TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Affecting the Adoption of Emerging Technologies in the Malaysian Construction Industry
AU - Khudzari, F.
AU - Rahman, R. A.
AU - Ayer, S. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Universiti Malaysia Pahang for supporting this study through financial grant RDU181110 as well as project managers that agreed to participate and providing insights that help
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/2/9
Y1 - 2021/2/9
N2 - Technologies are tools or machines that solve real-world problems and, therefore, very important to all industries, including the construction industry. In some parts of the world, technology is a necessity as it helps to improve and increase the efficiency of day-to-day operations, especially in terms of time and budget management. However, there are still many companies that are refusing to apply technology in their construction projects. This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the adoption of emerging technologies in the Malaysian construction industry. To achieve these objectives, this study analyses the extensive interview data with selected construction project managers. Nineteen factors were identified, and these factors can be categorized into two groups (internal; workable by project managers and external; uncontrollable by project managers). This work contributes to the body of knowledge in analysing the factors that affect the adoption of technology in the construction industry from industry practitioners' angle, which could help researchers and industry practitioners draw up plans to reduce the rejection of technologies among the project managers. The findings of this study could help improve the success of adopting the technologies in any part of the construction industry.
AB - Technologies are tools or machines that solve real-world problems and, therefore, very important to all industries, including the construction industry. In some parts of the world, technology is a necessity as it helps to improve and increase the efficiency of day-to-day operations, especially in terms of time and budget management. However, there are still many companies that are refusing to apply technology in their construction projects. This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the adoption of emerging technologies in the Malaysian construction industry. To achieve these objectives, this study analyses the extensive interview data with selected construction project managers. Nineteen factors were identified, and these factors can be categorized into two groups (internal; workable by project managers and external; uncontrollable by project managers). This work contributes to the body of knowledge in analysing the factors that affect the adoption of technology in the construction industry from industry practitioners' angle, which could help researchers and industry practitioners draw up plans to reduce the rejection of technologies among the project managers. The findings of this study could help improve the success of adopting the technologies in any part of the construction industry.
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U2 - 10.1088/1755-1315/641/1/012006
DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/641/1/012006
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85101720203
SN - 1755-1307
VL - 641
JO - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
JF - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
IS - 1
M1 - 012006
T2 - International Conference of Sustainable Earth Resources Engineering 2020, SERIES 2020
Y2 - 19 June 2020
ER -