1. Information and Communication Technology in Construction Industry
Author:
Ing. arch. Sergey Kalinichuk;
Department: Economics and Management in Civil Engineering
CTU in Prague

2. Indexes of labor productivity for construction and nonfarm industries
Introduction
The given paper studies information and communication technologies concerning their usage within the construction industry with purposes to increase construction efficiency and solve the special challenges such as sustainable design and construction.
Indexes of labor productivity for construction and nonfarm industries
Source: Eastman C., BIM handbook, 2011

3. Construction Initiatives
• The commitment of leadership from all parties
• Greater customer focus
• Application of products and services from other industries
• Promote best practice in health and safety
• Provide decent working conditions
• Measure, assess own performance, performance targets, share information
• Development of an integrated process
• Improved quality and fewer defects
• Use of demonstration projects to develop and illustrate innovations
• Rethinking (i.e., reengineering) the construction process
• Adopt lean thinking as a method of performance improvement
• More and better training
• Development of technology
• Development of long-term relationships
• Greater use of performance improvement tools and techniques
Source: Adapted from Proverbs, Holt, and Cheok, Summary of J.Egan, Report, Rethinking Construction, 2002.

4. Information and Communication Technology in Construction Industry
The main destination of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is providing construction stakeholders with
• information and
• analytical tools
for the best control of the construction delivery processes.
ICT include:
• computer hardware,
• software, and
• communications devices
which give access and allow communicating easily at local and international level.

5. ICT Supported Technology
ICT supported technologies in construction
Needs
Item
ICT Supported Technology
Information processing
and management
Project
Document management, product and process models
Company
Data warehouses
Country
National construction information systems
World
Global ICT networks
Interaction facilities
Man with man
, video conferences
Man with application
nD Visualization, virtual reality, graphical user-interfaces
Man with machine
Indirect contact using computers
Application with machine
Robotics, Remote sensors
Time saving
Just-in-time
Database look-up, internet search
Just-in-case
Subscriptions to customized
content, distance learning

6. Current level of using ICT in Czech Republic
Total number of companies
Construction companies uses/have main parts of ICT
Company's computer network
Internet connection
Personnel and information technologies
Automated data sharing inside a company
Electronic data sharing to manage supplier/customer relationships
Computer
Distant access to company's data
High speed internet connection
Mobile internet
Portable computer
Computer knowledge training
Stock holding management
Production/services management
Electronic data sharing with
suppliers
customers
Share of whole number companies (%)
5157
96,6
64,8
30,3
90,9
24,6
62,4
12,5
18,4
20,3
10,7
9,6
Source: Adapted from Czech Statistical Office ICT v podnicích ČR - výsledky za leden 2012.

7. Conclusion
Information and Communication Technologies becomes the base for all innovative methods of design and construction and needed as much attention possible. It gains currency for Czech construction companies which generally are being short of investments to ICT.
Ing. arch. Sergey Kalinichuk
Phone: (+420)
Department of Economics and Management in Civil Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague
Thákurova 7, Praha 6, Czech Republic