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preface
Information and communication technology (ICT) is an extended term often used in place of information technology (IT) that describes a broad range of industry services related to information technology, information systems, computer science, e-commerce, and software engineering, which also includes hard and soft skills in programming development and systems, as well as interpersonal communication skills.
It is a sector that includes information technology, telecommunications products, information technology manufacturing, maintenance and installation of communication systems, and in the communication technology industry, the opportunity to facilitate de novo entry is the rapid technological advancement that began in the early 1980s.
Atlas.ti network's view on ICT adoption in the construction industry
Over the past few decades, these advances have gradually spread to many countries, reflecting the increase in the export rate of ICT components in the 1990s, so that this growth accounts for a significant proportion of total trade in ICT products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductors, office machines and IT products.
So can the use of ICT enhance the competitiveness of organizations? How are the main themes of the Nigerian construction industry related to data code?
Information on the adoption of the construction industry in Nigeria
The adoption of ICTs spans various sectors, including construction, industry, communities and the private sector, which focuses on the macro level of the process of adopting new technologies, and the community sector, which is related to the social practices of discovering possible adopters.
The private sector uses micro-level analytics to understand individual-level processes, and their perceptions of new technology adoption vary widely from each other due to their scale.
Each viewpoint provides a specific "lens" to assess the situation, and these views are shaped by different interests, rules, and standards in particular areas of action and thought, and the symbolism of the word "adopt" is proposed by Hua Yuanguan: "Make full use of new ideas as the best course of action." ”
At the same time, innovation employs a series of complex and contingent decisions, and often various factors are interrelated in the transfer process, so the analysis of innovation adoption should consider more than one behavior, so in previous studies, the process of organizing the adoption of innovation is divided into multiple stages.
Therefore, a systematic analysis was carried out to present the comprehensive data to achieve the objectives of this study, and the final framework of the systematic analysis was proposed before it was put into use, and at the beginning of the system analysis, it is necessary to have a clear and defined process description of the research questions in the steps.
Reviews are framed by topics or questions, keywords for analysis must be defined to match the needs of the study, many research keyword patterns are ideal to ensure an overview of the research area, and the implementation of data sources includes systematic and exhaustive searches from relevant publications and databases.
Organizational adoption to individual adoption in the construction industry
Type of ICT to be adopted
Currently, ICT that is active in communication and information should focus on three types: electronic data interchange, electronic data management methods, and web management methods.
From the beginning of the use of ICT in the project, the benefits of network technology in construction companies can be calculated, and web-based management frameworks are also used as a tool for linking and acquiring multiple knowledge sets, which also include different types of systems.
Web-based project management systems, shared online scheduled updates, knowledge management systems and management frameworks, promising as remedial solutions.
This includes enhancing communication in construction projects while also improving product productivity, efficiency and quality, which requires the transfer and processing of project-related data and decentralized project members, linked to project members in an electronic database.
Now, the use of Web technologies promises efficient methods of collaboration, coordination, communication, and decision-making, as suggested by Stewart and Mohammed.
Evaluating a web-based project management system can be viewed from five perspectives, including improving operational processes, profiting from construction projects, achieving program goals, increasing satisfaction with the IT portfolio, and meeting user needs.
Academics and practitioners expect that web-based project management systems can enhance and revolutionize the way construction-related organizations do business.
However, there is still a lack of understanding of how to implement a web-based project management system, which can be widely adopted in the future, and the effective use of the system has not met expectations.
This includes assigning leaders to projects, enforcing their use through contract specifications, and training personnel by demonstrating the benefits of using a web-based project management system.
Typically, the management of construction projects involves a balance between conflicting project constraints, including but not limited to scope, efficiency, scheduling, expenditure, capital, and risk.
In real estate development construction projects, the scope of work of the project is usually specified at the planning stage, and after the bidding period, the project duration, costs and quality criteria are specified in the contract documents.
Project managers for contractors and developers must complete completed facilities to ensure the performance of project delivery in order to meet prescribed standards within time and budget costs.
During the construction period, different services must be provided, including supplies, tools and financial support, especially personnel and skills, and benefits management and emergency management are also important throughout the process.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Data Management System (EDMS)
Electronic data interchange or electronic data management system is actually a unified tool for data exchange between various computer networks or computer systems.
Electronic data interchange and electronic data management systems are designed to facilitate improved collaboration and communication in CI, and the core functions of electronic data management systems include records control, modification management, submission, transmission and information requirements, simplifying communication and reducing waste to add strategic advantages to the company.
To improve their competitiveness, using EDI and EDMS as tools to build an indispensable and responsive supply chain will reduce administrative effort, speed up data processing time, reduce erroneous data, and eliminate data keying.
EDI research shows that standardization is a major barrier to successful adoption and diffusion of EDI systems in AEC organizations.
Benefits of Electronic Data Interchange
According to the planned system structure, it was found that the EDMS system usage was lower than expected, and some users also created additional folders to meet their own needs, which made the EDMS more complex and difficult to use, so they suggested that flexibility should be increased and smart features should be added to the EDMS system for better ease of use.
Shared information access, a standardized approach to scanning data, and versioning without access to the program used to build the content are all benefits of such programs.
In other words, these structures provide a forum to keep all the document-based knowledge communicated in the construction project organized, which makes the whole process more efficient and presents a huge opportunity.
One of the problems with the construction industry is its information-intensive project format, and it has new partners in each new project.
In the construction industry, there are few early reports of EDM implementation, and some scholars believe that in a project, the participants of the equipment should not be seen as a single group, but should be seen as consisting of multiple groups with different attitudes and abilities.
The problem with EDM systems is that efficient use allows them to implement frameworks at the same time, while also defining the various factors that affect the effectiveness or failure of such programs.
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Building information modeling, one of the most advanced innovations in recent years, has attracted growing interest from academia and practitioners. There is no consensus on the interpretation of BIM, so some people think of BIM as a software application.
For others, BIM is a mechanism for designing and analyzing building information, a whole new professional discipline and approach to development, including the introduction of new strategic, contractual and partnership between project stakeholders.
It is because there is a collection of procedures and technologies that a framework is created throughout the life cycle of a building to process critical architectural design and project data in digital format.
BIM acts as a shared information network for projects that plays a supporting role in decision-making throughout its life cycle, and different stakeholders may have different perspectives on the role of BIM.
Architects are also more inclined to use BIM to improve productivity, coordination and business transactions, while contractors are more likely to schedule enhanced execution processing.
The benefits of Building Information Modeling
Sustainability of ICT adoption
In science, "sustainability" and "sustainable growth" are used to describe the relationship between the natural environment and human existence, a concept created out of concern for growth trends and the production of social activities.
This developed around the understanding that in a world with finite limits and capital, unlimited development is impossible.
Some scholars have found that ICT allows access to transparent information, enhances transparency, improves data quality, automates and coordinates operations, enhances agility, and provides insights for better decision-making.
ICTs are also seen as having great potential to promote sustainable growth in all construction and manufacturing operations, and several applied research areas have emerged linking these two ICT areas to sustainability.
This includes environmental information science, in which ICT methods of information retrieval are combined with environmental management science, calculating sustainability using informatics, mathematics and statistical tools to balance climate, economic and cultural needs, and the field of sustainable HCI is a subset of human-computer interaction.
Bringing human technological experience into sustainable development practices, hence the repeated emphasis on the use of ICTs for sustainability is comparable to sustainable HCI, a prerequisite for ICT sustainability, and the transformative power of ICT can be used to improve the sustainability of any type of development.
The goal of sustainable ICT growth is to reduce the use of resources and energy over the life cycle of commodities in order to improve their sustainability.
While ICT sustainability aims to allow and promote sustainable development and consumption patterns through ICT development, the operational focus of ICT sustainability lies in the use of ICT to encourage healthy lifestyles for goods.
These include the production of sustainable commodities and waste reduction, and ICT sustainability also enables efficient development processes through the application of analog ICT, support for spatial data, creative knowledge-sharing, networking methods, networks, etc.
The sustainability of ICTs increases the storage of data and information, while also enabling classification and sharing, as well as improving transport, precisely because of the use of smarter and automated processes, reducing the use of resources and thus improving overall performance.
Today, ICT companies will face fundamental difficulties in establishing and achieving environmental, social and economic sustainability goals, including identifying sustainable delivery models, identifying the most effective systems, and measuring and evaluating the achievements of these systems.
The organization also needs a structure to assess sustainability, which is compatible with the practices of ICT companies, active and suitable for the practices of data center maintenance and access to electronics, if an organization does not have a good structure, the difficulty of establishing a sustainable system lies with each company or association.
This happens in various ways, with a general lack of baseline knowledge about sustainable operations in the sector, and the framework has become a balanced approach to considering economic, environmental and social sustainability issues in ICT and determining the potential richness of sustainable ICT innovation.
Everything is made up of three key components that are complex structures, models and sustainability perspectives and their strategies: environmental, social and economic.
conclusion
ICTs, often using internet-based online transactions, are rapidly replacing traditional methods of doing business in businesses, and the internet offers many beneficial features: widespread connectivity, speed, moderate cost, and user-friendliness.
With the development of the digital network economy, e-commerce and the Internet are rapidly spreading internationally, bringing together several countries in the world.
Due to the power of the Internet, some industries depend on the adoption of ICT, especially the construction industry, and the use of the Internet can be a serious problem in improving the efficiency of companies' operations and market reach, and many studies have concluded that the investment and full utilization of ICT in the information sector are the main technologies for improving productivity in various sectors.
Even the government has focused its greatest attention on improving the environment and infrastructure of the construction sector, including ICT, to ensure the country's rapid growth in this information age.
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