Development of a Pragmatic IT Concept for a Construction Company

Klaus Böde, Agata Różycka and Paweł Nowak
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Klaus Böde: HOCHTIEF Polska, 02-092 Warsaw, Poland
Agata Różycka: Civil Engineering Faculty, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-637 Warsaw, Poland
Paweł Nowak: Civil Engineering Faculty, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-637 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-17

Abstract: The paper focuses on developing a comprehensive and pragmatic IT strategy for low-margin construction activities, which forms part of the realignment of the general business strategy and on refocusing the operational model. The main elements of the IT strategy formation are analysis of the current IT environment in terms of software and hardware, carrying out a gap analysis, and developing individual functional digitalization strategies in construction execution based on BIM (Building Information Modeling), business administration processes, communication, business intelligence (BI) and reporting, and data security. Further, a large emphasis is given to the sustainable strategy implementation in terms of hardware and software readjustments, their integration, user trainings, and defining the way forward. Research methodology and initial, chosen results of an extended questionnaire and construction company staff interviews are presented.

Keywords: information technology; sustainable development; construction company; hardware; software; strategy; BIM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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