Utility of Sharing Economy Principles in the Development of Applications Dedicated to Construction Cost Estimation

Adrian Sfichi (), Eduard Zadobrischi (), Narcisa Sfichi, Marian Bădeliță and Mihai Medrihan
Additional contact information
Adrian Sfichi: Glocal Soft S.R.L, Strada Fântâna Albă Nr. 1, 720247 Suceava, Romania
Eduard Zadobrischi: Department of Computers, Electronics and Automation, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, “Stefan cel Mare” University, No. 13 Str. Universitatii, 720229 Suceava, Romania
Narcisa Sfichi: Glocal Soft S.R.L, Strada Fântâna Albă Nr. 1, 720247 Suceava, Romania
Marian Bădeliță: Glocal Soft S.R.L, Strada Fântâna Albă Nr. 1, 720247 Suceava, Romania
Mihai Medrihan: Glocal Soft S.R.L, Strada Fântâna Albă Nr. 1, 720247 Suceava, Romania

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-26

Abstract: This research aims to highlight the importance and notoriety that an application based on heuristic algorithms can have in the field of e-commerce in the construction niche, guiding us on participatory economy principles. The expansion of e-commerce has shaped a new directive and increased the complexity of logistics, being a topical and critical issue. Users want the goods to be delivered in a timely manner to the specified address and to benefit from the fastest services. These aspects are challenging to achieve given that most operations fall within the remit of specialized staff within an e-commerce company. In this context, a service-type software application dedicated to the construction field was created to increase productivity, applying the principles of the sharing economy and developing intelligent algorithms. Coestim is a cloud-based SaaS solution for construction work estimations and a marketplace for construction-market-related products. Equipment rental, specialists, tracking the traceability process, generating a quote, and increasing productivity are essential components of the developed application.

Keywords: business model; e-commerce; quality service; optimization; price competition; SaaS; online shopping experience; estimate construction costs; Coestim (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/1/2/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/1/2/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jftint:v:15:y:2022:i:1:p:2-:d:1010092

Access Statistics for this article

Future Internet is currently edited by Ms. Grace You

More articles in Future Internet from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().