Abstract
South African economy is dependent on infrastructural development, which plays a major role in the country's economy. The Construction Industry has shown a slow increase in the adaptation of robotics and construction automation hence it is facing construction accidents, poor quality of work, and sometime projects results in cost overrun of which accident occur as the results of low level of supervision on site. The study focused on assessing the level of awareness of robotics and construction automation in South Africa. The research was carried out using information from the literature review and findings obtained from the questionnaire to achieve the objective of the study. A sample of respondents were chosen to represent the entire population of the construction professional, questionnaires were distributed to relevant respondents including Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers, Construction Managers and Contractors as well as Civil Engineers and the analysis was based on the returned questionnaires. Data obtained were analysed and the study revealed that construction professionals are frilly aware of robotics and construction automation in the South African construction industry. The study concluded by indicating that construction automation and robotics would have positive effects on the delivery of the construction project by increasing quality of the construction product, enhancing supervision, working conditions, cost effectiveness and it reduces construction accidents.
Original language | English |
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Journal | International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | 11th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century, CITC 2019 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Sept 2019 → 11 Sept 2019 |
Keywords
- Automation and robotics
- Building information modelling
- Computer aided design
- Computer aided manufacturing
- Industrialised building system
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Management of Technology and Innovation