AN APPRAISAL OF COST-BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODS AT THE DESIGN STAGE OF BUILDING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA
AN APPRAISAL OF COST-BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODS AT THE DESIGN STAGE OF BUILDING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA
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2011-08
Authors
LELEJI, AKPOVIRORO
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Abstract
This study assessed the methods that the design team members use to
manage the information that is based on the cost (client’s budget) of the
project, and also their efficacy. It also examined factors limiting members
of the design team from adopting modern cost-based information
management methods. In addition, it examined the attitudes of design
team members towards Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) and sought to discover how the design team members rated the
local industry’s ICT standards against ICT standards of foreign industries.
Structured questionnaires captured data, which were analyzed using
percentages. In addition, the mean value of the responses was also
calculated based on the weighting attached to the responses provided by
each category of design professionals studied. The findings of this
research indicated that design team members (84.44%), store their
information via a combination of hard and soft copy. Also, the design
professionals (71.11%) are not hindered from adopting modern cost based
information management practices, and they are proficient (approximate
mean value of 3) in using computerized cost based information
management tools. More facts obtained from this research showed that
design professionals (approximate grand mean value of 3) believe that
modern cost based information management tools are effective and
efficient in managing information. They (approximate grand mean of 4),
also rate the domestic industry’s ICT standards as poor. The work
concludes that the ICT standards in the domestic construction industry is
low and needs to be brought to par with the standards possessed by
industrialized nations. To achieve this, it is recommended that design
professionals should be encouraged to fully automate their information
management and shift away from “paper based” information management
practices.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF
SCIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
OF BUILDING FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
SEPTEMBER, 2011.
Keywords
APPRAISAL,, COST-BASED,, INFORMATION,, MANAGEMENT,, METHODS,, DESIGN STAGE,, BUILDING,, PROJECTS,, NIGERIA