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Ahn, C R and Lee, S (2013) Importance of Operational Efficiency to Achieve Energy Efficiency and Exhaust Emission Reduction of Construction Operations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 404–13.

Bowen, P, Edwards, P and Lingard, H (2013) Workplace Stress Experienced by Construction Professionals in South Africa. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 393–403.

Fernandez-Solis, J L, Porwal, V, Lavy, S, Shafaat, A, Rybkowski, Z K, Son, K and Lagoo, N (2013) Survey of Motivations, Benefits, and Implementation Challenges of Last Planner System Users. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 354–60.

Forcada, N, Macarulla, M and Love, P E D (2013) Assessment of Residential Defects at Post-Handover. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 372–8.

Kang, Y, O’Brien, W J, Dai, J, Mulva, S P, Thomas, S P, Chapman, R E and Butry, D (2013) Interaction Effects of Information Technologies and Best Practices on Construction Project Performance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 361–71.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Information technology (IT); Project management; Computer applications; Information technology; Best practice; Interaction effects; Computer-aided projects management; Performance evaluation;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000627
  • Abstract:
    Building from considerable empirical research in the general business literature, this paper quantitatively explores the view that the benefits of information technologies manifest themselves through improvement in work processes. In turn, better work processes lead to increased project performance. Using an overall sample of 133 projects (missing data make specific correlation sample sizes smaller) from the Construction Industry Institute Benchmarking and Metrics database, this paper analyzes correlations between technology use and integration, best practices, and project performance measured with cost, schedule, and rework metrics. Data are also used to assess the complementary interaction between technology use, work processes as measured by best practices, and performance. The findings show that there are limited significant beneficial correlations between information technology use and performance, slightly more significant beneficial correlations between best practice use and performance, and several significant correlations between information technology use and application of Best practices. Interaction effects of the combined use of information technologies and best practices against performance are assessed, finding several positive correlations, although limited data availability prevents robust statistical evaluation. Overall, the paper concludes there is evidence that the benefits of information technologies in construction are found through changes in work processes. This paper thus challenges more common approaches that attempt to directly correlate the impact of information technology use on project performance with corresponding implications for both academic and industrial attempts at assessment.

Lorterapong, P and Ussavadilokrit, M (2013) Construction Scheduling Using the Constraint Satisfaction Problem Method. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 414–22.

Solis, F, Sinfield, J V and Abraham, D M (2013) Hybrid Approach to the Study of Inter-Organization High Performance Teams. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 379–92.

Son, H and Kim, C (2013) Multiimaging Sensor Data Fusion-Based Enhancement for 3D Workspace Representation for Remote Machine Operation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 434–44.

Turkan, Y, Bosché, F, Haas, C T and Haas, R (2013) Toward Automated Earned Value Tracking Using 3D Imaging Tools. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 423–33.

Vaughan, J L, Leming, M L, Liu, M and Jaselskis, E (2013) Cost-Benefit Analysis of Construction Information Management System Implementation: Case Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(04), 445–55.