Studying the Obstacles to Implementing BIM in Educational System and Making Some Recommendations

Despite the fact that innumerable advantageous involved in exploiting BIM, there are some barriers to implement it properly. These barriers have been proved as impediments for academicians and members of construction team project to take the maximum advantage of its utilization. Although some research has been conducted to identify these barriers regarding BIM implementation in construction industry, more research is needed to be carried out among academicians to identify these barriers in institutions, and most importantly, to make suggestions for eliminating these obstacles. In light of this, this paper is aimed to determine these barriers with regard to a survey conducted at one of the universities in Malaysia based on the students' responses studied in civil engineering and built-environment faculty, and to get feedbacks from lecturers' taught in the mentioned faculties to make suggestions to overcome these impediments.The results indicated that, although, majority of students were aware of advantages involved in implementing BIM technology at construction stages, they are not capable of usingcorrespondent software. Additionally, some barriers were identified and recommendations made based on the lecturers and students responses with the aim of enhancing the utilization of BIM in institutions.