IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZING MIDSIZED CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

With the decrease in cost and increase in capability of computer systems, many companies are going through or considering going through the process of implementing in-house computer applications. A case study of Story Construction Company traces the evolution from manual operations in the late 1960's to the current complete in-house computer operation. Some of the ways this transition has affected company employees from clerical to top-level management are considered. Finally, observations and conclusions are made about the impacts of computerizing company operations. The process of implementing company-wide computer operations is not without pitfalls, expenses, and difficulties, but the gain is well worth the difficulties.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the October 21-25, 1985, ASCE Convention and Exposition held in Detroit, Michigan.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Rounds, J L
  • Warning, G
• Publication Date: 1987-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 183-190
• Serial:
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Volume: 113
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9364
  • EISSN: 1943-7862
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jcemd4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Construction industry; Impact studies; Information processing
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472427
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. 21529
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1987 12:00AM