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USE OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

IRJET, 2022

The construction trade has been criticized as associate degree "old-school" trade, as a result of of being a slow adoptive parent of mobile technologies. This has modified recently. A survey of one,048 participants found that seventy two of construction practitioners have smartphones, and use smartphone applications for work functions. whereas there area unit thousands of smartphone applications publicised as "construction apps", the most in style smartphone applications offered by software system suppliers to the construction trade area unit for field information assortment, project management, bidding, building info modeling (BIM), accounting, client relationship management, and estimating. This paper discusses the current state of smartphone applications offered to the industry, and examines the apps' functions. Due to the speedy growth in the smartphone applications market, new applications become offered each day for use in totally different industries. Given the massive range of selections, each corporations and people in the development trade should look out once choosing and buying smartphone applications. The business desires of the potential users and the expectations from the applications should be well known, and the choice should be created consequently. Properly choosing and deploying smartphone applications for construction-related tasks is expected to improve communication, enhance advancement with real time info, and increase productivity.

Mobile Applications for the Construction Industry

Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction, 2016

The construction industry has been criticized as an “old-school” industry, because of being a slow adopter of mobile technologies. This has changed recently. A 2014 survey of 1,048 participants found that 72% of construction practitioners have smartphones, and use smartphone applications for work purposes. While there are thousands of smartphone applications advertised as “construction apps”, the most popular smartphone applications offered by software providers to the construction industry are for field data collection, project management, bidding, building information modeling (BIM), accounting, customer relationship management, and estimating. This paper discusses the current state of smartphone applications available to the construction industry, and examines the apps’ functions. Due to the rapid growth in the smartphone applications market, new applications become available every day for use in different industries. Given the large number of choices, both companies and individu...

Panorama of mobile device applications (Apps) for the construction industry

Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment

PurposeThis study was conducted to identify, summarise, analyse and categorise mobile device applications (Apps), relevant to the construction industry and to explore their uses and exposure levels.Design/methodology/approachThe research method involved reviewing literature and searching for Apps. The construction Apps were found by developing key phrases. These key phrases were used to develop search strategies, which were then used to find the construction Apps. The Apps found were categorised based on the similarity of their uses.FindingsThe 136 Apps identified were summarised, analysed, and categorised into 11 groups of distinct construction operations and tasks. The “Design and Drawing Apps”, “Measurement and Estimation Apps”, “Management Apps”, “All Round Apps” and “Construction Site Apps” recorded 29, 28, 26, 21 and 11 numbers of Apps, respectively. The Autodesk Sketchbook, GPS Field Area Measure, MagicPlan, Measure and TSheets were the top five in terms of the number of down...

Development of mobile application for Construction Project Management

2021

In the today's digital world peoples are fascinating about the digital world, we attached a construction company with the digital system which provides an opportunities to the construction company to improve their performance of on-site construction management. We have develop a mobile application for live tracking of all the construction activity which is actually happened onsite. This system mainly focus on site management i.e. Management of Labors, material Management, next day work planning, office record keeping and proper communication and coordination between the project participant. Leading players can take action from their device whenever it's necessary. This study helps to know illustrating how digital system can be used for on-site construction management. The aims of this research paper is the given system is used to assist construction engineers in achieving a high level of productivity and efficiency.

An app based System for Construction Related Home Services in Urban Areas

The online home services are very useful for everyone who are all very busy with their official work. Now a days finding a suitable person for providing home services such as cleaning, plumbing, electronic maintenance and repair, gas range repairing, cooking and baby care are much difficult and also is a burden for the busy person. By taking this into consideration, in this paper, we have proposed an APP based system for performing construction related services such as plumbing, cleaning, painting and colouring, and other house maintenance related services. The main focus of this proposed system is to provide home services by integrating skilled service man and user through an Android application. If there is a leakage issue at home, we search and hire a plumber near your locality who will fix it immediately. Further, if there is an issue with your AC, immediately we try to find a suitable air conditioning expert who can fix it. This service works at our house makes a busy man very irritate in finding a service person within short duration. Therefore our proposed APP helps in fixing problems of carpentry, construction services, house cleanliness, home appliances, painting, home decorating and all other household problems. We have developed an Android APP and the results are discussed. I.

Mobile and Pervasive Computing in Construction: An Introduction

2012

Generally speaking, the purpose of mobile computing is to provide a computing service to anyone authorized, anytime, anywhere. Simple examples of mobile computing devices which have been widely used by the general public are personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptops. Projects in the construction industries normally produce a large quantity of information that needs to be accessed by different stakeholders, such as architects, engineers, project managers and superintendents, even foremen. This information usually has to be retrieved in a remote manner from numerous locations inside or outside the construction site, and even under varied conditions. In current practice a field team's project information access and retrieval, information editing and decision making are still limited to 2D paper-based technical drawings and specifications. However, as economics drive the industry towards more digital information management, more information technology (IT) tools are needed for accessing, storing and conveying digital project information Dunston, 2006a). Gartner Analysts (2004) predicts that by 2014 more than 30% of mobile workers will be equipped with wearable augmented computing devices. Mobile computing technology holds great potential in this regard and has been explored to improve construction processes (Magdi

EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT USING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: A REVIEW

IRJMETS Publication, 2021

At different stages in a construction project the use of mobile devices is continuously increasing at an alarming rate. To make strategic decisions in a timely manner it is evidently important to have accurate information available at time in the construction industry which ultimately leads to the success of the project. Efficient and successful ways to use mobile equipment for construction workers are demonstrated in construction industry. Mobile devices are becoming more apparent because they have the potential to boost connectivity and efficiency. Mobile devices such as laptops and mobile phones are constantly used by building sites in countries such as the United States. To make building data models available on the mobile device, accessible for workplace use, many major construction management companies such as Autodesk are working on it. In this qualitative research, various research carried out by different authors has been reviewed and it is identified how people are using mobile devices on construction sites. These devices show that in a host of ways they make it possible for site workers to be increasingly successful.

Developing a Mobile Phone Based GUI for Users in the Construction Industry: A Case Study

Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in …, 2010

This paper reports work done in conceptualizing, developing and testing of a mobile phone based graphical user interface (GUI) package targeted at users from the construction industry. System analysis and information design principles were adopted during the development processes. Starting from user requirements based on field studies the development of graphic icons and their testing has been outlined. In addition to integrating individual icons into a GUI, coding and loading the application on a mobile phone has been done to enable testing of the GUI prototype. Users from the construction trade (sample size = 29), randomly selected, were asked to evaluate the designed icons in terms of their acceptance, adaptability and learnability aspects. It was found that learnability of the new GUI was more dependent on age and education level of the user rather than on the length of prior experience they had with mobile phones in general. The length of experience of using mobiles may not be an indicator of learnability in new applications for such user segments due to rapid rise in 'digital literacy' levels amongst semi literate users.

Challenges of upgrading craft workforce into Construction 4.0: framework and agreements

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law

Craft workforce is the main productive factor in traditional construction. Construction 4.0 visions are based on automation and digitalisation, meaning that human site activities will require/stipulate changes. The extent to which manual tasks done by humans in construction will be replaced is uncertain. This might vary considering the context or type of work. Construction 4.0 includes craft workforce activities, as these can benefit from technology, fostering digital transformation in the short/medium term. The research scope is workforce–innovation–management using data from job sites. A framework is developed based on data future use involving electronic performance monitoring, building information modelling, smart contracts and artificial intelligence. A systematic scoping review is developed to identify legal/ethical issues in connection to technological aspects. The discussion and findings focus on General Data Protection Regulation compliance to apply the proposed framework. ...