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Building Information Modelling Adoption: Systematic Literature Review

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the collection of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), interacting policies and procedures. It supports the construction activities from architectural design to three-dimension (3D) modeling, project scheduling, estimation, and facility management. Despite the many benefits and features of BIM, the proliferation of BIM remains limited and is confronted with adoption issues. Although many existing studies discussed BIM adoption from contextual lenses, discipline-focused, there is still a scarcity of comprehensive overview of technology adoption models and framework in BIM research. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the existing status of technology acceptance theories, models used, and find the research challenges. Furthermore, to identify the roles of independent constructs, dependent construct, moderator, and mediators in BIM adoption research. Finally, this SLR will help the researchers for further research in the field of BIM adoption.

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    Hafiz Muhammad Faisal Shehzad

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    Hafiz Muhammad Faisal Shehzad, Roliana Binti Ibrahim, Ahmad Fadhil Yusof & Samah Abdelsalam Abdalla

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Shehzad, H.M.F., Ibrahim, R.B., Yusof, A.F., Khaidzir, K.A.M., Hassan, O.H.A., Abdalla, S.A. (2021). Building Information Modelling Adoption: Systematic Literature Review. In: Saeed, F., Mohammed, F., Al-Nahari, A. (eds) Innovative Systems for Intelligent Health Informatics. IRICT 2020. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 72. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70713-2_83

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