The Barriers and Causes of Building Information Modelling Usage for Interior Design Industry

• Main Authors: Abd Hamid, A.B (Author), Abdul Razak, A.H.N (Author), Embi, M.R (Author), Mohd Taib, M.Z (Author), Rahman N.A (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Architectural design; Building Information Model - BIM; Building Information Modelling; Construction; Construction industry; Information theory; Interior designs; Interiors (building); Malaysia; Pilot surveys; Surveys
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 Building Information Modeling (BIM) has since developed alongside the improvement in the construction industry, purposely to simulate the design, management, construction and documentation. It facilitates and monitors the construction through visualization and emphasizes on various inputs to virtually design and construct a building using specific software. This study aims to identify and elaborate barriers of BIM usage in interior design industry in Malaysia. This study is initiated with a pilot survey utilising sixteen respondents that has been randomly chosen. Respondents are attached with interior design firms that are registered by Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (LAM). The research findings are expected to provide significant information to encourage BIM adoption among interior design firms. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.