ITcon Vol. 11, pg. 75-87, http://www.itcon.org/2006/6

E-PROCUREMENT IN THE ATLANTIC CANADIAN AEC INDUSTRY

submitted:July 2005
revised:December 2005
published:April 2006
editor(s):Ruikar K
authors:Jeff H. Rankin, Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada
email: rankin@unb.ca, http://www.unb.ca/

Yongjie Chen, Graduate Student
Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada
email: b1aeg@unb.ca, http://www.unb.ca/

A. John Christian, Professor Emeritus
Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada
email: jchristian@unb.ca, http://www.unb.ca/
summary:Based on the success achieved in other industries, there is the potential for the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction industry to achieve significant improvements in efficiency through the adoption of e-business methods and solutions. There are a variety of issues that must be considered in steering the industry toward these improvements. The issues stem from the root characteristics of the industry including: fragmentation, highly pragmatic, cost conscious, little institutional leadership, and no standards in technology and business models. This paper examines e-procurement as a subset of e-business in an effort to identify the issues surrounding the development of a critical mass of participants required to overcome the organizational and technology challenges. The issues are discussed in some detail followed by the presentation of some preliminary results from a survey which quantifies the current status of the industry in an attempt to support a strategy for progress.
keywords:e-business, e-procurement, technology penetration, adoption issues, industry survey.
full text: (PDF file, 0.099 MB)
citation:Rankin J H, Chen Y and Christian A J (2006). E-PROCUREMENT IN THE ATLANTIC CANADIAN AEC INDUSTRY, ITcon Vol. 11, Special issue e-Commerce in construction, pg. 75-87, https://www.itcon.org/2006/6