Barriers for Digital Transformation: The Role of Industry

Linderoth, Henrik; Elbanna, Amany R.; Jacobsson, Mattias

doi:10.5130/acis2018.az

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“…The engineering industry's approach to producing goods can be viewed as craft production on a large scale; The product is traditionally a skyscraper, bridge, or residential type. Therefore, the main goal of the industry is the industrialization of the production of unique products, which is quite different from other industries, which is the privatization of production [7].…”

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Barriers to the digital transformation process in the Turkish construction industry

SEMİZ

2023

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Technological developments continue to accelerate from the past to the present. The increase in the pace of development has caused a decrease in the cost of technology. With the decreasing costs, technology has begun to take place in every aspect of our lives. An effort has emerged to incorporate these developments in business life. Although other industries' close relationship with digital developments come to the fore, unfortunately, it is not possible to see this situation in the construction industry. On the other hand, taken into account of competitive market conditions and inefficiency problems that the sector faces, there is a need for the construction industry to adopt digital technologies. For the adoption process to digitalization to proceed quickly and accurately, the barriers to digitalization need to be identified. Just as the construction industry lags other sectors in digital transformation processes, the Turkish construction industry also lags other countries in digital transformation processes. This study aims to pave the way for the creation of successful and easy-to-implement digital transformation strategies by identifying the barriers to digitalization in the Turkish construction industry. The research methodology of this study involved conducting a comprehensive literature review of articles published in the last 10 years. As a result of this research, 14 potential factors that could hinder the digital transformation process in the construction industry were identified from 38 sources and frequency analysis of these factors was carried out. Then, to determine the suitability of determined factors for the Turkish construction industry, a pilot study was conducted with 6 experts who have expertise in digital transformation and building information modeling applications. The findings emphasize the importance of these barriers to the digital transformation process in the Turkish construction industry. As a result, this study sheds light on the need to identify the factors that hinder digital transformation in the Turkish construction industry. The results of the study can guide studies aiming to examine the relationship between barriers to digital transformation in the Turkish construction industry or future studies aiming to develop digital transformation strategies in the Turkish construction industry.

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Barriers to the digital transformation process in the Turkish construction industry

SEMİZ

2023

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“…Note. Adopted fromWhyte and Levitt (2011),Bratuškins et al (2020),Ramilo and Embi (2014),Rusu et al (2020),Elmustapha et al (2018) andLinderoth et al (2018).…”

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Evaluation of Digital’s Role in Sustainable Built Environment

Wayne¹,

Chai²,

Wong³

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The construction industry has been evolving, embracing the delicate balance between the Fourth Industry Revolution and sustainable construction to create a sustainable and resilient built environment. Integrating digital tools and technologies in a renowned conventional construction industry is challenging, mainly due to the complex interaction between heterogeneous but heuristic construction processes, building systems, and workflows in achieving a common goal. This study took the initiative to review digital tool adoption and its role in the sustainable built environment by examining the impact of digital adoption in a sustainable built environment in terms of societal and industry impacts. A quantitative analysis is conducted, collecting 63 industry practitioners analysed through regression analysis. The result reveals that energy conservation is the most significant element in the sustainable built environment, which brought the greatest impact on both society and industry in Malaysia. Based on the results, it is found that the digital adoption level in the Malaysian construction industry is still at a minimal level. Through the introduction of Indutry4wrd, National 4IR and Construction 4.0 Strategic Plan (2021–2025), the importance of digital tools and technologies is slowly being acknowledged. The result of the study is significant to benchmark the current digital tools adoption in the Malaysian sustainable built environment. Moreover, the contribution could be made in terms of better understanding and facilitating, where relevant, greater usage of digital tools in the construction industry to promote efficiency.

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