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Table 7 Perceived driving forces for BIM-implementation, rankings, and differences between users and non-users

From: Barriers and facilitators for BIM use among Swedish medium-sized contractors - “We wait until someone tells us to use it”

 

User

Non-user

  

Statement

Rank

Mean

Rank

Mean

p-value

By using BIM we can follow the technical development

1

4.00

1

2.90

0.008

***

We believe that BIM should give us competitive advantages

2

3.67

5

2.15

0.001

***

We believe that BIM would be of strategic importance for the company

3

3.33

5

2.15

0.010

***

We have enough internal competence to use BIM

4

3.17

2

2.62

0.227

 

We have a good network of external actors who support the use of BIM

5

2.88

2

2.62

0.588

 

It is easy to implement and use BIM

6

2.88

4

2.38

0.146

 

All our partners use BIM

7

2.67

9

1.46

0.004

***

BIM has become a standard in our environment

8

2.41

10

1.33

0.003

***

We perceive a strong internal demand

9

2.35

8

1.85

0.280

 

BIM was a clear demand from our clients

10

2.00

7

2.08

0.890

 
  1. *** = significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)