BIM Adoption in Construction Companies of Tehran province, Using Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

Although in recent years, Building Information Modeling as an emerging technology in the Iranian construction industry, has attracted the attention of many people, but the low productivity of this industry, the conditions for the realization of many benefits from the implementation of this technology has faced many obstacles. The implementation of such technologies on national, organizational and individual scales depends on their adoption. According to previous research in this field, unfortunately the adoption of BIM in Iran, is very slow and undesirable.

In the present study, by distributing a questionnaire among the first ranked construction companies in Tehran province, the BIM adoption status was obtained using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).

The data analysis, which was performed using Structural Equation Modeling, showed BIM adoption was below average in all 87 valid samples. The research findings showed that if people to imagine using BIM in their minds and beliefs easier, the more they think that using BIM is usefulness, and both of these variables lead to a greater intention to adopt BIM technology.

As a result, it may be possible to improve the BIM adoption status in the Iranian construction industry by focusing on strengthening individual and behavioral dimensions in order to further BIM adopting.