The Changes in the Use of IT on Building Product Information in the Turkish Construction Industry

In Turkey, the use of IT on building product information has been discussed since 2002 at Istanbul Technical University, in the research projects BMIS and BMIS-II. In the progress of the research projects, two large scale field surveys were conducted both with the supply side - building product manu...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 181; pp. 148 - 157
Main Authors Tas, Elcin, Cakmak, Pinar Irlayici
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 11.05.2015
Subjects
Building Product Information
Demand Side
Information Technology
Supply Side
Turkish Construction Industry
Supply Side
Building Product Information
Turkish Construction Industry
Demand Side
Information Technology
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Summary:In Turkey, the use of IT on building product information has been discussed since 2002 at Istanbul Technical University, in the research projects BMIS and BMIS-II. In the progress of the research projects, two large scale field surveys were conducted both with the supply side - building product manufacturers and the demand side - design professionals in the years 2002 and 2010. The purpose of this paper is to describe the use and the importance of information technology by determining the changes in the behaviors and perspectives of the supply side and the demand side on building product information. In this context, the most significant results from the field surveys are presented by making comparisons between the situation in 2002 and 2010.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.876