Many new inventions are being employed in the building sector today, including

various materials in the construction world, more equipment, and technique and
method. Techniques and methods in construction/engineering projects are critical
to minimizing delays, avoiding poor quality work, and incurring additional costs.
According to Rashid et al. (2013), delays represent one of the most critical factors
that increase the cost of a construction project.  Kamanga and Stewen (2013)
have stated that delays in construction projects are undesirable to both the client
and the contractor as they can make the projects become unprofitable compelling
the affected parties to claim damages. Wei (2010) has defined “construction
delay” as the late completion of work compared to the planned schedule or
contract schedule while Assaf and Al-Hejji (2006) have defined it as the additional
time needed for completion.

The construction industry has seen the adoption of different Information

Communication Technologies (ICT). To be sure, there is a plethora of fantastic
building techniques and methods for construction being introduced these days.
The following are commonly used in construction engineering over the past few
years:

i. PERT: Programme Evaluation Review Technique

ii. CPA: Critical Path Analysis

iii. EVA: Earned Value Analysis

iv. LPS: Last Planner System

v. CPM: Chain Project Management

vi. CCPM: Critical Chain Project Management

vii. BIM: Building Information Modelling

viii. GIS: Geographic Information System

ix. 3D Printed Buildings

x. Kinetic Footfall Energy Harvesting

xi. Thin Joint Masonry

xii. Self-Healing Concrete

xiii. Augmented Reality-Assisted Building

xiv. Raised Access Flooring.

 
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is widely employed in Nigeria's building
industry. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is perceived as part of CI
(Merschbrock and Munkvold, 2012). Furthermore, BIM is a common denominator
for many of the technologies that are meant to facilitate construction processes
(Davies et al., 2015). Kori and Kiviniem (2015) reveal that large and medium
firms were found to be leading the BIM adoption in the Nigerian AEC while the
small firms are less advanced regarding policy and process adherence, therefore,
has less adoption. BIM has the ability to transform the way commercial buildings
and many infrastructure projects are designed, built, operated, and maintained.
BIM is not a new concept, but recent improvements in information and
communication technology have resulted in a rush of interest in its use as well as
the introduction of new approaches and new ways of working.

REFERENCE

Assaf, S.A. and Al-Hejji, S. (2006), “Causes of delay in large construction

projects”, International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 349-
357.

Baldwin, Andrew, and David, Bordoli (2014). Handbook for Construction

Planning and Scheduling, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014. ProQuest
eBook Central. Available at

http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/UNICAF/detail.action?docID=1666532.
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Kamanga, M.J. and Stewen, M. (2013), “Causes of delay in road construction

projects in Malawi”, Journal of the South African Institute of Civil Engineers, 55
(3).

Kori, S.A and Kiviniem, A. (2015). Toward adoption of BIM in the Nigerian AEC
industry; context framing, data collecting and paradigm for interpretation. In: 9th
BIM Academic Symposium and JT Analysis Review, 7-8 April 2015, Washington
DC: USA: NIBS.

 
Rashid, Y., Ul Haq, S. and Aslam, S.M. (2013). “Causes of delay in construction
projects of PunjabPakistan: an empirical study”, Journal of Basic and Applied
Scientific Research, 3 (10), pp. 87-96.

Wei, S.K. (2010). “Causes, effects and methods of minimizing delays in

construction projects”, master’s thesis, University of Teknologi, available at:
www.efka.utm.my/thesis/IMAGES/3PSM/2010/JSB3/kangsikweiaa060080d10ttp.
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