ASSESSING THE ADOPTION OF INDUSTRY 4.0 IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS IN ABUJA AND PORT HARCOURT
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The focus of the study is improving the adoption of industry 4.0 in the Nigerian construction industry with special reference to construction professionals in Abuja and Port Harcourt. The aim of this study is to develop strategies that will improve the adoption of industry 4.0 among construction professionals in the Nigerian construction industry. The specific objectives are to determine the level of awareness of Industry 4.0 as a performance tool in the Nigerian construction industry; to determine the impact of industry 4.0 on the efficient project delivery in the Nigerian construction industry. The research design adopted in the study is mixed research design which combines quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The target population comprises of Registered Quantity surveyors, Architects, Engineers, Estate managers and Urban Designers which gives a total of 747 respondents. A sample size of 261 was gotten through Taro Yamane. Based on the nature of the objectives, OLS regression techniques were used to ascertain the impact of industrial 4.0 on the construction industry in Nigeria, efficient project delivery becomes the dependent variable whereas robotics, building information modelling, drones, and artificial intelligence were used as the independent variable. The findings of the study reveals that The direction of the relationship between the underlisted variables are majorly positive except the drones which implies that increase in the adoption of robotics, drones, building information modelling will lead to simultaneous increase in the efficient project delivery in Nigeria. The study also concludes that the signs of all the variable coefficient from the estimated model are not totally in line with a priori expectations. Robotics, building information modelling and drones, have a positive relationship with efficient project delivery, which conforms to the expected sign whereas artificial intelligence has negative relationship with efficient project delivery which does not conforms to the expected signs. The study recommends that Professionals are encouraged to continue to participate in learning and training in the field of technology in order to know ways in which industry 4.0 can be beneficial to their work processes
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Industry 4.0, Nigerian construction industry, project delivery, robotics, Building Information Modeling (BIM)Downloads
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