BIM implementation in project management practices for sustainable development: Partial Least square approach

As an emerging area with far-reaching implications for project management practices, Despite the growing global adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM), its implementation in the Pakistani construction sector faces significant challenges, particularly in relation to conflict and risk management, communication, and technical safety practices. The primary objective of this study is to identify and evaluate the key factors influencing BIM adoption in Pakistan, with a specific focus on understanding the roles of conflict and risk management, communication, technical safety management, and resource management in successful BIM implementation. The research used a combined pilot survey with 90 contributors, a prime questionnaire with 125 contributors, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and a structural equation modelling (SEM) approach has been used to do in depth statistical analysis. The results indicated the highest relation among planning and technical safety management and BIM implementation with path impact value of 0.613 followed by conflict and risk management with path value 272. According to the findings, every contributes appreciably to BIM's usefulness in construction and project management. This examination contributes to the development of BIM research.