Information technology in contractors' firms in Saudi Arabia

Ali Shash and Mohammed Al-Amir

Construction Management and Economics, 1997, vol. 15, issue 2, 187-200

Abstract: The evolution of the Saudi construction industry correlated with rapid growth in Saudi Arabian oil revenues. Construction companies of all sizes were established during this rapid growth. The extent of computer use in these companies has been surveyed using a structured questionnaire. This reveals that computers are not widely used among contractors. However, all large contractors, 62% of medium-sized contractors and 41% of small contractors use computers mainly for administrative operations, such as accounting and database management.

Keywords: Information technology; computer; Saudi Arabia; contractors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1080/01446199700000006

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