- Title
- Benefits of big data application experienced in the construction industry: a case of an Australian construction company
- Creator
- Atuahene, Bernard Tuffour; Kanjanabootra, Sittimont; Gajendran, Thayaparan
- Relation
- 36th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2020. Proceedings of the 36th Annual ARCOM Conference (online 07-08 September, 2020) p. 346-355
- Relation
- https://www.arcom.ac.uk/abstracts-results.php?s=36th%20Annual%20ARCOM%20Conference&b=b
- Publisher
- Association of Researchers in Construction Management
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) has contributed to technology uptake in the global economy. It is suggested to make industries effective and efficient. The technologies in the revolution include internet of things, augmented and virtual reality, cloud computing, smart sensors, artificial intelligence, automation, robotics and big data. These have given rise to high rate of generating massive amount of varied data, which are analysed for process improvement: Simply termed as big data. Current studies on big data in the construction industry have recommended some benefits based on inference from other industries. However, the actual benefits is silent in the discourse amongst construction management practitioners and researchers. Using a phenomenological research method through a single case study, this study answers the question, what are the benefits of big data to the construction industry? The selected case is a tier one construction firm and known to be technology-led company in the Australian construction industry. Construction personnel in different portfolios, years of experience and at various level of hierarchy were interviewed through semi-structured interview to share their experiences on big data as far as their respective practices were concerned. Data were analysed through first level coding and self-reflections by researchers. The preliminary findings reveal the benefits of big data in management of claims, project monitoring and control, and procurement on projects. By implication, the findings provide real experiences of big data in the construction process. This study contributes to the discourse on the promises of big data as an element of the fourth industrial revolution and the future of the construction industry.
- Subject
- big data; construction industry; Australia; industry 4.0; qualitative; SDG 9; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1462328
- Identifier
- uon:46438
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780995546332
- Language
- eng
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