A Review of ICT Technology In Construction

Ehab J.Adwan, Ali Al-Soufi
2016 International Journal of Managing Information Technology  
A growing awareness in the construction industry has emerged to pay a sharp attention to ICT as a catalyst that would mitigate the deficiencies characterized by this industry. In comparison with other cited review articles, this paper is aimed to 1) compile the research published on "ICT Technologies" in correspondence to "Construction Tasks" in the construction industry over the past two decades , 2) demonstrate the trends and patterns in the use of different types of ICT Technologies 3)
more » ... s the correspondence of the identified ICT Technologies to the identified Construction Tasks and 4) exhibit the construction needs of ICT. By the employment of a five phases profiling methodology, a set of 68 out of 202 articles and papers indexed by Elsevier's Scopus database was considered relevant for the current review paper. This research is targeting the beginning researchers and practitioners in the field of ICT in construction.
doi:10.5121/ijmit.2016.8401 fatcat:szjf6x6j7nhrvarszl4mdbaf4y