AN APPRAISAL OF COST-BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODS AT THE DESIGN STAGE OF BUILDING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

This study assessed the methods that the design team members use to manage the information that is based on the cost (client's budget) of the project, and also their efficacy. It also examined factors limiting members of the design team from adopting modern cost-based information management methods. In addition, it examined the attitudes of design team members towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and sought to discover how the design team members rated the local industry's ICT standards against ICT standards of foreign industries. Structured questionnaires captured data, which were analyzed using percentages. In addition, the mean value of the responses was also calculated based on the weighting attached to the responses provided by each category of design professionals studied. The findings of this research indicated that design team members (84.44%), store their information via a combination of hard and soft copy. Also, the design professionals (71.11%) are not hind...