The influence of contextual elements, actors’ frames of reference, and technology on the adoption and use of ICT in construction projects: a Swedish case study

Jacobsson, Mattias; Linderoth, Henrik

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“…Whilst previous research dealing with industry-specific characteristics and their role in ICT adoption and use has provided important understanding in terms of explaining the role of various knowledge domains (Söderholm, 2006), the mode of organising operations (Croker and Rowlinson, 2007), the focus on control and calculation (Jacobsson and Linderoth, 2010;Davies and Harty, 2013), and national organisational contexts (Gustavsson et al, 2012) to mention a few, this study extends previous knowledge through the development of a framework for industry analysis. More specifically, the paper contributes with illustrations and application of the framework to AEC industry-specific conditions.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Croker and Rowlinson, 2007;Peansupap and Walker, 2005;Jacobsson and Linderoth 2010). In the more general IS research field, analyses of industry are also limited even if there exists a broad strand of studies showing how shared systems of meanings, and the influences of normative, cognitive, and regulatory dimensions, shape adoption and use of ICT at the organisational and inter-organisational levels (see.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This implies that firms in the industry try to coordinate their own resources among the projects they are involved in-which can be seen as an explanation for low adoption of ICT aimed at coordinating specific projects. Instead, ICT has mainly been used for the purposes of controlling and calculating (see Jacobsson and Linderoth, 2010), whilst specific actors have taken responsibility for coordination (Jacobsson, 2011). In general, ICT applications supporting collaboration and coordination among project actors have been adopted only relatively recently.…”

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“…Characteristics of the AEC industry are for example that relations among actors are characterised by short-term market based interactions (Gann, 1996;Dubois and Gadde, 2002); driven by the lowest price tender policy; focused on action and short-term gains in operations (Jacobsson and Linderoth, 2010); resulting in actors optimising their own processes instead of the construction process as a whole (Love et al, 1998).…”

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The role of industry: an analytical framework to understand ICT transformation within the AEC industry

Jacobsson

Linderoth

Rowlinson

2017

Construction Management and Economics

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Despite wide-ranging research on information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, little is known about the role that industry plays in the adoption and use of ICT. Based on observations of how the drivers for ICT use seem to be inconsistent with the industry's central characteristics, and drawing on Information Systems (IS) research that demonstrates the role of shared systems of meaning, the purpose here is to develop an analytical framework that explains how industry shapes the adoption and use of ICT. Building on a theoretically driven approach and a case study, a framework is first sketched and then substantiated through empirical illustrations. Three dimensions of industry are highlighted: the socio-cognitive environment, the market-and production environment, and institutional actors. It is explained how the interplay of these dimensions shapes the way the industry functions, which in turn influence the adoption and use of ICT. The outcomes of the interplay can either be aligned or misaligned with ICT, which explains why certain aligned applications are rapidly adopted, whereas other applications are not. The primary implication is that the framework can aid in analysing the need for structural adaptation when trying to achieve ICT-induced change.

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The role of industry: an analytical framework to understand ICT transformation within the AEC industry

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“…Challenges to implementation are to some extent influenced by industrial norms and environmental settings within which each of the disciplines/professions operate within the industry (Davies and Harty, 2013;Jacobsson and Linderoth, 2010;Vrijhoef and De Ridder, 2007). The individual professional dispositions of these stakeholders affect their attitudes towards adoption of technology including BIM (Jacobsson and Linderoth, 2010). Similarly, this affects their readiness, capability, maturity and subsequently their disposition towards use (Davies and Harty, 2013).…”

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Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK

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Manu

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management,

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Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as an enabler for greater efficiency and effectiveness within the UK construction industry, providing digital management of construction data throughout the project life cycle. The potential benefits of BIM have been widely discussed in published literature but relatively less attention has been paid to the discipline/profession-specific challenges of wider industry adoption. Further studies, such as the authors' ongoing research, could help to remedy this.

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Addressing the challenges of integrating carbon calculation tools in the construction industry

Jackson

Kaesehage

2020

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The construction industry is facing growing pressure to reduce carbon emissions. An important first step is to quantify emissions from construction projects enabling designs to be changed and emissions reduced. Whilst progress has been made in the development of carbon calculation tools, the uptake of these tools has been slow. This paper seeks to understand the reasons for the slow implementation of carbon calculation tools in the construction industry and provide guidance on how to overcome these challenges. We find there are specific issues that prevent tools being used such as data security and usability, but more general issues such as a lack of education or regulation also pose a challenge. Our findings suggest that despite the benefits that can come from using carbon calculation tools to reduce emissions, the use of tools on their own will be insufficient to achieve the needed carbon reduction and wider emissions-related change. Instead, carbon calculation tools need to be looked at within and across construction organisations through training, industry-wide standards and regulations as well as organisation-wide requirements and collaboration. The construction industry has a reputation for being slow to react to change, but if this industry waits for regulation before taking action, then the timescales involved may be too long given the pressing need to reduce emissions now. We recommend that for carbon calculation tools to be successfully integrated, the industry must work together to achieve more immediate change. K E Y W O R D S barriers to change, carbon calculators, carbon management, construction industry, emission reduction, enabling change 1 | INTRODUCTION Climate change is 'the greatest challenge of our time' (Fanelli, 2014, p. 15), and to prevent global average temperature rise exceeding the 1.5 C target set in the Paris Agreement (UN, 2015), a significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is needed. An often overlooked sector for achieving such a reduction in carbon emissions is the construction industry. Directly or indirectly, the construction and use of infrastructure assets accounts for over half of the United Kingdom's (UK's) total carbon emissions (Enzer, Manidaki, Radford, & Ellis, 2013) requiring reduction by 50% by 2025 (HM Government, 2013). Although growing attention has focused on how to reduce carbon emissions in this industry, only little change and reduction of emissions has been achieved so far (Xavier, Naveiro,

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The influence of contextual elements, actors’ frames of reference, and technology on the adoption and use of ICT in construction projects: a Swedish case study

Cited by 85 publications

References 31 publications

The role of industry: an analytical framework to understand ICT transformation within the AEC industry

The role of industry: an analytical framework to understand ICT transformation within the AEC industry

Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK

Addressing the challenges of integrating carbon calculation tools in the construction industry

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