Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication
Construction projects are information intensive making conventional paper-based information flow a major hindrance to improve productivity in construction. Being risk-averse and resistance to change, the Construction industry hesitates to apply new and untested technology. Most importantly, a contra...
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| author | Rahnamayiezekavat, Payam Bernold, L. |
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| description | Construction projects are information intensive making conventional paper-based information flow a major hindrance to improve productivity in construction. Being risk-averse and resistance to change, the Construction industry hesitates to apply new and untested technology. Most importantly, a contractor needs to know the optimal configuration of such a communication network and, even more importantly, its benefits to project. This paper presents an approach to include risk attitude in calculating a tool’s utility index. Results show that economical concerns including initial investment and operation costs ranked first and second important issues in selecting work-front information delivery method. After money which is somehow a managerial struggle, “ease of use” is the most influential parameter. Furthermore “ease of use” covers operators and labours’ demands and perspectives. Calculated paper-based communication method’s utility factor with a risk neutral point of view was 62 while obtained IT-based utility factor in a risk-averse perspective was 26. Results imply the inertia in switching from customary paper-based approach to state-of-the-art IT based fashion. Introducing inexpensive, maintenance free, user-friendly, IT-based alternatives can revolutionize inefficient state-of-practice. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-58812017-09-13T14:42:16Z Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication Rahnamayiezekavat, Payam Bernold, L. Construction projects are information intensive making conventional paper-based information flow a major hindrance to improve productivity in construction. Being risk-averse and resistance to change, the Construction industry hesitates to apply new and untested technology. Most importantly, a contractor needs to know the optimal configuration of such a communication network and, even more importantly, its benefits to project. This paper presents an approach to include risk attitude in calculating a tool’s utility index. Results show that economical concerns including initial investment and operation costs ranked first and second important issues in selecting work-front information delivery method. After money which is somehow a managerial struggle, “ease of use” is the most influential parameter. Furthermore “ease of use” covers operators and labours’ demands and perspectives. Calculated paper-based communication method’s utility factor with a risk neutral point of view was 62 while obtained IT-based utility factor in a risk-averse perspective was 26. Results imply the inertia in switching from customary paper-based approach to state-of-the-art IT based fashion. Introducing inexpensive, maintenance free, user-friendly, IT-based alternatives can revolutionize inefficient state-of-practice. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5881 10.3850/978-981-07-5354-2_C-67-561 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Rahnamayiezekavat, Payam Bernold, L. Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication |
| title | Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication |
| title_full | Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication |
| title_fullStr | Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication |
| title_short | Investigating Barriers to Wireless Field-Level Communication |
| title_sort | investigating barriers to wireless field-level communication |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5881 |