Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critical review research in information and equipment technology adoption the construction industry. study also aims formulate conceptual framework different stages process identify gaps existing literature provide holistic picture contemporary literature. Design/methodology/approach A generic initially proposed containing fundamental concepts “pre-adoption”, “adoption” “post-adoption”. separates according three key perspectives:...

Due to the complexity, high-risk and conservative character of construction companies, advanced digital technologies do not become widely adopted in short term, while vendors make determined efforts overcome this disseminate their technologies. This paper presents methods an investigation addressing extremely complex issues related current practices technology adoption construction. It discusses how companies follow a specific logical process linked need, project objectives, characteristics...

Purpose To provide a decision support tool for long‐term management of subcontractor supply chain achieving better quality in construction. Design/methodology/approach Defects on three construction projects are investigated through direct observation, document analysis, and interviews. A method to analyse present defects information as an aid making relation is proposed, its application illustrated by using the obtained from study. Findings The importance managing reduce incidence...

With the boom of innovative technologies, information technologies in construction are getting enough attention, whereas technology implementation remains an undiscovered area. This paper explores process implementation, including main activities, assessment criteria, and mechanism through which it influences future purchase decisions. To achieve this purpose, 98 experienced practitioners from Australia United States were interviewed, used by customers during adoption decisions was extracted...

Uncertainty estimation is an indispensable capability for AI-enabled, safety-critical applications, e.g. autonomous vehicles or medical diagnosis. Bayesian neural networks (BNNs) use statistics to provide both classification predictions and uncertainty estimation, but they suffer from high computational overhead associated with random number generation repeated sample iterations. Furthermore, BNNs are not immediately amenable acceleration through compute-in-memory architectures due the...

Construction defects can exert significant impacts on project performance. These are typically traced back to their initiating root causes, formulated as infectious decisions, practices, or circumstances. The causes often act pathogens that propagate spread numerous other risky conditions, thereby making projects prone defects. Accordingly, it is essential quantify the pathogenic capacity held by each cause determine scope of potential risk associated with its existence. Although several...

The strategies used by vendors to disseminate information about new construction site technologies such as robotics, drones, and driverless excavators are important in their successful adoption and, ultimately, the productivity of industry. However, little research has been reported regarding that technology use products into market. This paper addresses this gap innovation focusing on exhibitions a specific dissemination strategy. Using observational documentary data collected from 221 at...

Due to the complexity, high-risk, and conservative character of construction companies, advanced digital technologies do not become widely adopted in short term, while vendors make determined efforts overcome this disseminate their technologies. This paper presents methods an investigation addressing extremely complex issues related current practices technology adoption construction. It discusses how companies follow a specific logical process linked need, project objectives, characteristics...

Purpose Research into the construction industry’s adoption of modern equipment technologies, such as remote-controlled trucks, excavators and drones, has been neglected in comparison to significant body research information technology construction. Construction also adequately consider important role vendors innovation diffusion process, focussing mostly on customer. Set within context Australia’s industry, purpose this paper is address these gaps knowledge by exploring customers...

The construction technology market is competitive and complicated, due to the high-risk of digital utilisation in projects conservative character companies. This complexity affects process job-site dissemination adoption which companies make decisions purchase utilise new technology. one reasons that many remote technologies, positioning locating systems, lasers drones, 3D printing, robots are not widely adopted short term, despite vendors making determined efforts overcome this. Three...

The architecture service industry has typically been slow in accepting new digital technologies due to many reasons, such as the industry’s complexity, diverse sizes of companies, client types, and stakeholders’ technical skills. combination these business factors with those that affect intention a user use technology offers novel model for predicting success adoption this business. This study aims identify influence process adoption. qualitative data collection was conducted using...

This paper examines the effects of different factors on success or failure bids for infrastructure projects in Australia. Logistic regression analysis was used to empirically determine which have largest effect bid­ding success. Data collected from 123 submitted by several companies with subsidiaries Aus­tralia. The found that having a competitive advantage and local partner, also not competing against company were most important factors; as they significantly increase chances However, four...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence priming on people’s risk perceptions and safety decisions in a virtual construction simulator. Design/methodology/approach Civil engineering students were recruited interact with reality (VR) They divided into four groups covering without sound factors. Data collected risks that they perceived levels their actions. Findings It was found obvious stimuli environment help people recognise more hazards near location stimuli. Sound...

We developed a new tool, Healthy Eating Design Guidelines for School Architecture, to provide practitioners in architecture and public health with practical set of spatially organized theory-based strategies making school environments more conducive learning about practicing healthy eating by optimizing physical resources spaces. The design guidelines, through multidisciplinary collaboration, cover 10 domains the food environment (eg, cafeteria, kitchen, garden) 5 core principles. A redesign...

Purpose Value in construction is defined so many ways and used to mean different things, often linked cost, time, objectives customers that there exists no concise complete description of what constitutes value within a context. Hence, the purpose this paper study current perceptions by players compare with emerging theories literature. Design/methodology/approach Empirical evidence prevailing support role provided head contractor (HC) subcontractors (SCs) presented based on two years action...

To ensure that all shuttle systems are ready for launch, KSC engineers monitor tens of thousands telemetry measurements. This intense data monitoring occurs constantly during ground processing, peaking in the weeks leading up to launch. developed and deployed a software agent $the NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent - assist this around-the-clock monitoring. NESTA acts as engineer. For discussion, we define an rule based, autonomous reacts its environment communicates results human

Three-dimensional design codes are allowing the development of more complex electron beam devices with significant performance improvements over axially symmetric devices. Distributed RF devices, including multiple-beam and sheet-beam designs, allow reduction in operating voltage improved efficiency bandwidth. The increased parameter space, however, makes process extremely complicated costly. This paper describes optimization techniques to automate most time-consuming tasks design, which is...

New technologies are increasingly offered by vendors in the construction industry. Several studies literature have examined information technology adoption at individual level and how administrative process innovations diffused through However, vendors' diffusion strategies for tools, plant, equipment from an organizational perspective received very little attention. This paper explores different patterns of that vendor organizations use to influence their customers decision process,...

The Spaceport Processing Systems Branch at NASA Kennedy Space Center has developed and deployed a software agent to monitor the Shuttle's ground processing telemetry stream. application, Launch Commit Criteria Monitoring Agent, increases situational awareness for system hardware engineers during Shuttle launch countdown. provides autonomous monitoring of stream, automatically alerts when predefined criteria have been met, identifies limit warnings violations commit criteria, aids through...