Bim adoptation to sri lanka

Honours Research Project Birmingham School of the Built Environment (2015/2016)
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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING ADAPTATION FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS IN SRI LANKA
Polkotuwage Dasun Kanishka Fernando
Birmingham School of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University,
Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG
Abstract: Building information Modeling system (BIM) is not a new concept,
but not yet adopted by the Sri Lanka. It will be the best option for
consideration of near future of the construction industry in the world. This
research is the main course to identify the willingness and barriers to
adopting the Building information modeling system to the construction
professionals in Sri Lanka. The data collection of this research is done by
review of published research papers, books, articles, and cyberspace. Also,
the developed questionnaire prepared by utilizing a survey monkey and
distributed to the construction industry professionals by emails, LinkedIn,
and Facebook. Throughout the survey, it is found that more than eighty
percentages of Sri Lankan construction professionals have some awareness
and knowledge about Building information system, but the very least
experience of practicing of the Building Information Modeling. The High
majority of construction professionals was stated that the Sri Lankan
construction industry did not have enough idea about the Building
Information Modeling System. The major barrier to adopting the Building
Information Modeling system into the Sri Lankan Construction Industry is
such as, lacks of knowledgeable staff, Lacks of available resources, Lacks of
available financial capacities and Lack of Sri Lankan government
involvement. As a first step to adopting Building Information Modeling to
Sri Lanka, it is very important for the involvement of the government by
excluding the taxes of Building Information Modeling related Licence
software. Also, amend the procurement policies of construction projects
and introduce a new grading system to the Sri Lankan construction
contractor companies and Construction Consultancy firms. It is necessary
to have another research to find difficulties to introduce a new grading
system and amendment of the procurement policies comply to the Building
Information Modeling
Key Words: Building Information Modeling, Construction Industry, Sri
Lanka, Construction Professionals, Procurement Policy.

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INTRODUCTION
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Adaptation for Construction Professionals in
Sri Lanka.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is
unrivalled of the modern systems in the
world construction industry and especially at
the pre-contract stage of the building project.
It is a technology in the global construction
industry at the present time. The Building
Information Modeling has been defined by
US National Building Information Model
Standard Project Committee as follows;
„‟Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a
digital representation of physical and
functional characteristics of a facility. A
Building Information Modeling is a shared
knowledge resource for information about
a facility forming a reliable basis for
decisions during its life-cycle; defined as
existing from earliest conception to
demolition‟‟ (National Institute of Building
Sciences, 2015).
Withal, the Building Information Modelling
system is becoming very common and
possible to become an industry standard in
the universe due to it is speedy and
user-friendly options in the software like
Cost X, ArchiCAD, Tekla, Structures, and
Autodesk Revit.
The popular countries like The United
Kingdom, Australia, United States of
America, Singapore , China and some of
the middle east countries like the UAE are
already adopted and practicing on Building
information modeling with the level of
3D,4D,5D,6D or 7D.
However, Building Information Modeling is
not adept yet Construction professionals in
the Sri Lankan construction industry both in
public and government sectors.
Aims And Objectives
The aim of this research is to recognize the
current practice and motivate to adopt the
Building Information Modeling (BIM) for
construction professionals in the Sri Lankan
construction industry to forward with modern
world construction industry.
The objectives for achieving the aim of this
research as follows:
• To identify the awareness of
Building Information Modeling System
between the construction
professionals such as Construction
Managers, Project Managers,
Architects, Engineers and Quantity
Surveyors in the Sri Lankan
construction industry.
• To identify the capabilities and
barriers to adopting of the Building
Information Modeling System for the
day to day practice of construction
professionals in the construction
industry of Sri Lanka.
• To identify the benefits of using the
Building Information Modeling System
in the Sri Lankan construction industry.
• To improve the current practice and
awareness of Building Information
Modeling System between the
construction professionals.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Building Information Modeling system (BIM)
applies to the entire life cycle of the project
for project programming, design,
pre-construction stage and
post-construction stage (Nagalingam et al.,
2013). So Building Information modelling
system is currently very essential to the
modern world in order to achieve
improvement of design efficiency ,
controlled whole life cost effectively,
minimize the design changes and improve
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implement the project, develop and maintain
the Construction quality, faster and more
effective operations and integration of
planning processes.
Further, the Building Information modeling
system provides to analyse the building, the
structure, materials, Cost and performance
in real-time as it is being designed
(Nagalingam et al., 2013). Also, this system
helps project stakeholders to imagine what
is to be built in a virtual environment and
help manage the budget and make a
decision to move forward.
„‟This, in turn, helps project stakeholders to
identify any potential issues related to the
design, construction and operation of the
facility. The process component allows
close collaboration and encourages
coordination of the roles of all stakeholders
in a project‟‟ (Azhar et al., 2012). These are
unique to Building Information Modeling
which sets Building Information modeling
system apart from other IT solutions
introduced in the construction industry.
It should be understood that the Building
Information Modeling System is not a
software application. This is a common
misunderstanding of the construction
Professionals in the construction industry of
Sri Lanka. „‟Building Information Modeling is
IT solution which integrates software
applications and IT tools to design a building
on a common platform; a platform, which is
independent of the software we use‟‟
(Jayasena & Weddikkara, 2012). Sets of
software have been introduced focusing on
Building Information Modeling especially for
Designing and Budgeting Such as Autodesk
Revit, Bentley Architecture, Graphisoft,
ArchiCAD, Exactal, CostX, Autodesk,
Navisworks, Vico Estimator, Innovaya,
Visual BIM. When it comes to developing
Building Information Modeling System in
any circumstance, the selection of
appropriate software are very important. It
is fundamental towards of accurate
implementation of the Building Information
Modeling system in a country like Sri Lanka.
Improper selection of software can lead to
many consequences which Sri Lanka
construction industry will be a long delay for
adopt to have the Building Information
Modeling System.
There is a steady growth in the use of
Building Information Modeling system in the
United States. In the United Kingdom, UK
Cabinet Office announced the
Government's intention to require
collaborative 3D Building Information
Modeling System on its projects by 2016.
„‟Since the publication of the UK
Government Construction Strategy in May
2011, and the associated promise to deliver
all Government projects in „Lightweight‟
Building Information Modeling on its
projects by 2016‟‟ (A member of the Atkins
group of companies , n.d.) “As the 2016
deadline for the UK government‟s mandate
gets closer, the take-up of Building
Information Modeling on projects and
programmes is accelerating” (Rawlinson,
2015).
The Royal Institute of charted Surveyors
(RICS) has already introduced New Rules of
Measurements (NRM) little complying with
the Current Usage of Building Information
Modeling System. “The NRM2 rules require
professionals to consider how the rules are
to be adopted and applied in the context of a
market that is expected to be dominated by
BIM procurement practices” (Anon., n.d.).
However, Country like Singapore is an
exception to the above statement. In
Singapore, the Government of Singapore
has in a straight line involved in
development Building Information Modeling
System in their construction Industry. Even
„‟China is indirectly advocating the use of
advanced AEC technologies like Building
Information Modeling, even though it is not
mandated Building Information Modeling
outright‟‟ (Khemlani, 2012). Therefore, it is
clear that the technological aspect of
Building Information Modeling system
adoption in Asia is at different levels of
implementation.
”In comparison to most Western countries
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Information Modeling in the major scale,
Asian countries still have not initiated it
in a similar extent.‟‟ (Gunasekara &
Jayasena, 2013). But it is delighted to say
that the University of Moratuwa and some of
other private institutes are all ready to
conducting the Quantity surveying
measurement subject related to NRM 2.
In comparison to the above statements,
Adaptation of Building Information Modeling
system in the Sri Lankan construction
industry is at very behind compared to the
other Asian countries. There are so many
reasons for this. The main reasons include
that Sri Lankan authorities related to
Construction industry have not given
sufficient attention to improving construction
productivity with the use of Information and
Communication Technology. The other
reason includes the high unwillingness to
finance for Construction Management,
Project Management, Architecture,
Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Planning
and other Construction related software.
Also, the Sri Lankan government applying
sells tax and PAL on licence software. (PB
Global Trade Solutions, 2016). It will
demotivate to purchase and implement the
Building Information Modeling to the
companies in the Sri Lankan construction
industry.
As my experience, the current procurement
policy of Sri Lanka in the government sector
and private sector is not using Building
Information Modeling as pre-qualification to
obtain a construction project. Also, there are
no grading systems comply with the Building
Information Modeling for Construction
Contracting companies and Construction
consultancy firms. However, „‟to receive the
true benefits of Building Information
Modeling changes in procurement policies,
procedures, cultures and attitudes are
required‟‟ (Jayasena & Weddikkara, 2012) .
Also In Sri Lankan government does not
issue any award or certificate to the
companies for implementing and practicing
Building Information Modeling.
Anyway, there is an argument of „‟the
rational decision to acquire Building
Information Modeling technology would be
on the balance of costs and benefits.
However, the main trouble to finance for the
Construction related software because of
the absence of experience and knowledge
of Construction professionals‟‟ (Jayasena &
Weddikkara, 2012). However it is impossible
to have experience about the Building
Information modeling system in the reality
due to its non-existence in the Sri Lankan
construction industry; the construction
industry professionals can still make an
informed decision regarding its
implementation through the acquisition of
knowledge. The Knowledge matters in
getting the best use of Building Information
Modeling system. Therefore, I believe
research like this will help to in taking a step
forward to learn about this knowledge and
adopting the Building Information Modeling
System into the Sri Lankan Construction
Industry.
Once Building Information Modeling System
is presented in Sri Lanka, the adoption of the
technology and expertise would not be a
difficult task. This is because Sri Lankan
Construction Professionals has good
knowledge about Information and
Communication Technology and capability
to quickly familiar with the technology.
Adaptation of Building Information Modeling
will lead to many advantages to the Sri
Lankan construction industry as well as to
the economy of Sri Lanka.
Design Efficiency; “Building Information
Modeling software can reduce the cost of
preparing 2D drawings in a conventional
project, especially when designs are
changing rapidly” (Ashcraft, 2008).
Time Efficiency; Using the Building
Information Modeling system construction
project can finish in a short period compared
to traditional practice.
Easy to Manage a Project; Building
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the project, in the design stages,
implementation stage as well as operation
stage. So Building Information Modeling is a
tool of proper project management.
Cost effective; in my experience of
practicing in the construction industry in Sri
Lanka, the initial budget is not achieved
because of variations as well as claims due
to improper project management. “Building
Information Modeling software has built-in
cost estimating features. Material quantities
are automatically extracted and updated
when any changes are made in the mode”
(AZHAR, 2011).So Adopting Building
Information Modeling will reduce the
Variations and Claims as well as it increases
the accuracy of the initial budget.
The key benefits of a building information
model is an accurate geometrical
representation of the parts of a building in an
integrated data environment other related
benefits are as follows; (CRC Construction
Innovation, 2007)
• Faster and more effective processes:
Information is more easily shared and can
be value-added and reused.
• Better production quality: Documentation
output is flexible and exploits automation.
• Up to 40% elimination of unbudgeted
change.
• Cost estimation accuracy within 3% as
compared to traditional estimates.
• Up to 80% reduction in time taken to
generate a cost estimate.
• A savings of up to 10% of the contract
value through clash detections.
• Up to 7% reduction in project time.
METHODOLOGY
This research will conduct with the guidance
and advice of Ms. Darshani Amarabandhu
who is the supervisor of this research
allocated by The Colombo School of
Construction, Sri Lanka.
„‟Research is an investigation of finding
solutions to scientific and social problems
through objective and systematic analysis.‟‟
(Rajasekar et al., 2013).
In my opinion, the way of finding a solution to
the scientific and social problem is called
Research Methodology. ‟‟The Research
methodology is a systematic way to solve a
problem. It is a science of studying how
research is to be carried out. Essentially, the
procedures by which researchers go about
their work of describing, explaining and
predicting phenomena are called research
methodology. It is also defined as the study
of methods by which knowledge is gained.
Its aim is to give the work plan of research‟‟
(Rajasekar et al., 2013).
In the research methodology, it will be
talked over how the objective is utilized for
both primary and secondary data for the
purpose to achieving above point out the
aims and the objectives of the report.
As my objectives Stated about to identify the
method of improvement and awareness for
usage of the Building Information Modeling
System between the construction
professionals such as Construction
Managers, Project Managers, Architects,
Engineers and Quantity Surveyors in the
Sri Lankan construction industry and also
construction companies including both
contractors and consultancy organizations.
Also, find the capabilities barriers to
adopting and implement the Building
Information Modeling System in Sri Lankan
construction Industry.
Reviewing published literature such as
books, journal articles, conference papers
and reports will commonly very help to fulfill
the above-mentioned each of objectives to
active the research aim.
The awareness, Current usage, Capabilities
and barriers to adopting Building Information
Modeling system for Sri Lankan construction
companies and Construction Professionals
are willing to be found by using a survey
approach for collecting and analysing the
data like the questionnaire.
The data should be gathered out of a large
number of professional within a short time.
I was distributing my research related
questionnaire with the approval of research
supervisors and developed the
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will send by E-mails and using Social
networks like LinkedIn and Facebook.
The first and second objectives are fulfilled
by the Questionnaire and it mainly aims to
the Sri Lankan construction professionals
such as Construction Managers, Engineers
(Planning, civil, mechanical, electrical and
plumbing), Architects, project Managers and
quantity Surveyors, then it will be reviewed
to identify their personal awareness of the
Building information Modeling concept of
each profession.
And also the questionnaire reviewed by both
public and private sector professionals who
working in the construction industry. The
questionnaire was distributed via emails and
using social networks like Facebook and
LinkedIn as mentioned above. The
questionnaire was sent to the professionals
who are working at major contracting
companies in Sri Lanka such as,
Tudawe Brothers (Pvt) Ltd,
State Engineering Corporation, Prime Lands
Residences (Pvt) Ltd,
Trans gulf Electromechanical, International
Construction Consortium (Pvt) Ltd, Access
Engineering (PLC), and other major
Contractors. And also it will plan to send to
the Construction Professionals who are
working at major consultancy companies in
Sri Lanka like Canwill Holdings (Pvt) Ltd,
AECOM, Qserve, Construction Cost
Management (PVT) Ltd and other major
consultancy companies are going to be
aimed.
The questions will be prepared by the guide
of previous research, books, and journals to
identify the awareness of each category of
Construction professional and current stage
their companies in Sri Lanka and also
identify the barriers and difficulties to adopt
Building Information Modeling into the Sri
Lankan Construction Industry.
The Questionnaire also targets to the
company owners and the directors will be
identified to cover the Organizations in both
public and private Sectors in Sri Lankan
construction Industry. The Identification can
be done by contacts database of me and my
colleagues as well as asking the question to
identify their designation.
Those Company owners, directors, and the
Managers are the best people who should
target to identify the Barriers and
Capabilities to adopting the Building
Information Modeling concept for improving
the productivity of their organization
effectively and efficiently as well as develop
the Sri Lankan Construction industry.
The final objective will be achieved by
analysing the results of questionnaire and
Studding and reviewing published literature
such as books, Journal articles, conference
papers and reports.
Extracted information will be given suitable
recognition and conclusion to the research
foundation. This will be achieved with proper
citation and Referencing will avoid
plagiarism and duplication.
The collected qualitative and quantitative
data sample will analyse the by using Simple
inferential Statistic techniques.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The data collection of this research is done
by reviewing of published research papers,
books, articles, and the internet. Also, use a
questionnaire developed by using a survey
monkey and distributed to the construction
industry professionals by emails, LinkedIn,
and Facebook: (Refer Annexures for detail
results for questionnaire)
• Received 42 responses to the developed
questionnaire. Out of 42 professionals
seven persons (16.67%) just give their
identification details and skipped other
questions. Also found that there are 47.62%
of professionals has little awareness of
Building Information Modeling, 30.95 %
have a fair knowledge and only two
professional (4.76%) experts of Building
Information Modeling. Also, identify that 13
respondents (30.95%) out of 42 working as
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It will indicate that more than 80% Sri
Lankan construction professional has
awareness about Building Information
Modeling. Also, it was found that the 4.76%
Building Information Modeling experts are
not practicing the Building Information
Modeling in Sri Lanka with proofing the
statement about the usage of Building
Information Modeling in Asian countries
(Gunasekara & Jayasena, 2013).
Identified top management professionals
who have the capability to adopt Building
Information Modeling to their companies.
However, I was found that those
professionals are either currently not
working in Sri Lanka or they were not
practicing Building Information Modeling in
Sri Lanka.
• Thirty-five respondents got their
knowledge about Building Information
Modeling from the academic course
(57.14%), Books (28.57%), Seminars
(31.43%), CPDs (28.57%) and Internet
(60%).refers below table.
The majority of respondent got their
knowledge about Building Information
Modeling from the internet.So that means
Sri Lankan Construction professional has
good knowledge to adopt the Building
Information Modeling system easily.
• 61.76% professionals Out of thirty-four
respondents currently not practice Building
Information Modeling in their organization,
29.42% of them satisfied and moderately
satisfied current usage of Building
Information Modeling of their organisation
equally. Balance 8.82% respondents not
satisfied.
Going through the detailed analysis, it was
found that the satisfied or moderately
satisfied construction professionals are
current practice of Building Information
Modeling at their companies which are not
Sri Lankan Companies.
• The High majority (94.29%) of
professionals was not practicing Building
Information Modeling in Sri Lanka. In
addition to that eight professionals out of 35
respondents stated that they use Building
Information Modeling in most in middles
countries and the United Kingdom.
So it was proof that Sri Lanka
construction professionals have either fair or
little awareness of Building Information
Modeling but they were not practicing in Sri
Lanka.
• 82.35% professionals have stated that
Building Information Modeling is either very
important or important for speed up and
easier to calculate the budget of the project.
Only 2.94% of respondent stated it is
unimportant.
Sri Lankan construction professionals have
awareness about the Building Information
Modeling will speed up to calculate the
project budget. Up to 80% reduction in time
taken to generate a cost estimate (CRC
Construction Innovation, 2007).
important or significant for Easier & speed
up to finalize the design of the project. Only
8.82% of respondent stated it is Unimportant
and balance 20.59% in the neutral position.
Also, the Sri Lankan construction
professionals were thinking that Building
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speed up to finalize project design.
Building Information Modeling will give a
common platform to each professional.
Design and budgeting can be finalized at the
same time as the statement (Jayasena &
Weddikkara, 2012).
important or imperative to make decisions at
the each stage of the project and only 5.88%
of respondent stated it is either very
unimportant or unimportant. Balance
20.59% in the neutral position.
As per the Nagalingam and the other‟s
statement The Building Information
Modeling System, it can apply to the whole
life-cycle of the project. So that the BIM will
very important to make decisions at each
stage of the entire life cycle of the project.
important or important to reduce overall
project cost and only 5.88% of respondent
stated it is very unimportant. 2.94%
mentions that Building Information Modeling
insignificant to reduce overall project cost
and balance 23.53% in the neutral position.
Using a BIM will treat to reduce the contract
value by up to 10% (CRC Construction
Innovation, 2007). Sri Lankan professionals
also have some idea about the benefit of the
cost reduction of the overall project value.
important or important to reduce the project
duration and 8.82% of respondent stated it
is unimportant for it. Balance 32.35% in the
neutral position.
The majority of Sri Lankan professionals
has some idea about the benefit of the cost
reduction of the overall duration of the
projects. Using a BIM will treat to reduce the
contract duration up to 7% (CRC
Construction Innovation, 2007).
important or important to improve
coordination among project parties 2.94% of
respondent stated it is unimportant for it and
balance 11.76% in the neutral position.
The BIM process component allows close
collaboration and encourages coordination
of the roles of all stakeholders in a project
(Azhar et al., 2012).As per the analysed
results of Sri Lankan construction
professional‟s statements also proof the
above statement.
important or important to improve the
productivity of the staff. Only 2.94% of
respondent stated very unimportantly and
11.76% mentions Building Information
Modeling is unimportant for it and balance
11.76% in the neutral position.
The productivity of construction project is
mainly base design and cost efficiency and
effectiveness. BIM will increase the
efficiency of the design and cost of any
projects. As per belief of the majority of
respondents, BIM will increase the
productivity.
• 88.57% respondent has agreed there is a
lack of knowledgeable staff in Sri Lanka
related to the Building Information Modeling
and 2.86% Disagreed on it. Balance 8.57%
in a neutral position.
Lack of available technology in Sri Lanka
related to the Building Information Modeling
System. 8.57% Disagreed on it and balance
22.86% in a neutral position.
The majority of Sri Lankan construction
professionals also thinks Sri Lanka is
suffering the lacks of BIM experts and
available technologies. The companies are
Unwilling to invest in BIM software because
of a lack of BIM specialist (Jayasena &
Weddikkara, 2012). Also, the Sri Lankan
government applies the taxes for licence
software (PB Global Trade Solutions,
2016).All these will affect to the
unavailability of the technology related to
BIM in Sri Lanka.
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Lankan construction staff refuses to train or
practice to Building Information Modeling.
28.57% Disagreed on that statement and
balance 48.57% in a neutral position.
The majority of Sri Lankan professionals in a
neutral attitude to obtain training for BIM.
Lack of available financial resources to
Adopt Building Information Modeling and
5.88% Disagreed on it. Balance 23.53% in a
neutral position.
The majority of Sri Lankan construction
professionals also thinks Sri Lanka is
suffering the lacks of financial resources.
• 65.71% respondent has agreed that it
require additional cost and time for training
for Building Information Modeling System.
2.86% Disagreed on it. Balance 31.43% in a
neutral position.
To introduce the BIM it will need some initial
budget for BIM related software, training for
professional. The majority of Sri Lankan
professionals also proves the above
statement.
• 65.71% respondent has Disagreed
Building Information Modeling is a Waste of
time and resources of organizations.
14.29% agreed on it. Balance 20% in a
neutral position.
As I mention above BIM will treat many
advantages. So it wills not a waste of time
as beliefs of Sri Lankan Construction
Professionals.
• 60% respondent has agreed that there is
a Lack of government involvement to adopt
the Building Information Modeling concept
to the Sri Lankan construction industry.
5.71% Disagreed on that statement.
Balance 34.29% in a neutral position.
The majority of Sri Lankan professionals of
also has an awareness of that there has
lacks of Sri Lankan government involvement
to adopt the Building Information Modeling
system for the construction industry. As
above mention, Sri Lanka Does not have
construction procurement related to the BIM
and not awarding any certificate related to
the BIM implementation.
• 20% respondent has Disagreed Building
Information Modeling is an application of
software. 25.71% agreed on it and Balance
54.29% in a neutral position.
Other than the majority, some of the
considerable Sri Lankan professionals are
thinking that BIM is an application of
Software as mentioned above.
• 51.52% respondent has Disagreed
Building Information Modeling will
Unsuitable for Sri Lankan projects. 12.12%
agreed on it and Balance 36.36% in a
neutral position.
Little more than 50% of professional‟s
thought that BIM is suitable for Sri Lanka.
• 60% respondent has agreed that Building
Information Modeling is the future of the
Construction profession of the Sri Lankan
construction industry. 8.57% Disagreed on
that statement. Balance 31.43% in a neutral
position.
Sri Lankan construction professionals
believe that Building Information Modeling is
suitable for Sri Lanka and it will be the future
of the construction profession.
• The High majority (90.91%) of
respondent believes that the Sri Lankan
construction industry does not yet have a
clear enough idea about the Building
Information Modeling concept.
• 30.30% professionals Out of thirty-three
respondents thought Building Information
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construction industry of Sri Lanka, 18.18%
is stated it will decrease. Balance 51.52% in
the neutral position.
RECOMMENDATION AND
CONCLUSION
Key findings of this research as follows;
1. Sri Lankan Construction Professionals
has a fair knowledge to adopt the Building
Information Modeling System.
2. Top management level construction
professionals are not practicing for Building
information Modeling system in Sri Lanka.
3. Sri Lankan Construction professionals
got their knowledge about Building
Information Modeling from the internet and
academic courses.
4. Most of the Sri Lankan construction
professionals are not practicing for Building
information Modeling systems not only Sri
Lanka but also the other Countries that they
are presently operating.
5. Sri Lanka in a very least situation about
practicing of the Building Information
Modeling System.
6. Sri Lankan professionals have the fair
knowledge of advantage of Using Building
Information Modeling system for
construction projects.
7. Sri Lanka is suffering for Lacks of BIM
experts and Building Information Modeling
technology and funds for adopting Building
Information Modeling .
professionals believe that the Sri Lankan
government does not involve adopting the
Building Information Modeling .
9. Sri Lankan government applying taxes
to licence software related to Building
Information Modeling .
10. Sri Lanka has no grading system
complying with the Building Information
Modeling for construction contracting firms
and consultancy firms.
11. No any Building Information Modeling
related awarding or certificate established in
Sri Lanka.
12. Sri Lankan government and private
firms did not include Building Information
Modeling as pre-qualification criteria to the
procurement policy.
professionals believe that Building
Information Modeling is suitable for Sri
Lanka and it will be the future of the
construction profession.
14. Only a few of professionals believe that
Building Information Modeling will decrease
the job opportunities of construction
professionals.
15. The Construction industry has an
argument of balance between cost and
benefits of Adopting Building Information
Modeling to the Sri Lanka.
16. Sri Lankan professionals in a neutral
position to get train for BIM.
The Sri Lankan professional has fair and
trivial knowledge about Building Information
Modeling of the academic courses, the
internet and few of the seminars and CPDs.
Therefore, Sri Lankan Professionals are
required more CPDs and seminars,
conducting by the Experts of Building
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professionals in Sri Lanka have to give their
capacity to adopt the Building Information
Modeling. They Should arrange the training
event related to Building Information
Modeling on their companies. In any case, it
may be difficult to obtain the Building
Information Modeling expert in Sri Lanka.
As beliefs of Sri Lankan construction
professionals, Building Information
Modeling is suitable for Sri Lanka and it will
be the future of the construction profession
so that, as a first step to adopting the
Building Information Modeling the Sri Lanka
Government has very huge roll on it. So that
government should find some investors to
adopt BIM and practicing the Building
Information Modeling due to lacks of finance,
technology and BIM expert‟s availability in
Sri Lanka. Since the Building Information
Modeling system related software has
played a major role, Sri Lankan government
should let go the taxes applied to the
Building Information Modeling related
licence software at least, Until the Building
Information Modeling adopted into the
Construction industry in Sri Lanka. Likewise,
the government should motivate the
construction contracting companies and
consultancy firms by publishing the prize or
certificate.
Adopting of the Building Information
Modeling can get dozens of advantages to
the Sri Lankan construction Industry as well
as to the economy of Sri Lanka. It will be
directed to increase the GDP portion of the
construction industry and also to the service
and productivity income of Sri Lanka.
It is really important that introduce Building
Information Modeling as pre-qualification
criteria to the procurement policy at least
major projects. Besides the Government
should present a new rating system related
to Building Information Modeling to the
Construction companies not only for
contracting companies but also to the
consulting firms.
I guess that will need to receive some other
researchers to find difficulties and barriers to
introducing the new procurement policy or
amendment of the existing procurement
policy comply with the Building Information
Modeling. Besides, it is more beneficial to
own proper research to settle the argument
of balance between monetary value and
benefits of Adopting Building Information
Modeling to the Sri Lanka. Also, need
another research to find, why the Sri Lankan
professionals are in neutral positions on
training the BIM.
Nevertheless, if the Sri Lanka adopted
Building Information Modeling for the
construction industry, it will easy to
implement due to awareness and IT
knowledge of the Construction
Professionals.
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