emerging new technology in construction management

Abstract

The immense impact made by innovative technologies has been realized in numerous industries globally. The construction industry is, without doubt, lagging concerning the utilization of technologies. Therefore, the study tries to explore different emerging technologies in the construction industry, with the identification of challenges and strategies by different stakeholders in its use.
The study will used a pragmatism research philosophy together with a qualitative research strategy in determining emerging technologies in the construction industry while noticing stakeholder challenges and strategies. The analysis will be done with descriptive statistics using mean score ranking and a one-sample t-test. Findings - Each emerging technology challenge will analysed and compared to see how pressing the challenges were as well as the aligned strategies. A key indication of the study is that the familiarity of the various emerging technologies was based on how many occasions one had an encounter with the technology. Practical implications - The discussion's findings contribute to a better knowledge to construction stakeholders on the challenges and strategies for rising technology adoption and implementation competencies. Originality/value - The study reckoned stakeholders' challenges on the emerging technologies in the construction industry context and recommended strategies to balloon the adoption of these emerging technologies in a developing country setting.

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