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Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling
Maphosa, Y. S. 2025. Improving Asset Information Management and the Quality of Construction Projects in South Africa Using Building Information Modelling. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/b92e76cc-01b3-483c-9f5c-06...
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132241 Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling Maphosa, Yolanda Skhululiwe Zincume, P. N. Jooste, J. L. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Industrial Engineering. Building information modeling -- South Africa Construction industry -- Quality control -- South Africa Infrastructure (Economics) -- South Africa Information resources management -- Data processing UCTD Maphosa, Y. S. 2025. Improving Asset Information Management and the Quality of Construction Projects in South Africa Using Building Information Modelling. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/b92e76cc-01b3-483c-9f5c-060d7c7d33e7 Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Building Information Modelling (BIM) has gained significant attention in industry and academia, particularly in Western countries, to improve asset information management and enhance the quality of real estate development. The conventional approach of relying on hard copies has proven to be inadequate in terms of construction quality and information management. As a result, the construction industry has shifted towards digitalisation, facilitated by BIM implementation. However, the adoption of BIM in countries like South Africa has been slower due to a lack of guidance on implementation strategies. This research aims to address this gap by developing a conceptual framework for implementing BIM and presenting an effective strategy for BIM implementation. Furthermore, this study explores risk management analysis related to BIM implementation challenges and presents a compelling case study demonstrating BIM's practical application. The BIM implementation risk management analysis was conducted using the responses of the questionnaire results, where subject matter experts chose the consequences and probabilities of each risk. Their results were then used to determine the risk exposure of each BIM implementation risk. Subsequently, the risk exposure and the chosen intervention techniques by the experts were used to provide the risk treatment/ responses. This practical approach was aimed at providing the South African construction industry with potential solutions to manage the BIM implementation risks, instilling a sense of reassurance and confidence in the industry's ability to navigate these challenges. Subsequently, a comparative case study analysis was used to compare the realities of BIM implementation in the contexts of the United Kingdom and South Africa. This helped highlight what South Africa could improve when implementing BIM in future projects since the United Kingdom is one of the leading countries in BIM implementation. As a result, the redevelopment project of Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom and the redevelopment of Fourways Mall in South Africa were compared. Both projects used BIM, but the BIM technologies used were somewhat different. This led to distinct differences in BIM adoption curves. Hence, the case study analysed the possible root causes of the differences in adoption curves. The study found that the person who drives BIM implementation in a project influences the adoption curve. Also, projects driven by the client team generally yield better results. The conceptual framework focusing on the entire lifecycle of constructed assets, which can be used as a guideline for BIM implementation, was then constructed, and it was informed by the case study findings, questionnaire results, national standards, and relevant literature that focused on the BIM phenomenon and the South African construction industry infrastructure asset management. Consequently, the BIM implementation strategy was created to support the implementation of the developed conceptual framework. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gebouinligtingsmodellering (BIM) het beduidende aandag gekry in beide die industrie en die akademie, veral in Westerse lande, as 'n metode om bate-inligtingsbestuur te verbeter en die kwaliteit van vaste eiendom-ontwikkeling te verhoog. Die tradisionele benadering om op harde kopieë te vertrou, het onvoldoende geblyk in terme van konstruksiekwaliteit en inligtingsbestuur. Gevolglik het die bedryf na digitalisering verskuif, gefasiliteer deur die implementering van BIM. Die aanvaarding van BIM in lande soos Suid-Afrika was egter stadiger weens 'n gebrek aan leiding oor implementeringstrategieë. Hierdie navorsing mik daarna om hierdie gaping aan te spreek deur 'n konseptuele raamwerk te ontwikkel vir die skepping van 'n BIM en deur 'n effektiewe strategie vir BIM-implementering voor te stel. Verder ondersoek hierdie studie risikobestuursprosesse wat verband hou met uitdagings vir die implementering van BIM en bied dit 'n oortuigende gevallestudie aan wat die praktiese toepassing van BIM demonstreer. Die risikobestuursanalise vir BIM-implementering is gedoen deur gebruik te maak van die vraelysresultate waar kenners die gevolge en waarskynlikhede van elke risiko gekies het. Die resultate is gebruik om die risikoblootstelling van elke BIM-implementeringsrisiko te bepaal. Gevolglik is die risikoblootstelling en die gekose intervensietegnieke deur die kenners gebruik om die risikobehandeling/-reaksies te verskaf. Dit was gemik op die verskaffing van moontlike oplossings aan die Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksiebedryf om die BIM-implementeringsrisiko's te bestuur. Daarna is 'n vergelykende gevallestudie-analise gebruik om die werklikhede van BIMimplementering in die Verenigde Koninkryk en die Suid-Afrikaanse kontekste te vergelyk. Dit het gehelp om uit te lig wat Suid-Afrika kan verbeter wanneer BIM in toekomstige projekte geïmplementeer word aangesien die Verenigde Koninkryk een van die leidende lande met BIMimplementering is. As gevolg hiervan is die herontwikkelingsprojek van Birmingham City University in die Verenigde Koninkryk en die herontwikkeling van Fourways Mall in Suid-Afrika vergelyk. Beide projekte het BIM gebruik, maar die BIM-tegnologieë wat gebruik is, was nie heeltemal dieselfde nie. Dit het gelei tot duidelike verskille in die BIM-aannemingskurwes. Die gevallestudie het dus die moontlike worteloorsake van die verskille in aannemingskurwes ontleed. Die studie het bevind dat die persoon wat die BIM-implementering in 'n projek bestuur, 'n groot invloed het op die aanneemlikheidskurwe. Ook het die projekte wat deur die kliëntspan gedryf word, oor die algemeen beter resultate opgelewer. Die konseptuele raamwerk wat as 'n riglyn gebruik kan word, is toe opgestel en dit is ingelig deur die bevindinge van die gevallestudie, vraelysresultate, nasionale standaarde en relevante literatuur wat gefokus het op die BIM-fenomeen en die Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksiebedryf se infrastruktuur batebestuur. Gevolglik is die BIM-implementeringstrategieë geskep om die implementering van die ontwikkelde konseptuele raamwerk te ondersteun. Masters 2025-05-30T11:56:57Z 2025-05-30T11:56:57Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132241 en Stellenbosch University xvi, 258 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Building information modeling -- South Africa Construction industry -- Quality control -- South Africa Infrastructure (Economics) -- South Africa Information resources management -- Data processing UCTD Maphosa, Yolanda Skhululiwe Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling |
| title | Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling |
| title_full | Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling |
| title_fullStr | Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling |
| title_short | Improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in South Africa using building information modelling |
| title_sort | improving asset information management and the quality of construction projects in south africa using building information modelling |
| topic | Building information modeling -- South Africa Construction industry -- Quality control -- South Africa Infrastructure (Economics) -- South Africa Information resources management -- Data processing UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132241 |
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