Analysis of the Drivers of Highway Construction Companies Adopting Smart Construction Technology

Zhichao Zhou, Yikun Su (), Zhizhe Zheng and Yilin Wang
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Zhichao Zhou: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Yikun Su: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Zhizhe Zheng: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Yilin Wang: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: In this study, we aimed to identify the influencing factors that drive highway construction companies to adopt smart construction technologies. Using expert interviews and expert scoring, we collected interview data from 25 experts in the field and we proposed the TOSE framework based on the TOE framework, identifying four dimensions and fourteen influencing factors. We analyzed the results using the Fuzzy DEMATEL-ISM method, and we then summarized the findings according to the evaluation criteria to determine the validity of the fourteen hypotheses and the extent to which they drive highway construction companies to adopt smart construction technologies. The findings of this paper are of high value to decision makers and participants in highway construction companies, as well as to other companies in the construction industry, in their decision to adopt smart construction technologies.

Keywords: decision making; Fuzzy DEMATEL–ISM; highway construction companies; driving influences; smart construction technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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