Investigating antecedents and drivers affecting the adoption of collaboration technologies in the construction industry

Nikas, Athanasios; Poulymenakou, Angeliki; Kriaris, Panagioths

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2006.10.003

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“…Consistent with previous studies, they found that significant effect of external factors. However, contrary to above studies, Nikas et al (2007) found external competitive pressures in forms of partner's adoption of collaborative systems and the improvement of company's responsiveness to their customers as insignificant.…”

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Exploring the Common Technology Adoption Enablers among Malaysian SMEs: Qualitative Findings

Abdullah

Wahab

Shamsuddin

2013

JMS

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Technology has been recognized as one of strategic resources for sustaining competitiveness among firms regardless of their sizes. Challenges in globalizations and strategic alliances are some of the issues underpinning technology adoption among SMEs. However, existing models on technology adoption have not provided sufficient insights on factors that could influence the successful adoption of technology among SMEs in Malaysia. Varying levels of technology adoption and high industrial diversity hinder comprehensive understanding on common factors affecting technology adoption. Therefore, this study aims to identify significant enablers that could have pervasive influence on technology adoption among SMEs in Malaysia by integrating internal and external factors together with the SME unique characteristics. A preliminary study via in-depth interviews was conducted to propose the SME technology adoption model to validate the influence of external factors, internal factors and SMEs' owner-manager characteristics. This study employed multiple case studies strategy as its research design and in-depth interviews as primary data collection method. Collected data were analyzed using thematic analyses to identify recurring factors across cases. The findings showed that notwithstanding of the technologies adopted by the firms, internal factors and SME's owner-managers characteristics have significant influence on technology adoption among SMEs.

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Section: External Factorscontrasting

confidence: 46%

Exploring the Common Technology Adoption Enablers among Malaysian SMEs: Qualitative Findings

Abdullah

Wahab

Shamsuddin

2013

JMS

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“…The construction is a process of the collaborative construction (Nikas, Poulymenakou & Kriaris, 2007;Soibelman, Sacks, Akinc, Dikmen, Birgonul & Eybpoosh, 2010), which needs the multidisciplines' cooperation, and more attentions have been attracted by the collaborative construction, for example, the collaboration knowledge management (Dave & Koskela, 2009;El-Diraby, Lima & Feis, 2005), the collaborative working supported by IT (Hammad, Wang & Mudur, 2009;Isikdag & Underwood, 2010) and so on. With the development and application of IT in the AEC industry, it provides a collaborative environment (Erdogan, Anumba, Bouchlaghem & Nielsen, 2008).…”

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Research on information models for the construction schedule management based on the IFC standard

Xue

Wang

Man

2015

JIEM

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Abstract:Purpose: The purpose of this article is to study the description and extension of the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) standard in the construction schedule management, which achieves the information exchange and sharing among the different information systems and stakeholders, and facilitates the collaborative construction in construction projects.Design/methodology/approach: The schedule information processing and coordination are difficult in complex construction projects. However, Building Information Modeling (BIM) provides a platform for exchanging and sharing information among information systems and stakeholders based on the IFC standard.Through analyzing the plan, implementing, check and control, the information flow in the schedule management is reflected based on the IDEF0. According to the IFC4, the information models for the schedule management are established, which not only includes the each aspect of the schedule management, but also includes the cost management, the resource management, the quality management, the risk management and so on. Findings:The information requirement for the construction schedule management can be summarized into three aspects: the schedule plan information, the implementing information and the check and control information, and three aspects can be described through the existing -615-Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management -http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.1283 and extended entities of the IFC4, and different information models are established respectively. Originality/value:The main contribution of the article is to establish construction schedule management information models, which achieve the information exchange and sharing in the construction project, and facilitate the development of the application software to meet requirements of the construction project.

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“…As Moum (2006, p.409) states the "fundamental pillar of a successful building project is a good design process". This position is supported by studies from researchers such as Bratteteig (1998), Munkvold (2003), and Nikas et al (2007), which have found that collaborative technologies are implemented with far greater success when collaborative practices are firmly in place prior to their deployment. Consequently, rather than continuing to concentrate on humancomputer interaction, researchers like Chen, Frame & Maver (1998) and Achten (2002) advocate a shift in focus to the use of computers as an enabling medium for human-human interaction.…”

Section: Atlas (Architecture Methodology and Tools For Computer-intementioning

confidence: 63%

“…Collaborative endeavours are known to be more successful when integrated design processes are in place prior to the implementation of technologies aiming to support multidisciplinary design (Nikas, et al, 2007). Consequently, before simulation tools more suited to early exploration can be developed, a formal framework that clearly identifies interdisciplinary process and information dependencies in the investigation of building energy performance must first be established.…”

Section: An Integrated Design-analysis Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Identifying the need for complete, coherent and expressive process networks, Augenbroe recognises the challenge of overcoming difficulties in interdisciplinary communication, a topic of considerable interest over the last decade (Cooper, Cerulli, Lawson, Peng, & Rezgui, 2005;Froese, 2010;Holzer, 2009;Horvath & Rudas, 2008;Nicholas, 2008;Nikas, Poulymenakou, & Kriaris, 2007;Senescu & Haymaker, 2009a). However, while acknowledging the importance of process integration and communication for performance-oriented design, the concepts of 'design-integrated' and 'designer-friendly' are treated as mutually exclusive paradigms for simulation tool development.…”

Section: Correlation-based Calculationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Energy simulation for decision support in early architectural design

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Decisions made in the earliest stage of architectural design have the greatest impacts on the environmental and financial performance of buildings. Yet despite being one of the largest contributors to energy consumption and cost, building services are rarely a driving influence in the conceptualisation of architectural form.If building professionals are to engage in sustainable design practices, they must be able to assess the performance impacts of different design options prior to major architectural characteristics becoming fixed. Current modelling and simulation tools, however, largely lack the capacity to resolve design and performance constraints simultaneously. New digital tools and processes for exploring the interdependencies between architecture, building services and energy consumption in early design are needed, so that individual professionals can understand the impacts of their decisions on those of other disciplines and on building performance.In response to this problem, this thesis proposes a framework for performance-oriented design that supports integrated decision-making by enabling architects and engineers to work together to simulate and evaluate the energy performance of design alternatives early on. Arguing the need to work across disciplinary boundaries, it demonstrates how cross-cutting performance objectives can better structure and streamline the integration between design and analysis tasks by establishing a shared basis for communication. Guided by an embedded-practice research methodology, this thesis draws on firsthand experience of multidisciplinary practice to identify the limitations of current tools and processes in supporting performance-oriented investigations, and establishes common goals and principles for an integrated energy-oriented design strategy. It then describes a collaborative tool for energy design and analysis that has been developed as a critical response to observed shortcomings, which provides decision support by permitting practitioners to quickly, flexibly and reliably assess the performance of multiple design options early on.Central to this research is the understanding that there is a need to unify the disparate methods of working that have been adopted by architects and engineers as a result of progressive specialisation within the building industry. This understanding suggests that there is more to the design process than simply data exchanges supported by a common building representation, and points to the importance of communication networks that strengthen the dialogue between architect and engineer. In responding to this finding, the proposed framework facilitates the sharing of knowledge across disciplines, which is of as great a benefit to the design process as the performance evaluation capabilities that it also provides. Principal Supervisor:Professor Journal ArticlesToth, B., Janssen, P., Stouffs, R. Conference PapersJanssen, P., Stouffs, R., Chaszar, A., Boeykens, S., & Toth, B. (2014). Custom digital workflows with user-defined dat...

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Investigating antecedents and drivers affecting the adoption of collaboration technologies in the construction industry

Cited by 86 publications

References 28 publications

Exploring the Common Technology Adoption Enablers among Malaysian SMEs: Qualitative Findings

Exploring the Common Technology Adoption Enablers among Malaysian SMEs: Qualitative Findings

Research on information models for the construction schedule management based on the IFC standard

Energy simulation for decision support in early architectural design

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