Awareness and Implementation of Information and Communication Technology in Materials Management on Construction Projects
Olatunji Joseph Oladiran and Adewunmi John Babafemi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64755/CMMP7624
Keywords: Awareness; Implementation; ICT; Material, Management
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE
This study seeks to investigate the awareness and usage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in materials management, with a view to improve the performance of construction projects. The specific objectives are to assess the level of awareness of the various ICT applications in Nigeria construction industry; and to examine their usage in construction materials management processes.
DESIGN / APPROACH / METHODOLOGY
Survey method was considered suitable to carry out this study. The population of this study comprises construction professionals, 100 construction professionals were selected by purposive sampling technique from various construction companies in Lagos State. The instrument of data collection designed for this study was questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential tools were used to analyze the data.
FINDINGS
The findings revealed that there is awareness and implementation of ICT applications in material management processes in construction projects.
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
It is concluded that although the awareness of some ICT applications is high, there is still low awareness of some of them such as Web Based Project Management Systems (WPMS), Geographic Information Services (GIS), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Barcodes. This implies that the application of ICT has not be fully embraced. Awareness of ICT application such as E-mail and Short Message Services (SMS), Mobile internet/ Mobile computing, Microsoft packages and others should be improved. This can be done by rigorous campaign, advertisement, training and training on ICT application usage by stakeholder.
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