| Author: | Li, Xiaoying |
| Title: | Dynamic evolution and strategic response of BIM adoption in the construction industry : an empirical study in Hong Kong |
| Advisors: | Li, Heng (BRE) |
| Degree: | Ph.D. |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Subject: | Building Information Modeling -- China -- Hong Kong Construction industry -- China -- Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Department of Building and Real Estate |
| Pages: | xvii, 182 pages : color illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | As an innovative technology to parametrically create, share, and utilize project life-cycle data, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is recognized as a promising technology to streamline traditional design and construction. Realizing the tremendous potential benefits of BIM, as pioneered by some public client organizations, the diffusion of BIM in the Hong Kong construction industry could date back about a decade ago. However, compared with leading countries, the development of BIM in Hong Kong is still at a preliminary stage and has driven the market itself. This study aims to empirically investigate the structural characteristics of industry-level collaborative networks for BIM implementation and quantitatively characterize the dynamics of the networks, as well as explore the driving factors in different organizational innovation strategic responses. In order to achieve the research aims, longitudinal data on 192 BIM-based construction projects conducted in Hong Kong from 2002 to 2017 was first collected through a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. Using the method of social network analysis (SNA) and stochastic actor-oriented models (SAOM), this thesis firstly categorized and compared the evolution of BIM collaboration networks in terms of different types of construction projects, and secondly characterized the evolution of the macro-structure of the project-based collaborative network and explored the underlying driving factors. This study also categorized strategic responses to BIM implementation. And combing with the hierarchical regression analysis result, further explored the impact of dynamic capability and social status on the choice of the strategic response on the organizational level. This thesis has generated several significant research findings which have provided a systematical understanding of the adoption practices of innovative technology and could help facilitate the diffusion and advancement of BIM in the regional construction industry. (1) Descriptive analysis of the project-based collaborative network for BIM implementation among the 204 investigated organizations reveal that the network becomes increasingly dense over time but persistently exhibits the core-periphery structure and expands around a small number of "super-connected" nodes. This result suggests that some prominent organizations have played relatively essential roles in facilitating the diffusion of BIM-related knowledge in the Hong Kong construction industry. The result also reveals significant differences in the structure of project-based collaborative networks for BIM implementation in the regional construction industry. (2) With regard to the micro-mechanisms underlying the dynamics of the project-based collaborative network, the results of SAOM analysis provide evidence that the evolution of the macro-level network significantly relates to the structure-based preferential attachment effect and the experience-based similarity effect operating at the micro-level. It is also revealed that the individual covariate effects associated with organizational ownership type and organizational BIM experience also significantly influence the dynamics of the project-based collaborative network. (3) A better understanding of organizations' dynamic capabilities and social status on the strategic response to BIM implementation has been achieved based on the hierarchical regression analysis. Specifically, the result demonstrated the diversity of regional organizations in terms of their strategic responses and the variety of driving factors related to the different strategic responses. And both dynamic capabilities and social status act as determinants of strategic responses from the organizational level. The research contributes to a deepened understanding of the BIM adoption in the Hong Kong construction industry. The present study not only models the dynamic evolution of project-based collaboration networks but also quantitatively examines the roles of the similarity effect and the individual covariate effects related to organizational ownership type underlying the dynamics of project-based collaborative networks for BIM implementation. This thesis also fills the gap in the research on the strategic response to innovation from an organizational level and provides several managerial and policy implications. |
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| Access: | open access |
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