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Analyzing Key Barriers for Adoption of Digitalization in Indian Construction Industry: A Case Study

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In India, infrastructure and construction sectors are rapidly growing segments but the main issues faced by the industry are lesser productivity due to slow and delay in operational procedures. Due to this slowness, project trio components, i.e., cost, time, and quality, all are critically compromised. Therefore, innovative plans in construction process are required to take up further to build excellence business model by use of digitalization in construction. To take it forward as a general practice to use digitalization in construction, main barriers are essential to study first. From the extensive literature review and input taken from industry experience, professional’s fourteen main barrier alternatives are identified and further ordering are established using Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory technique (DEMATEL) method. After the analysis alternative ‘improper management approach for digitalization’ is having utmost association with remaining alternatives whereas; ‘lack of IT policy and standard’ is the alternative having minimum association with remaining alternatives. Present-case study reviews the key barriers to implement digitalization as a practice and this research work will be useful to the construction professional in their respective areas to find constraint to implement digitalization in construction processes and assess accordingly.

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    Avirag Bajpai & Subhas Chandra Misra

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Bajpai, A., Misra, S.C. (2021). Analyzing Key Barriers for Adoption of Digitalization in Indian Construction Industry: A Case Study. In: Panigrahi, C.R., Pati, B., Pattanayak, B.K., Amic, S., Li, KC. (eds) Progress in Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1299. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4299-6_56

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