EXPLORING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCES THE ADOPTION OF ICT-BASED BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INFORMATIC PLATFORMS

Construction industry has witnessed introduction of automation processes in executing construction operations. Introduction of green building concept, building automation, intelligent buildings and all informatics platform. In this study stratified sampling method was used in data collection. The knowledge gap was bridged with the aid of data collated through questionnaires distributed to 950 respondents Population sample 100 residential accommodation was used while sample size of 95 was picked from the population. The study respondents for this research includes facility managers and professionals that have been informed in the use of informatics platform in solving built environment related problems. Existing informatics platforms were explored, level of awareness of the available informatics platform was also explored and later the factors that influences effective adoption of informatics platform in solving problems in building and construction works was presented in this study.