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Table of Contents Economics TECHNOLOGY 306. Adrian, James J. Microcomputers in the Construction Industry. Prentice-Hall, Reston, VA 1985.The purpose of this book is to provide people in the construction industry basic instruction on microcomputers. The book is written on the assumption that the reader has no prior computer experience. Chapters cover: computers and the construction industry, understanding computer hardware and software and writing application programs. Applies to all workers in the industry. 307. Everett, John G. Construction Automation: Basic Task Selection and Development of the Cranium. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1991. This dissertation reviews issues facing the construction industry and some of the strategies for addressing such issues. The primary focus is on the development of automation technology and its use for solving problems pertaining to productivity, safety, quality, and skilled labor shortages. 308. Steiger, Thomas Lock. Working Construction: Organization and Control of the Labor Process. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1988. This thesis asserts that the construction industry offers a case where technology does not differ greatly by organizational setting thereby permitting an examination of the effect of organizational structure somewhat independent of technological change on worker’s control.
This article studies the potentials of information technology in improving coordination between construction project participants or facilitating information transfer in construction projects. A historical perspective of the Internet is given along with a cost and time effective analysis.
This bulletin appraises some of the major technological changes emerging among selected American industries and discusses the impact of these changes on productivity and labor over the next 5 to 10 years. Of these four topics, the first section is devoted to the construction industry. Areas of discussion include major technology changes in contract construction; employment trends in contract construction (1967û1986); and percent employment by occupation, total construction, 1986 and 2000. 311. Technology, Trade, and the U.S. Residential Construction Industry. Special Report. Washington D.C., Congress of the United States Office of Technology Assessment, 1986. This report explores questions of whether the U.S. housing industry has taken adequate advantage of technologies that have improved quality and reduced costs in other industries or how will the domestic industry fare against competition from sophisticated foreign producers of housing components and production equipment. The report begins with the development of the U.S. housing construction industry leading into a discussion of the consequences of the shift to industrialized housing. The balance of the report addresses international housing and the government’s role in facilitating new technology. Tables and statistics are present.
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