Study of ICT adoption for building project management in the Indian construction industry

Automation in Construction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-423

  Ahuja, Vanita ^a   Yang, Jay ^b   Shankar, Ravi ^c  

^a Project Management Consultant   (India)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Building project management; ICT; Indian construction industry; SMEs

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; SURVEYS;

DATA ANALYSIS; ICT; INDIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIPLE PROJECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE DATUM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63649104668     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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