A Review On the Awareness and Challenges of Building Information Modelling for Post Construction Management in the Nigerian Construction Industry

Abstract

The application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for post-construction management of a Building is still regarded as being at the infant stage compared to its application for planning, designing, and construction stage, which have been widely and adequately researched and utilized. The yardstick for measuring a successful project should spread across all the stages from planning, designing, construction, and post-construction management. Over the years, the challenges of effective and efficient management Buildings during the post-construction stage to achieve the expected gains and at the same time maintaining the standards has been a significant challenge. This paper majorly reviewed selected studies between 2011-2021 that have discussed the awareness of BIM for post construction management and the challenges faced in the Nigerian construction industry, intending to establish the current awareness level, highlights significant challenges, and suggest ways to mitigate the challenges. The literature review analysis shows that awareness of BIM application for post-construction management is still critically low. With sets of challenges such as lack of BIM awareness and its benefit for post-construction management, cost of training, lack of government support, and fragmented nature of the industry. This study suggests rigorous awareness from the grassroots in the industry, government policy on BIM adoption, interoperation among the construction industry professionals from the planning stage to achieve the optimum goal expected during the life cycle.