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Potential Organizational Absorptive Capacity for Innovation Acceptance. The example of Building Information Modelling

Despite the growing awareness of the benefits of using Building Information Modelling (BIM) throughout the life of a construction project, and even though the acceptance of BIM by organizations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries has rapidly increased in recent years in fifteen of the world's leading economies, the general impression is that BIM is not being adopted as promptly as expected. Obstacles in adopting BIM are the topic of various studies, the latest of which indicate that this problem should be approached as an innovation management problem. This paper goes further in this approach by firstly defining BIM as innovation in construction, and then, on theoretical basis of the diffusion of innovation, provides a conceptual model of BIM diffusion as innovation at the level of AEC organization. The aim is to (1) identify the basic elements of the process of diffusion of that innovation and (2) specify the main groups of influential factors for the diffusion of BIM in the AEC organizations. According to the conceptual model proposed in this Paper, the initial phase of the BIM diffusion process preceding the decision on adopting the BIM, consists of „Awareness of the need of BIM adoption“ and „Feasibility study and proposal to adopt“, and its implementation phase consists of „Adapting the organization to BIM“, „Training and user support for wider use“, „Sustainability of the continuous application“ and „Evaluation and improvements“. The critical factors of success need to be defined within the following groups of factors: social and business environmental factors, internal organizational factors, previous related knowledge, perceived properties of BIM, and communication channels. The proposed research framework could lead further research in the direction of understanding the cause and effect relationships of diffusion elements for a successful implementation of BIM in the AEC organizations.

Building information modelling (BIM) ; diffusion of innovations ; AEC organization

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