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Technologyimplementationstrategiesforconstructionorganizations

Henderson,JR;

Ruikar,K

1Introduction

Theconstructionindustry,moresothananyotherindustry,issubjecttohighdegreesoffragmentation（SkibniewskiandNitithamyong,2004）.Thislackofunityhasbeenhighlightedbymanyauthorsasafundamentalobstacletobeovercomeinordertoachievethesuccessfulimplementationofnewtechnologies（AnambahandRucker,2002;

SkibniewskiandNitithamyong,2004）.Itisalsosaidtohaveledtotheconstructionindustrylaggingbehindotherindustriesintheuptakeofnewtechnologies（SkibniewskiandNitithamyong,2004;

MarshandFlanagan,2002;

AnambahandRucker,2002）.

Itisevidentthatotherindustrieshavebeenabletodiscovercompetitiveadvantagethroughtheabsorptionoftechnologiesenhancingtheirprocesses;

however,theextenttowhichtheconstructionindustryisabletodothis,oriswillingtodothis,appearstobesignificantlyreduced.Nevertheless,environmentalfactorsincludingtheeverincreasingglobalizationoftheindustryandthefierceeconomicclimate,combinedwithtechnologicalfactorssuchastheprogressionoftechnologyinfrastructuresandapplicationsoverthepastdecade,aswellasthegrowingculturaldependenceontechnologyineverydayactivities,hascalledforaneednow,moresothanever,tobeproactiveintheseekingofnewinitiativesinordertoremaincompetitive.

Therehasbeenatendencyinthepasttoblamethetechnologyitselfwhendesiredresultshavenotmaterialized.This,combinedwiththedifficultyofquantifyingtheimpactoftechnologywithintheconstructionindustryduetothedegreeoffragmentation,canbeattributedtoasloweruptakeinnewtechnologiesthaninotherindustries.However,thereisevidencethatthefutureofconstructionisonethatembracestechnologicaladvances,andthereforethetimehascomewhereastrategicadoptionoftechnologyisrequiredinordertoextractitsfullpotential.

Accordingly,thisstudyexploresthecurrentstrategiesofconstructionorganizationsinanattempttoidentifyineffectiveorunder-performingpractices,aswellasthedriversandbarrierstotechnologyimplementation.Thisisinordertodeveloprecommendationstotheindustrywhichachieveamovetowardsthesuccessfulstrategicimplementationoftechnologies.

2Methodologyoutline

Inorderforallissuesregardingtechnologyimplementationtoemergefromthisresearch,amacro-levelinvestigationwasundertaken.Inaddition,toensuretheidentificationofthe

industry-specificfactorsthatinfluencethesuccessoftechnologyimplementationinconstructionorganizations,theresearchadoptedatwo-phaseapproach,asfollows:

Semi-structuredinterviewprocess.

Theinitialliteraturereviewphaseenabledabroadrangeofscientificliteraturetobeassessedinordertogainafullunderstandingofpreviouslydiscoveredissues.Theseincluded:

Benefitsanddriversofinformationtechnology（IT）;

Reasonsthataffecttheuptakeofinformationtechnologiesinconstructionorganizations;

HowITinvestmentsareevaluated;

Barrierstoimplementation;

Resistancetochange（s）;

Inaddition,italsoformedthebasisforthesecondphaseofresearch,whensemistructuredinterviewswithindustrypractitionerswereconducted.Thesemi-structuredinterviewsfocusedoninvestigatingandascertainingthekeyissuesidentifiedduringtheinitialreviewstage.Topicscoveredintheinterviewquestionnairereflectthis.Broadly,thequestionnairecoveredaspectsof:

thedecision-makingprocess,implementationprocess,howandbywhomtheneedforanewinitiativeisidentifiedandthenproposed,howbenefitsofnewITinitiativesareidentifiedandevaluated,howimplementationstrategiesareformulated,whatevidentimplementationbarriersthereare,andhowchangeismanaged.

Arandomsampleoflargeconstructioncompanieswasapproachedforinterviews.Theserepresentedabreadthof constructiondisciplines,includingconstruction,buildingservices,engineering,buildingmaintenance,andconsultancyorganizations.Interviewparticipantswereidentifiedonthebasisoftheirpositionsbeingeitherseniormanagementlevelandthereforeactivelyinvolvedwiththeformulationandimplementationofstrategicmanagement,oratalevelthatwasdirectlyexposedtotheconsequencesofthestrategiesimplemented.Thiswasrecognizedascritical,as

[2]Creswell（1994）statesthatwhenselectingparticipantsforsampling,itisessentialthatallparticipantsexperiencethephenomenonbeingstudied.Anoverviewoftheparticipant'

sbackgroundandtheirorganization’sdisciplinesarepresentedinTableI

Allintervieweesweresentapredefi