The construction industry’s ability to innovate in order to improve its practices has been widely debated. As organisations in other sectors globally are addressing technology challenges, is the UK construction industry e-ready? Of particular concern is the plethora of small and medium enterprises (SME) that constitute over 80% of the UK construction industry. This paper aims to assess the e- readiness levels of UK SME building services provider in order to leverage the advantages of technology opportunities in the future.
The product is the E-Readiness for Construction (ERiC) framework for SME building services pro- viders, which enables construction organisations to quantify and measure organisational e-readiness from an organisation, technical and process perspective. During the research lifespan, it witnessed the construction boom at the start of the research and witnessed the bust of the industry towards the end of the research. This saw the shift in e-readiness thinking from complacent to essential tool needed now; and the shift in e-readiness practice from unnecessary to a significant practice to determine gaps for organisations. Again we ask, ‘Are you e-ready?’ Follow this link to read more: https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2019.1617669
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