Information Technology in Construction: How to Realise the Benefits?

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Author(s): Lauri Koskela (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)and Abdul Samad Kazi (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
Copyright: 2003
Pages: 16
Source title: Socio-Technical and Human Cognition Elements of Information Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Steve Clarke (University of Hull Business School, UK), Elayne Coakes (University of Westminster, UK), M. Gordon Hunter (University of Lethbridge, Canada)and Andrew Wenn (Victoria University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-104-9.ch004

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Computing / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Advancement in the utilisation of computers has, in recent years, become a major, even dominating research and development target in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. However, in empirical investigations, no major benefits accruing from construction IT have been found. Why do the many IT applications, which when separately analysed seem so well justified, fail to produce positive impacts when the totality of the construction project is analysed? The objective of this chapter is to find the explanation for this paradox and to provide initial guidelines as to what should be done to correct the situation.

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