Assessment of Building Information Modelling (BIM) Contract Application in Malaysia Construction Industry

The emerge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in construction industry has rapidly evolve and expected to be further utilize in the post-pandemic situation. This study would benefit for facilitating use of BIM on public and private sector projects which are contained in the PWD 203A and PAM 2018. In Malaysia, there are only BIM Execution Plan (BEP) in BIM Guide 4 published by Construction Industrial Board (CIDB) Malaysia that outline use of common standard, procedure and protocol. It is however claimed to be insufficient to address all contract administration issues pertaining to BIM process., This study underpinned three objectives with the aim of determine the current level of BIM Contract application used within the various form of contract in Malaysian construction industry. The methodology adopted in the study combines overview of literature, content analysis, and semi-structured interviews, with experts in the field of Contract Administration, Building Information Modelling, Designers and Project Data. The outcome demonstrate the current level of BIM contract provisions application within standard form of contract in Malaysia Construction Industry. This will help the industry to understand the current level of the Contractual aspect application thus further research could be done to have an integrated team working through the use of BIM’ within a typical project’s contractual arrangements.