TY - GEN
T1 - Blockchain Technology Adoption in Construction Projects Logistics in South Africa
T2 - 8th Future Technologies Conference, FTC 2023
AU - Otasowie, Kenneth
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Oke, Ayodeji
AU - Adekunle, Peter
AU - Zanele, Buhle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Construction logistics are said to be particularly complicated since there are so many deliveries and varied routes to coordinate, all of which must be done in a safe and effective manner to ensure that materials are transported from one construction site to another in good time and with accuracy. To this end, complex logistics solutions that will help manage effectively the entire logistics processes have been advocated. Blockchain technology has been identified as this logistics solution. However, there are concerns in some quarters as regards the barriers to the adoption of this solution in the management of construction logistics. Hence, this study evaluates the militating factors against the adoption of blockchain technology in construction project logistics in South Africa (SA). A Survey design was adopted. A total number of one hundred and forty (140) questionnaires were administered to construction professionals in Guateng Province, SA, and ninety (90) were returned and found suitable for analysis. Collected data were analyzed using percentage, mean item score, standard deviation, one sample t-test, and Kruskal-Wallis. The findings reveal the militating factors to the adoption of this solution in the management of construction logistics in SA which are lack of trust, skepticism, lack of data storage capability, cost and complexity, lack of data standardization, low understanding toward blockchain technology, low support from high-level management, and low awareness to related legal issues. This finding could inform construction stakeholders in the country on the present militating factors to the adoption of this solution in the management of construction logistics and these challenges identified must encourage stakeholders to take significant steps towards addressing them such that the SA construction industry benefit from this all-important approach.
AB - Construction logistics are said to be particularly complicated since there are so many deliveries and varied routes to coordinate, all of which must be done in a safe and effective manner to ensure that materials are transported from one construction site to another in good time and with accuracy. To this end, complex logistics solutions that will help manage effectively the entire logistics processes have been advocated. Blockchain technology has been identified as this logistics solution. However, there are concerns in some quarters as regards the barriers to the adoption of this solution in the management of construction logistics. Hence, this study evaluates the militating factors against the adoption of blockchain technology in construction project logistics in South Africa (SA). A Survey design was adopted. A total number of one hundred and forty (140) questionnaires were administered to construction professionals in Guateng Province, SA, and ninety (90) were returned and found suitable for analysis. Collected data were analyzed using percentage, mean item score, standard deviation, one sample t-test, and Kruskal-Wallis. The findings reveal the militating factors to the adoption of this solution in the management of construction logistics in SA which are lack of trust, skepticism, lack of data storage capability, cost and complexity, lack of data standardization, low understanding toward blockchain technology, low support from high-level management, and low awareness to related legal issues. This finding could inform construction stakeholders in the country on the present militating factors to the adoption of this solution in the management of construction logistics and these challenges identified must encourage stakeholders to take significant steps towards addressing them such that the SA construction industry benefit from this all-important approach.
KW - Blockchain
KW - Construction
KW - Project Logistics
KW - South Africa
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85176947583&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-47457-6_21
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-47457-6_21
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85176947583
SN - 9783031474569
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 341
EP - 354
BT - Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2023, Volume 3
A2 - Arai, Kohei
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 2 November 2023 through 3 November 2023
ER -