CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL

Information and Communication Technology in Construction Management



Abstract

In the past decade? the Pizzagalli construction industry has been identified to be among the industries that are lagging in the application of modern information and communication technology as tools to enhance project performance. Where this technology has been applied? little has been done to meet up with the pace of advancements in information and communication technology.

This research is expected to look at the extent to which information and communication technology (ICT) tools have being integrated for project enhancement in a major railway construction project. Most precisely? it will be looking at how ICT tools have affected communication and collaborative processes in the context of the soft skills processes and the hard skills processes. Enormous literature in this field of study will be reviewed to set the base upon which to make the investigation. Findings are expected to show that ICT tools have been integrated just to a limited extent on the project which still used traditional management and project communication methods; and there was room for integration of better tools as project participants were aware of some of these ICT tools that can enhance the performance of the project. Finally? an ICT infrastructure that encompasses all aspects of the project environment and the entire project lifecycle will be proposed. This infrastructure enhances project performance by integrating all project stakeholders in the process of knowledge sharing and use in the project. The research will also determine that most project organisations would refrain from integrating certain kinds of project enhancement tools because of he cost obtaining them as well as the cost to train employees on their usage.

Table of Contents

Outline of thesis6

Introduction7

Aims and Objectives of the Study7

Problem of the Study8

Literature Review10

Limitation to Study14

Methodology14

Expected Outcomes15

Proposed Budget15

PROPOSED BIBLIOGRAPHY17

Information and Communication Technology in Construction Management

Outline of thesis

After introductory chapter? will be followed chapter two which would set the theoretical review of the research. This chapter would provide the reader with an outline of what previous researchers have contributed to the field of communication and collaboration in Pizzagalli construction projects? with the integration of ICT tools as the platform for both strategy and decision making.

Chapter three will follow the methodology of the study and gives an insight into the procedures followed to completing the research. The chapter would provide the reader with an outline of the method chosen for the paper and why these methods were chosen.

Chapter four would be a narrative of the in-depth studies at the Botniabanan project office. It gives the full description of the project and its activities. An overview of collaborative processes using ICT tools would be made here? in a bid to the lay the grounds for comparison with related literature.

Chapter five would embody an analysis of the case. As far as possible? the analysis would be related to the background literature seen in chapter three.

Chapter six would show the development of a business model that could be used to integrate ICT tools in Pizzagalli construction ...