Adoption and Use of Interorganizational ICT in a Construction Project

Adriaanse, Adriaan Maria; Voordijk, Hans; Dewulf, Geert P.M.R.

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0000201

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“…The traditional SC was formed by the interplay of price and trust (Segerstedt, Olofsson, Hartmann, & Caerteling, 2010). Usually a power play and opposite 'forces' emerge in the decision-making for inter-organisational IT (Adriaanse, Voordijk, & Dewulf, 2010). There is a consensus that alliances and partnerships would require, among others, IT mechanisms, underpinned by legal and contractual frameworks, to support their operations and collaboration (Dossick & Neff, 2010;Rezgui & Miles, 2010).…”

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The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering: empirical explorations

Papadonikolaki

Vrijhoef

Wamelink

2016

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology and the concept of supply chain management (SCM) could be a potentially compatible and mutually interdependent practice. The existing research on BIM focuses on improving project-based and intra-organisational goals, ignoring the impact of BIM on existing structured long-term Supply Chain (SC) partnerships. The purpose of this study is to explore the interdependences of BIM and cross-project long-term inter-organisational teams. Five projects in the Netherlands, with BIM and SCM implementation, were analysed empirically using case study methods, including interviews, documents analysis and live observations. The BIM-enabled SC partnerships adopted various SCM practices and displayed distinct BIM collaboration patterns. This exploration revealed three main patterns of BIM-based collaboration, that is, ad-hoc, linear and distributed, in the SC partnerships. The three patterns included various quasi-contractual, physical and digital means for BIM collaboration. The study suggests implications about BIM researchers and practitioners for not only implementing BIM, but also further integrating the construction SC.ARTICLE HISTORY

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The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering: empirical explorations

Papadonikolaki

Vrijhoef

Wamelink

2016

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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“…Adriaanse, et al [2] indicate that substantial benefits of implementing BIM in projects and external adoption motivations are key drivers for a company to approach BIM. In this study, in line with the existing literature on technology adoption the field of information technology, as discussed in the following, perceived usefulness of BIM implementation, organizational innovativeness, subjective norms, and awareness are categorised as major motivations of BIM adoption [33,52].…”

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Factors Influencing BIM Adoption in Small and Medium Sized Construction Organizations

Hong¹,

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Akbarnezhad³

2016

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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-The advantages and disadvantages of Building Information Modelling adoption have been extensively investigated in available literature. However, the focus of previous studies has been placed mainly on BIM adoption in relatively large organizations and little effort has been made to investigate the effects that the size of the organizations may have on the BIM adoption process and its associated costs and benefits. This study aims to identify factors that affect the BIM adoption process in small and medium size construction organizations (SMOs) in terms of adoption motivations, ease of implementation and organizational competency. Quantitative and qualitative information are collected through survey and face-to-face interview of construction SMOs in Australia. Structural Equation Modelling is used to quantify the relationships between influential factors and organization's intention towards BIM utilization. The results presented in this paper aim to provide an insight into the needs and concerns of SMOs with regards to BIM adoption.

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“…To cope with the limitations of former studies conducted on the adoption and use of ICT, we carried out a qualitative study in which the methods of ethnography and grounded theory were followed (Adriaanse et al, 2010a(Adriaanse et al, , 2011. Ethnographers are primarily concerned with studying, understanding and providing explanations of human behaviour and action in their social, cultural and organizational contexts (Atkinson, 1990;Harvey and Myers, 1995;Myers, 1999).…”

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“…Inadequate communication is seen as an important barrier to innovative, more integrated, construction processes (Adriaanse et al, 2010a(Adriaanse et al, , 2010c. The use of ICT can offer many benefits in improving interorganizational communication, cooperation, and coordination in the context of construction projects.…”

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Engaged scholarship in construction management research: the adoption of information and communications technology in construction projects

Voordijk

Adriaanse

2016

Construction Management and Economics

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The objective is to explore what engaged scholarship (ES) could mean for construction management research in facilitating interactions between practice and theory. ES aims to develop knowledge that advances both science and practice through engagement of scholars with practice. Three types of ES are discussed: practice research, design research and action research. These three kinds of ES are explained through their different knowledgeaction relations: action theories or 'knowledge about action', design research or 'knowledge for action', and action research or 'knowledge through action'. The relevance of these three types of ES in facilitating interactions between practice and theory is clarified through elaborating on a research programme on the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in construction projects. First, based on grounded theory, a model is developed to understand and explain why individuals and organizations are (not) using ICT in the intended way. Second, based on this model and expert interviews, solutions are designed to potential barriers to the successful use of ICT in construction projects. Third, interventions in construction projects based on these solutions are presented. It is argued that the different kinds of ES presuppose each other and are all needed to facilitate interactions between practice and theory in construction management research. Keywords: Action research; information and communications technology IntroductionIn construction management research, theories from different scientific disciplines seek to explain phenomena which are related to the design, production and operation of the built environment. The results of this research are also used to develop knowledge that professionals can use to design solutions for their field problems (Van Aken, 2004;Voordijk, 2009). These different kinds of research have created a continuing debate in construction management research on how to address the important relation between scientific rigour and practical relevance (Seymour and Rooke, 1995;Raftery et al., 1997;Runeson, 1997;Kwong Wing et al., 1998;Voordijk, 2009Voordijk, , 2011. In this field of research, scholars are involved in different ways to improve the relevance of their research for practice without abandoning the scientific rigour by which research is conducted.As mentioned by Mathiassen and Nielsen (2008, p. 5) the gap between science and practice can to some extent be addressed by more effectively translating and communicating scientific knowledge to practicing professionals. There are, however, major differences between scientific and practical knowledge as expressed in Aristotle's distinction between episteme (basic knowledge in the pursuit of theoretical or analytical questions) and techne (applied technical knowledge of instrumental or means-end rationality); in Schö n's (1983) distinction between knowing-about-practice and knowing-in-practice; and, in Polanyi's (1967) distinction between explicit and tacit knowledge.As also mentioned by Mathiass...

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Adoption and Use of Interorganizational ICT in a Construction Project

Cited by 53 publications

References 25 publications

The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering: empirical explorations

The interdependences of BIM and supply chain partnering: empirical explorations

Factors Influencing BIM Adoption in Small and Medium Sized Construction Organizations

Engaged scholarship in construction management research: the adoption of information and communications technology in construction projects

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