Critical Barriers of Building Information Modeling (BIM) adoption and BIM Maturity Level in Nigeria:Experts Perception

This paper presents an expert perception of empirical investigation into the barriers of building information modeling (BIM) adoption and maturity level in Nigeria. Nigeria is the largest African country with potentials for construction and building investment. However, since the proliferation of BIM in most countries, it appears that the rate of adoption is poor and where there is an adoption, the maturity level seems to lag. This paper therefore used cross-sectional survey research method and thus random sampling technique; however, principal component analysis were employed for dimensionality reduction of variables at eigenvalue of 1, after which a set of multiple linear regression of the factors were being considered and analysed using SPSS version 23 for ease of computation. The result of the research shows that BIM adoption in the country still remains at an unacceptable level and top among the critical barriers to adoption of BIM in Nigeria is not the presumed challenge of electricity and internet connectivity, but rather lack of highly skilled cross trained staff with both construction and IT skills. Finally, the construction industry in Nigeria may not keep to track to global best practices and technological advancement as regards BIM, if they still battle with issue of adoption and do not improve in experts and firms BIM maturity level.