Information technology and construction productivity

ISBN-13: 9783848435173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 312 str.

Dong Zhai

Opis

Over the past decades, information technology has been impacting industries, economics, the way of life and even the culture throughout the world. Productivity has been attracting much attention as an important indicator of economics, and numerous researchers have investigated the relationship between information technology and productivity, but little research has been conducted to investigate the relationship between information technology and construction productivity. Through a series of statistical analyses, the author analyzed this relationship at country, industry and project levels, and found a positive correlation between information technology and construction productivity. This book should be useful to construction professionals who want to adopt more IT to improve their projects productivity, or anyone else who is interested in the quantitative relationship between IT and construction productivity.

O autorze

Dr. Dong Zhai has obtained his PhD degree in civil engineering in University of Kentucky in 2010. He has been involved in authoring and co-authoring various papers published in various reputed journals. His research interests include construction productivity, workforce issue, and information technology application.