ITcon Vol. 10, pg. 229-244, http://www.itcon.org/2005/16

QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF WEB-BASED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: APPLICATION IN REBAR DESIGN AND ESTIMATION

submitted:February 2005
revised:March 2005
published:September
editor(s):Anumba C
authors:Daniel Castro-Lacouture, Assistant Professor
Ohio University, USA
email: castro-l@ohio.edu

Mirosław J. Skibniewski, Professor
University of Maryland, USA
email: mirek@umd.edu
summary:Web-based systems for construction-related tasks do not always simultaneously reflect the expectations of their developers and users. There is no consistent methodology to measure the level of agreement between the user’s expectation and the actual performance of a given web-based systems. To illustrate this, the differences in perception are assessed with respect to a system aimed at expediting the approval process of reinforcing steel bars. The expectations and the performance of the system are analyzed based on data obtained from structural designers, contractors and rebar suppliers. The paper shows how to specify the relationship between perception and actual performance of the system developed by the authors for the approval process of reinforcing steel design and estimation. Using quantitative methods, these relationships will be categorized with respect to the type of organization, prevailing type of construction and use of CAD components extracted from historical designs of similar structures. The difference in expectation and satisfaction from the performance of the system is analyzed and its potential impact on system’s re-design is elaborated.
keywords:B2B, e-Work, reinforcing steel, CAD, user satisfaction
full text: (PDF file, 0.424 MB)
citation:Castro-Lacouture D and Skibniewski M J (2005). QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF WEB-BASED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: APPLICATION IN REBAR DESIGN AND ESTIMATION, ITcon Vol. 10, pg. 229-244, https://www.itcon.org/2005/16