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olde Scholtenhuis, L L, Dorée, A G and Hartmann, T (2011) Challenges for construction IT adoption on project level. In: Egbu, C and Lou, E C W (Eds.), Proceedings 27th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2011, Bristol, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 443–52.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: construction IT; industry recipe; innovation; socio-technical landscape
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9552390-5-2
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2011-0443-0452_oldeScholtenhuis_Doree_Hartmann.pdf
- Abstract:
Construction IT - as ubiquitous computing, location based services, GPS, 3D GIS, 4D design - challenges the work practices in inner city infrastructure projects in terms of improving information exchange between client and contractor and communication with stakeholders in the project environment. Although Construction IT (CIT) can offer benefits to support these communication streams, most project teams in (Dutch) inner city reconstruction projects do not make use of the available technologies. This paper discusses the challenged practice in inner city reconstruction projects in two mid-sized municipalities and a large Dutch contractor. With an ethnographic research approach, this paper used perspectives of individual change, work practices and CIT-features to document and structures the coping processes of clients, contractors, and technology suppliers. A first analysis on the use of 4D-modelling, 3D-design and 3D-GPS systems provides insights in the mismatches between individual ways of reasoning, existing work practices and CIT features. These mismatches helped to identify challenges that change agents should consider when developing or introducing new technologies.