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CONSTRUCTION IT ALLIANCE CITA: ADDRESSING THE ICT CHALLENGES OF THE IRISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN IRELAND Dr.Alan V. Ho

Irish Construction Industry. Output

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CONSTRUCTION IT ALLIANCE CITA: ADDRESSING THE ICT CHALLENGES OF THE IRISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN IRELAND Dr.Alan V. Ho

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    2. Irish Construction Industry Output €35bn - 23% of GNP (compared with EU average of 10%) Components: Residential: 65% Infrastructure: 20% Commercial, Industrial and Public Sector: 15% Employment - 255,800 (12.5% of persons in employment compared with EU average of 7%) Over dependency on housing, now in decline Shift towards infrastructural spend

    3. Challenges facing Irish Construction Industry Changing economic climate –interest rate fluctuations, job losses, residential slowdown Changing procurement landscape – more D&B, New Public Sector Contracts Risk Allocation - does not support innovation Islands of information – lack of interoperability, discrete separate ICT systems New Technology - take up low Climate Change – Need for more sustainable solutions, BER regulations, waste management R+D - spend inadequate

    10. Re-affirm the inefficiencies that currently exist in particular construction processes. Demonstrate by the adoption of a live pilot project that particular ICT tools can led to verifiable reduced costs, improved effectiveness and increased productivity to participant companies.

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