Digitalization as a Strategic Means of Achieving Sustainable Efficiencies in Construction Management: A Critical Review

Construction is a complex activity, characterized by high levels of capital investment, relatively long delivery durations, multitudinous risks and uncertainties, as well requiring the integration multiple skills delivering huge volume tasks processes. All these must be coordinated carefully if time, cost, quality constraints are to met. At same construction renowned for performing poorly regarding sustainability metrics. activity generates volumes waste, requires vast amounts resources materials, while consuming significant proportion total energy generated. Digitalization workplace activities has potential improving performance both in terms business results outcomes. This because, put it simply, reduced usage, example, impacts economic “green” performance, simultaneously. Firms tinkering with digitalization, however, do not always achieve hoped-for The challenge faced that digital transition firms carried out at strategic level—requiring comprehensive change management protocol. What then does strategy entail? study puts forward an argument combined dividends had from digitizing firm activities. It outlines requirements achieving digitalization. elements digitalization cataloged, various approaches developing discussed. offers practitioners useful framework which consider their own firm-level efforts transition.