that there are huge potentials for SMEs to explore the use of BIM since BIM is still not being widely used in this construction industry. Many practitioners in the industry have some fundamental knowledge about BIM application. This reflects the potential for these people to be trained to specialize in BIM technology.