Exploring the Potential of Technological Innovations for Temporary Structures: A Survey Study

Jin, Ziyu; Gambatese, John

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001828

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“…Because the survey was distributed using snowball sampling, the number of professionals who received the survey and the response rate cannot be accurately estimated (Jin and Gambatese, 2020). Out of 218 responses, 165 survey participants CI 21,4 belonged to the industrial construction sector and provided complete responses that did not show any systematic response pattern.…”

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Assessment of visibility in industrial construction projects: a viewpoint from supply chain stakeholders

Dharmapalan

O’Brien

Morrice

et al. 2021

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Purpose Stakeholders of construction projects exhibit different perceptions regarding the visibility of materials in the supply chain, which affects the timely delivery and installation of materials. This study aims to quantitatively investigate the differences in viewpoints of owners, contractors, designers and suppliers about the visibility of materials at supply chain locations and different material types during the construction of industrial projects. Design/methodology/approach Survey data about visibility at nine typical supply chain locations and three common material types were collected from owner, contractor, designer and supplier groups and analyzed using frequency statistics, relative importance index and tests for equality of odds. Findings Offsite Tier-2 supplier, ports and kitting site shows the lowest visibility level for the owner, contractor, supplier and designer groups. Also, the supplier group tends to have adequate to extreme visibility at the Tier-2 supplier, kitting site and during transportation compared to owner, contractor and designer groups. An example finding concerning the visibility of material types is that owners and contractors perceive prefabricated material requires higher visibility than all other material types. Research limitations/implications The findings are limited to construction projects in the industrial sector. Further, the survey participants were based in North America at the time of participation. Practical implications The study’s findings indicate how visibility is spread across supply chain locations and for material types for the owners, contractors, suppliers and designers of industrial projects. As such, academia and industry’s research and investment efforts can be more focused on locations and material types that need improvement. Social implications Industrial projects play an essential part in improving society’s daily lives, and this study’s findings contribute to improving the efficiency of the supply chain during construction of industrial projects. Originality/value Although previous studies mentioned the need and importance of visibility improvement, none have sought to understand the perception of leading supply chain stakeholders about visibility at supply chain locations and of material types. This study’s findings provide specific insights and directions for advancing in these areas with regard to supply chain visibility.

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Section: Survey Results and Analysismentioning

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Assessment of visibility in industrial construction projects: a viewpoint from supply chain stakeholders

Dharmapalan

O’Brien

Morrice

et al. 2021

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“…The survey method, which was adopted for data collection in this study, is a systematic method for gauging professionals/experts views and experiences regarding construction technology (Jin and Gambetese, 2020). To examine the criticality of the barriers previously identified, a questionnaire survey was conducted.…”

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Modeling the influence patterns of barriers to electronic procurement technology usage in construction projects

Yevu

Darko

et al. 2022

ECAM

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the dynamic influences of clustered barriers that hinder electronic procurement technology (EPT) implementation in construction procurement, using the neuro-fuzzy system.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive literature review was conducted and 21 barriers to EPT implementation within construction projects were identified. Based on an expert survey, 121 datasets were gathered for this study. Using mean and normalization analysis for the datasets, 15 out of the 21 barriers were deemed to have critical influences in EPT barriers phenomenon. Subsequently, the critical barriers were classified into five groups: human-related; technological risk-related; government-related; industry growth-related; and financial-related. The relationships and influence patterns between the groups of barriers to EPT implementation were analyzed using the neuro-fuzzy system. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis was performed to examine the dynamic influence levels of the barriers within the hindrance level composition.FindingsThe results reveal that addressing one barrier group does not reduce the high levels of hindrances experienced in EPT implementation. However, addressing at least two barrier groups mostly tends to reduce the hindrance levels for EPT implementation. Further, this study revealed that addressing some barrier group pairings, such as technological risk-related and government-related barriers, while other barrier groups remained at a high level, still resulted in high levels of hindrances to EPT implementation in construction procurement.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides insights for researchers to help them contribute to the development of theory with contemporary approaches based on the influence patterns of barrier interrelationships.Practical implicationsThis study provides a model that would help practitioners and decision makers in construction procurement to understand and effectively determine the complex and dynamic influences of barrier groups to EPT uptake, for the development of suitable mitigation strategies.Originality/valueThis study provides novel insights into the complex influence patterns among grouped barriers concerning EPT adoption in the construction industry. Researchers and practitioners are equipped with knowledge on the influence patterns of barriers. This knowledge aids the development of effective strategies that mitigate the combined groups of barriers, and promote the wider implementation of EPT in the construction industry.

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“…Several recent studies have examined applications of different emerging technologies for construction inspection. For instance, Jin and Gambatese (2020) conducted a survey to examine technological innovations for safety inspection of temporary structures such as concrete formwork and scaffolding. These technologies included virtual design and construction (VDC) tools, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a global positioning system (GPS), and other vision-based or sensor-based systems.…”

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“…As mentioned previously, there has been an increasing number of studies focusing on e-inspection. However, the finding of these studies is dispersed and equivocal, which makes an assessment of recent trends and future research needs difficult (Jin and Gambatese, 2020;Okpala et al, 2020;Greenwood et al, 2019). Limited research has focused on providing a systematic review and content analysis of published articles related to the e-inspection of highway construction projects in a comprehensive manner.…”

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Content analysis of e-inspection implementation for highway infrastructure construction projects

Mohamed

Tran

2022

ECAM

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PurposeThe use of digital inspection or e-inspection of transportation projects has been proven as an efficient method over the last decade. A wide range of studies were dedicated to developing and applying e-inspection techniques and technologies. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive systematic review and content analysis of using e-inspection in highway construction and maintenance projects. The main objectives of this study were to explore the current trend and identify relevant inspection technologies and their applications for highway construction projects.Design/methodology/approachA systematic review of 172 articles from 16 high-ranked academic journals in construction engineering and management published during 2000–2021 was conducted. This process resulted in 67 relevant articles included in the detailed content analysis. The analysis involved synthesizing six main construction elements and work types, nine typical inspection activities, and 23 technologies.FindingsThe result of the analysis showed that among the six construction elements and work types, bridge and hot mix asphalt (HMA) recorded the largest share of e-inspection research. For the nine inspection activities, progress monitoring of construction operations was the highest focused area of e-inspection research. The most common e-inspection technologies are geospatial tools, 3D modeling, and unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). Camera-based inspection has existed for decades, however, has limited research development. The critical success factors in implementing e-inspection in highway projects are sharing data among different technologies, inspector training, and reducing the cost of technology purchase.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first attempts to conduct a content analysis of the e-inspection implementation for highway projects. The findings of this study expose knowledge gaps in contemporary research related to implementation barriers such as cost of purchase and operation of e-inspection technologies and transferring data between technologies.

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Exploring the Potential of Technological Innovations for Temporary Structures: A Survey Study

Cited by 18 publications

References 80 publications

Assessment of visibility in industrial construction projects: a viewpoint from supply chain stakeholders

Assessment of visibility in industrial construction projects: a viewpoint from supply chain stakeholders

Modeling the influence patterns of barriers to electronic procurement technology usage in construction projects

Content analysis of e-inspection implementation for highway infrastructure construction projects

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