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Stakeholder Views on IT in Construction: A North American Perspective
Recent research study at the University of Calgary, Canada emphasized the immediate need of effective communication among all the construction project stakeholders — i.e. workers, construction managers, consultants, and clients. All these stakeholders identified lack of `on-site' communication as a key reason for low productivity. Construction industry is known for its' resistance in using Information Technologies (IT) compared to manufacturing, military, and agriculture industries. However, the construction workers participated in this study expressed their willingness and ability to use modern communication technologies in the work environment. The construction companies (managers) were not confident to acquire information technologies to the construction workface. They pointed the unavailability of information on worker abilities, technologies, possible outcomes, related costs, and benefits as the reasons for this resistance. Technology developers had difficulties to understand specific communication needs of the construction industry. This paper presents a summary of the views and concerns expressed by the construction industry stakeholders in North America regarding the possibilities and opportunities in using IT in construction projects. The paper is concluded with a set of recommendation to optimize the IT use in the construction industry.
Stakeholder Views on IT in Construction: A North American Perspective
Recent research study at the University of Calgary, Canada emphasized the immediate need of effective communication among all the construction project stakeholders — i.e. workers, construction managers, consultants, and clients. All these stakeholders identified lack of `on-site' communication as a key reason for low productivity. Construction industry is known for its' resistance in using Information Technologies (IT) compared to manufacturing, military, and agriculture industries. However, the construction workers participated in this study expressed their willingness and ability to use modern communication technologies in the work environment. The construction companies (managers) were not confident to acquire information technologies to the construction workface. They pointed the unavailability of information on worker abilities, technologies, possible outcomes, related costs, and benefits as the reasons for this resistance. Technology developers had difficulties to understand specific communication needs of the construction industry. This paper presents a summary of the views and concerns expressed by the construction industry stakeholders in North America regarding the possibilities and opportunities in using IT in construction projects. The paper is concluded with a set of recommendation to optimize the IT use in the construction industry.
Stakeholder Views on IT in Construction: A North American Perspective
Hewage, Kasun N. (Autor:in) / Ruwanpura, Janaka Y. (Autor:in) / Jergeas, George F. (Autor:in)
Construction Research Congress 2009 ; 2009 ; Seattle, Washington, United States
Building a Sustainable Future ; 989-998
01.04.2009
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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