Transformative role of big data through enabling capability recognition in construction

IF 3 Q2 BUSINESS

Construction Management and Economics Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI:10.1080/01446193.2022.2132523

Bernard Tuffour Atuahene, Sittimont Kanjanabootra, T. Gajendran

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Abstract

Abstract Big data application is a significant transformative driver of change in the retail, health, engineering, and advanced manufacturing sectors. Big data studies in construction are still somewhat limited, although there is increasing interest in what big data application could achieve. Through interviews with construction professionals, this paper identifies the capabilities needed in construction firms to enable the accrual of the potentially transformative benefits of big data application in construction. Based on previous studies, big data application capabilities, needed to transform construction processes, focussed on data, people, technology, and organisation. However, the findings of this research suggest a critical modification to that focus to include knowledge and the organisational environment along with people, data, and technology. The research findings show that construction firms use big data with a combination strategy to enable transformation by (a) driving an in-house data management policy to rolling-out the big data capabilities; (b) fostering collaborative capabilities with external firms for resource development, and (c) outsourcing big data services to address the capabilities deficits impacting digital transformation.

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大数据通过使能能力识别在建设中的变革作用

大数据应用是零售、医疗、工程和先进制造业变革的重要驱动因素。建设中的大数据研究仍然有限，尽管人们对大数据应用可以实现的目标越来越感兴趣。通过对建筑专业人士的采访，本文确定了建筑公司需要具备的能力，以使大数据应用在建筑领域的潜在变革效益得以积累。根据之前的研究，大数据应用能力，需要改变建设过程，专注于数据、人员、技术和组织。然而，这项研究的结果表明，对这种关注的关键修改包括知识和组织环境以及人员，数据和技术。研究结果表明，建筑公司将大数据与组合策略结合使用，通过以下方式实现转型:(a)推动内部数据管理政策以推出大数据功能;(b)培养与外部公司进行资源开发的协作能力，以及(c)外包大数据服务，以解决影响数字化转型的能力缺陷。

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Construction Management and Economics BUSINESS-

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7.50

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14.70%

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