Technology Utilization on Building Projects and Associated Impacts on Project Success

One hundred and seven completed building projects from across the nation have each been assessed for the levels of technology employed on 68 different common project work functions (WFs). In addition, the projects have been assessed for the levels of overall project cost- and schedule-performance attained. This paper reports on the details and findings of this study. Specifically, building project technology usage findings are presented and analyzed according to several data class variables. In addition, building project technology findings are presented by project phase and work function — both task automation-type work functions and integration-link work functions. Building project cost and schedule success findings are also presented and relationships with technology usage are discussed. The results of this research indicate that technologies may positively influence building project performance in terms of cost and schedule success.