Evaluation of Techniques Used in Dissemination and Management of Electronic Documents in Construction Projects in Tanzania

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2019 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 6 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Godwin Maro and James D. Massawe

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V6I3P101

How to Cite?

Godwin Maro and James D. Massawe, "Evaluation of Techniques Used in Dissemination and Management of Electronic Documents in Construction Projects in Tanzania," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 6,  no. 3, pp. 1-14, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V6I3P101

Abstract:

From the design phase to the construction phase, the construction industry has been extensively associated with large amounts of documents. As a result of increased technological advancement in Information and Communication Technology in the construction industry, the emergence of various improved technological techniques in disseminating and managing these electronic documents becomes inevitable. The evolution of this new and less known dissemination and management technique in construction projects found to encounter some of the problems such as less awareness of these techniques, affordability of the techniques, issue of security, and the legal issues associated with these e-documents. Therefore, a study aimed to determine and evaluate various techniques used to disseminate and manage e-documents to explore challenges facing dissemination and management and recommend appropriate ways to improve dissemination and management of e-documents in construction projects in Tanzania.
The approach to the research was both quantitative and qualitative approach. In this case, twenty (20) construction firms were used as a sample for this study. Purposive sampling was adopted to get the five (5)respondents from consultant firms, and a Simple random technique to get 15 respondents from contractors. Interview and questionnaire surveys were used to collect information from consultants and contractors, respectively. The findings revealed the techniques mostly used for e-documents dissemination and management in Tanzania construction projects are Email and Electronic documents management software. The reason for selecting this technique wasthe easy accessibility of Email and the capacity of electronic document management software to support mass document input.

Keywords:

e-document management, Construction projects

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