Digitalisation in Construction Industry: Construction Professionals Perspective

Aghimien, Douglas; Aigbavboa, Clinton; Oke, Ayodeji Emmanuel; Koloko, Nteboheng

doi:10.14455/isec.res.2018.90

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“…However, the construction sector is identified as the second least digitalised worldwide industry (Manyika et al, 2017). Previous studies have linked the lack of digitalisation to current significant issues in the construction sector, such as construction defects, work completion delays, exceeded project budgets, and increased safety risks (Turner et al, 2020, Asadi et al, 2015, Dallasega et al, 2018, Zhang et al, 2015, Aghimien et al, 2018. Therefore, the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector are keen on the digitalisation of design and building practices Perera, 2016, Perera et al, 2021).…”

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Drivers and barriers to digitalisation: a cross-analysis of the views of designers and builders in the construction industry

Perera¹,

Jin²,

Samaratunga³

et al. 2023

ITcon

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The construction industry around the world has identified the significance of digitalisation, and a wide range of research has explored the drivers and barriers of digitalisation within the construction industry. However, none has compared the views of designers and builders separately. Hence, this research critically reviewed drivers and barriers that affect the digitalisation of construction for designers and builders with an in-depth cross analysis. A detailed survey was conducted to capture drivers and barriers to digitalisation impacting the building sector in NSW, Australia. The survey captured the views of 542 respondents (347 designers and 195 builders), enabling the interpretation of results at a 95% level of confidence. Descriptive statistics were interpreted and cross analysis between designers and builders, and within different organisation sizes were conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test. The survey findings were further verified through a series of primary stakeholder interviews (designers, builders, and software service providers). The findings of the survey, the cross-analysis, and the interviews were triangulated and collectively discussed to derive an in-depth understanding of drivers and barriers. ‘Greater level of accuracy and trustworthiness’ was rated the most important driver by both designers and builders, despite having significantly different response profiles. On the other hand, ‘high cost of software’ was rated the greatest barrier to digitalisation by both parties, whereas their response profiles were similar according to the cross analysis. In contrast to the designers, all builders had rated the top barriers in a similar way, irrespective of the size of the organisations. The results provide a greater understanding on the diverse views of designers and builders on drivers and barriers to the digitalisation of construction in NSW. This will direct government programmes and policy decisions to avoid considering both designers and builders as a monolithic block, when aiming at improving the state of digitalisation and performance of the construction industry.

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Drivers and barriers to digitalisation: a cross-analysis of the views of designers and builders in the construction industry

Perera¹,

Jin²,

Samaratunga³

et al. 2023

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“…However, the goal 9 holds an access to positive development in areas such as services, manufacturing, transportation, construction and maintenance. Furthermore, the effect of the sustainable goal 9 could be achieved through conventional techniques that combine skill with contemporary technology (Pradhan et al 2008;Pisano et al 2015;Aghimien et al 2018).…”

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“…Relationship among disruptive innovations, industrial 4.0 and sustainable development goal 9 Digitalization in construction (establishing awareness and level of technological disruption) Digitalization has taken the centre stage of discussions all over the world overtime. It has become a global phenomenon, to this end, Aghimien et al (2018) described it as popular among professionals in construction industry because of its ability to effectively transform operations in the construction field (Pradhan et al 2017). In his opinion interpreted digitalization adventure as a means of presenting information in a way that bears digital characteristics and nature.…”

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“…Similarly, disruption through digitalization requires resources for effectiveness Huang et al (2004), Aghimien et al (2018), Pradhan et al (2017), and (2019) documented their findings on resources that could be used to bring about technological innovations in a disruptive form. Resources like computer applications, soft wares, BIM and non-tangible resources like idea are needed in digitalization implementation.…”

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Disruptive technological innovations in construction field and fourth industrial revolution intervention in the achievement of the sustainable development goal 9

Lekan¹,

Aigbavboa

Babatunde

et al. 2020

International Journal of Construction Management

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Innovation has been described as a vehicle of development. This research therefore address the question of relevance of fourth industrial revolution in providing backbone for disruption that could make sustainable development goal 9 achievable. The purpose of the study is to marry the intervention of disruptive innovation within the context of fourth industrial revolution and how it could help achieve SDG goal 9. Quantitative approach was used in carrying out the research while random sampling technique was used to pick samples randomly across the study area. Sample frame of 100 was picked while sample size of 50 samples was picked from the population frame. Questionnaire designed in Likert scale 1-5 was used for the study. The following results were presented, the need for disruptive innovation in construction field, state of disruption in construction operation in construction industry, factors affecting technological disruption [td], level of awareness of disruptive technology in the built environment, critical success factor in application of disruptive technologies, major drivers of disruptive innovations in construction industry and their functionalities. The study later proposed route for deployment of disruptive application in sustainable construction and achieving millennium development goal through disruptive innovations. Disruptive innovation is the key to desired technological development.

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“…This means that less attention is given to digitalizing the construction, operation, and decommissioning phases of a building through conflict analysis, 3D/4D coordination, maintenance scheduling, and so forth. Accordingly, construction professionals need to consider digitalization of all building stages as the norm, fully implement it in all facets, and perceive its benefits [9]. For instance, the digital transformation of construction processes can improve document quality, increase work pace and response time, and alleviate harsh work conditions.…”

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Toward BIM and LPS Data Integration for Lean Site Project Management: A State-of-the-Art Review and Recommendations

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Over recent years, the independent adoption of lean construction and building information modeling (BIM) has shown improvements in construction industry efficiency. Because these approaches have overlapping concepts, it is thought that their synergistic adoption can bring many more benefits. Today, implementing the lean–BIM theoretical framework is still challenging for many companies. This paper conducts a comprehensive review with the intent to identify prevailing interconnected lean and BIM areas. To this end, 77 papers published in AEC journals and conferences over the last decade were reviewed. The proposed weighting matrix showed the most promising interactions, namely those related to 4D BIM-based visualization of construction schedules produced and updated by last planners. The authors also show evidence of the lack of a sufficiently integrated BIM–Last Planner System® framework and technologies. Thus, we propose a new theoretical framework considering all BIM and LPS interactions. In our model, we suggest automating the generation of phase schedule using joint BIM data and a work breakdown structure database. Thereafter, the lookahead planning and weekly work plan is supported by a field application that must be able to exchange data with the enterprise resource planning system, document management systems, and report progress to the BIM model.

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Digitalisation in Construction Industry: Construction Professionals Perspective

Cited by 36 publications

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Drivers and barriers to digitalisation: a cross-analysis of the views of designers and builders in the construction industry

Drivers and barriers to digitalisation: a cross-analysis of the views of designers and builders in the construction industry

Disruptive technological innovations in construction field and fourth industrial revolution intervention in the achievement of the sustainable development goal 9

Toward BIM and LPS Data Integration for Lean Site Project Management: A State-of-the-Art Review and Recommendations

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