TY - GEN
T1 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHIN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
T2 - 41st Annual Conference on Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2025
AU - Temby, Emily
AU - Jade, Martin
AU - Chileshe, Nicholas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2025 - Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) has potential in revolutionising the performance of the construction industry. However current understanding, readiness, and awareness by South Australian construction practitioners is at the nascent stage. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the current awareness and potential applications of AI and assess the readiness of people and AI technology in the current industry. Data was collected from 34 construction professionals using a survey, with descriptive statistics and measures of central tendencies employed for the data analysis. The findings showed that although there was a higher general level of awareness of AI within the SA AEC industries, this was predominantly at the surface level only as there was a limited understanding of specific AI technologies or their applications. However, knowledge of current usage or available technology was limited with emphasis more on the potential of AI rather than actual technology which was currently under development. The findings of this study can help inform the construction practitioners on the adoption and usage of AI techniques by revealing the opportunities for improving its readiness and awareness.
AB - Artificial Intelligence (AI) has potential in revolutionising the performance of the construction industry. However current understanding, readiness, and awareness by South Australian construction practitioners is at the nascent stage. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the current awareness and potential applications of AI and assess the readiness of people and AI technology in the current industry. Data was collected from 34 construction professionals using a survey, with descriptive statistics and measures of central tendencies employed for the data analysis. The findings showed that although there was a higher general level of awareness of AI within the SA AEC industries, this was predominantly at the surface level only as there was a limited understanding of specific AI technologies or their applications. However, knowledge of current usage or available technology was limited with emphasis more on the potential of AI rather than actual technology which was currently under development. The findings of this study can help inform the construction practitioners on the adoption and usage of AI techniques by revealing the opportunities for improving its readiness and awareness.
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - awareness
KW - construction industry
KW - readiness
KW - South Australia
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021991548
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105021991548
T3 - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2025 - Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference
SP - 49
EP - 58
BT - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2025 - Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference
A2 - Thomson, Craig
A2 - Neilson, Christopher J
PB - Association of Researchers in Construction Management
Y2 - 1 September 2025 through 3 September 2025
ER -