Australian quantity surveyors utilize ICT and ERP system improving efficiency Chan, Eric 2013, Australian quantity surveyors utilize ICT and ERP system improving efficiency, Engineering management reviews, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 103-114. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Australian quantity surveyors utilize ICT and ERP system improving efficiency Author(s) Chan, Eric Journal name Engineering management reviews Volume number 2 Issue number 4 Start page 103 End page 114 Total pages 12 Publisher Science and Engineering Publishing Company Place of publication Riley, Ind. Publication date 2013 ISSN 2326-5884 2326-5876 Keyword(s) quantity surveying information communication technology enterprise resource planning system Summary Despite Information Communication Technology (ICT) can help to improve efficiency and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system has been widely perceives as an efficient mean, diffusion rate is slow in construction industry and amongst quantity surveying profession. Today, quantity surveyor must frequently communicate with other stakeholder throughout the design and construct process and using information technology is a must. The more technologies evolve, the more quantity surveying with change and evolve to utilize these technologies. This paper, through literature review, firstly identifies perceived benefits of using ICT/ERP system, secondly concludes the critical success factors that may affect decision of adopting ICT/ERP tool in practice, and thirdly to suggest three effective evaluation tools before/after implementing ICT/ERP strategy. The ultimate goal is to advise how Australian quantity surveyors (QS) can utilize ICT and ERP system to improve efficiency. Language eng Field of Research 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning 120203 Quantity Surveying Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060942 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Architecture and Built Environment Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 09:06:03 EST Wed, 26 Feb 2014, 13:19:31 EST Tue, 11 Mar 2014, 08:33:51 EST Thu, 13 Mar 2014, 14:34:07 EST Fri, 14 Mar 2014, 12:28:46 EST Tue, 06 May 2014, 12:50:41 EST Tue, 06 May 2014, 15:10:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 223 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 09:06:03 EST

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