Journal Of Project Management Practice (JPMP)

Enhancing Project Efficiency: The Role of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Cost and Time Management

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has emerged as a transformative technology in the construction industry, particularly in developed countries, by offering a digital approach to project management that can improve cost and time control. Despite its potential, many construction projects continue to face challenges such as budget overruns, project delays, and inefficient resource management, which limit their ability to fully leverage BIM's advantages. This study aims to explore the application of BIM technology for enhancing project efficiency in construction projects, focusing on its impact on cost and time control. The research specifically examines the extent of BIM adoption across different project phases, including design, construction, and maintenance, and identifies the challenges that hinder its effective use. Data for this
study were collected through a structured questionnaire survey and analysed using descriptive statistical methods with SPSS. The findings reveal a low level of awareness and adoption of BIM technology for cost and time control in construction projects, despite its recognized benefits in cost estimation, project scheduling, and maintenance management. Key challenges identified include the high cost of training and software, a lack of standardized BIM guidelines, and the limited availability of skilled professionals. These findings provide critical insights for industry stakeholders seeking to improve BIM integration for better cost and time management, emphasizing the need for targeted training programs, improved standardization, and greater industry collaboration to maximize BIM's potential.

Case Studies on Safety Management Practices at Offshore Platforms in Malaysia

Nur Aini Firzanah Mohd Afzan, Mohamad Zahierruden Ismail, Zafira Nadia Maaz — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0800

This paper presents a qualitative exploratory study to investigate safety management practices across multiple offshore platforms in Malaysian oil and gas sector. The study identifies unsafe acts and behaviours that contribute to offshore accidents and examines current approaches to safety management implementation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 5 offshore personnel from different platforms comprising experienced technicians and supervisors with 5 to 25 years of service and certified to operate in offshore environments. All interviews were qualitatively analysed to extract recurring patterns related to behavioural safety and procedural compliance. Findings reveal that improper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) remains the most common unsafe behaviour despite existing safety protocols, daily toolbox meetings, and routine risk assessment activities. This indicates persistent behavioural non-compliance and enforcement gaps within the current Safety Management System. Additionally, limited structured competency development and inconsistent monitoring were identified as constraints affecting overall safety performance. The findings provide oil and gas organizations with actionable insights to reinforce compliance culture, reduce operational risks, and support continuous improvement in safety management offshore.

Barriers to Sustainable Construction: A Quantitative Analysis of Technological, Economic, and Policy Challenges in Southwest China

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Sustainable construction (SC) is vital in addressing the construction sector’s environmental footprint, yet SC adoption remains limited in developing countries. In China, national policies such as the Green Building Evaluation Standard and the 14th Five Year Plan have been introduced to anchor SC. Nevertheless, SC adoption remains inconsistent particularly in less developed regions like Southwest China. This study investigates the barriers to SC adoption in Southwest China, using Institutional Theory to categorize SC barriers across regulative, normative, and cultural cognitive dimensions. A structured questionnaire was distributed to 400 construction professionals, yielding 269 valid responses. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were applied to validate the dimensional structure of SC barriers. The results highlight economic and cost factors especially high upfront capital investment and limited access to financing, as the most critical impediments. Factor analysis confirmed that barriers align with the three institutional pillars, providing strong empirical support for the theoretical framework. The findings underscore the interdependence of financial, regulatory, technological, and awareness related challenges, emphasizing the need for integrated strategies involving policy enforcement, capacity building, and stakeholder’s engagement.

Interface Management between Internal and External Project Managers in Public Works Procurement: Fundamental Competencies Required

Kofi Amponsah-Kwatiah — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Relationship management in project management has generally been studied in the context of the managers and their teams’ stakeholder management, leaving the interactions between and among the managers’ themselves as a gap to be filled. This paper explored fundamental competencies required of internal and external project managers for managing their interfaces in public construction projects. A qualitative research approach was adopted to study perceptions from two Ghanaian institutions – one Public Institution and one Private Construction Firm which together offered the phenomenon studied. The Public Institution represents the Internal Project Managers (IPM) perspective while the Private Construction Firm represents the External Project Managers (EPM) perspective. Data were collected through in-depth interviews which were recorded and analysed using open, axial and selective coding. Three competency themes were studied - knowledge, skills and management styles. It was found that, Internal and External project managers need experiential knowledge about the overriding influences of public sector policies and generic tension between investment and profit interests. Skills required include leadership, communication, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence and managing in political environment. Management style elements also include collaborative, win-win and noncombatant posture approaches. The managers are also to be aware of the basic causes/sources of conflicts including; poor project scoping, frequent request for review, breach of contract provisions and variation orders. A conceptual interface management model embodying characteristics, management essentials and action steps also emerged, indicating that, the IPM-EPM interface management has theoretical and conceptual foundations which could be modelled, practiced and studied as a knowledge area in Project Management. The study provides project management literature with empirical practicefocused knowledge on project managers’ operational interfaces management in public construction projects and a call for public-private Organisational learning platforms to educate their project managers on public project related policies and processes for effective project performance to benefit society.

A Thematic Review on Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts in Onshore Projects

Zahidah Jahidi, Saipol Bari Abd Karim, Mohd Suhaimi Mohd Danuri — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The growth of petroleum production from onshore fields has generated both positive and negative impacts on local communities. As these projects expand, they also exert environmental pressures due to hazardous operational activities, alongside economic interests that shape organisational decision-making. To ensure that decisionmaking addresses the most relevant issues, it is essential to understand the gaps between economic and environmental considerations that influence social values. This paper aims to identify potential risks that act as critical factors across three primary value domains: Economic, Environmental, and Social. A thematic review was conducted using literature sourced from Scopus, Web of Science, and Emerald databases, and analysed using ATLAS.ti 8 with established exclusion and filtering criteria. The findings first outline economic and environmental values in relation to the risks identified, followed by an examination of how these risks shape
social values. The paper then proposes prevention and mitigation strategies centred on the needs of local communities. A clearer understanding of these three value domains and their interactions equips decision-makers with a more comprehensive basis for action, supporting smoother project implementation, achievement of objectives, and increased stakeholder satisfaction. Early risk recognition is further highlighted as essential to managing project triple constraints and ensuring overall project success.