THE IMPACT OF ICT IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (original) (raw)

This paper examines the impact of ICT in Nigeria construction industry. This is with the view that ICT utilization in professional practice in Nigeria has the potential to facilitate better decision-making ability and savings in operating costs, amongst others. Many of the professionals in the Nigerian construction industry are still lagging behind in the adoption of ICT compare with their counterpart in other developing nations of the world despite the globalization in technological advancement. The research work periscopes the level of usages of ICT within the construction industry with a focus on Quantity Surveyors. The data for the study was derived from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data was obtained through the survey method, while the secondary data was obtained from the review of literature. The primary data for the study was collected through a structured questionnaire survey distributed to a sample of 37 professionals in the construction industry. The results revealed that architectural, engineering and quantity surveying functions have been largely computerized. However, data and document management is still done through the traditional way of manual filing. Therefore, because construction industry professionals are a rich source of information about ICT and its improvement within the industry, the study provide valuable insight into the current usage of ICT in construction professional practice firms, which thus reveals the level of ICT adaptation in Nigeria Hence, this thus shows that ICT surveys can be used to determine the number of users of these systems, identify the core impacts ICT has had on day to day activities. Keywords: impact of ICT in Nigeria construction.

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