Abstract: The construction industry is transitioning rapidly towards modernization with Information Communication Technology (ICT) playing a significant role in this transformation giving birth to customized technologies and applications that suite the industry. It is therefore important that to understand what this transition constitutes by addressing the gap in knowledge of BIM use for Project Management in Nairobi County. Thus, the main objective was to determine effect of building information modelling on projects implementation in Nairobi County. The research was guided by four objectives within the study area of Nairobi County: to establish the effect of building information modelling (BIM) in design on project implementation; to determine the impacts of building information modelling in project estimation project implementation; To examine the role building information modelling in project scheduling on project implementation and to explore building information modelling in information asymmetry management on project implementation in Nairobi County. The study targeted 230 management from 43 projects in Nairobi County. Simple random was used to select a sample of 144 management. The research design that was employed was survey research, in which data from members of a population were collected to determine the status of that population with respect to the variables under study. The survey research was exploratory in establishing the effect of BIM in construction project management by asking individual respondents working in target organizations about their perceptions and personal experiences with respect to BIM use in construction projects. Data was collected qualitatively and quantitatively and analysed by SPSS version 23.0. The findings revealed BIM project design positively and significantly influences project implementation success, BIM project estimation positively influences project implementation success, BIM project scheduling has a positive and significant effect on project implementation success and information asymmetry has the potential to influence project implementation success. Furthermore, the county makes use of BIM project scheduling in resource allocation at all the project stages. However, the county rarely uses BIM to create project scheduling pie charts and bar charts. The study recommended that stakeholders involved in construction projects need to make efforts towards ensuring that there is BIM project estimation so that they can effectively make changes to the building model. Besides, there is need for the county to utilize BIM in adding and assigning activities and resources. As well, clients need to have access to BIM in an effort to enhance transparency and reduce instances of information asymmetry.
Keywords: Building Information Modelling, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Project Management, Information Asymmetry.
Title: Effect of Building Information Modelling on Projects Implementation: A Case of Nairobi County
Author: Patrick Waweru Gitee, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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