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Dear colleague,
thank you for making the time to complete this online questionnaire. This survey has been sent to approximately 300 professionals to investigate the use of mobile visualisation technologies in construction. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no risks to you, or further commitments from you, as a result of taking part in this activity. If you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. Your views are however very important for us so your help will be greatly appreciated. If you have any queries at any time while completing the questionnaire please do not hesitate to contact me Ozan Koseoglu at +44(0)1509 228799 or by email to [email protected].

Section 1: Personal Details and Organisational Information

Name & Surname

Main Role in Organization

Experience in construction (number of years)

Telephone

Full name of organisation

Approximate number of people employed

Annual Turnover of organisation

Website adress

Country

Please indicate the core business activities of your organization.

Architecture

Contracting

Engineering Consultancy

Client

Estimating

Sub-contractor

Quantity Surveyor

Project Manager

Supplier/Manufacturer

ICT Vendor

Education/Training

Research Institute

Other

Section 2: Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Construction

Yes (Go to Q5)

No (Go to Q8)

5.
What is the frequency of use of the following wireless technologies on a construction project?

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

3G (Third Generation Mobile Technology)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Bluetooth	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

6.
Please indicate the frequency of use of the following mobile devices on construction projects (A brief explanation of each is provided at the end of survey).

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Pocket PC	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Tablet PC	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Laptop	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Wearable Computer	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Smartphone	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Bluetooth Headset	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Digital Pen & paper	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

7.
If you have used any of the mobile and wireless technologies or devices mentioned in Q5 & Q6, in which of the following activities were they used and how often?

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
Distribution of design documents	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Monitoring progress on site	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Monitoring quality of construction	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Monitoring costs	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Health & Safety checks on site	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Information/ Knowledge management	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Defects management	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Building Inspections	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Section 3: Visualisation Technologies in Construction

8.
What is the frequency of use of the following on a typical construction project?

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
2D drawings	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

3D modelling	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

4D modelling (3D models + Time dimension)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Virtual reality (VR) and Animation	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

nD modelling (3D models + number of management functions such as resource, material, cost, etc.)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

9.
At what stage do you use the following visualisation technologies on a construction project?

	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used
Client Briefing	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Feasibility	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Conceptual Design	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Detailed Design	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Project Planning	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Construction	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Marketing	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Facilities Management	2D	3D	VR and animation	4D	nD	None-used

Section 4: Design-Construction Collaboration on Site

Always

Frequently

Sometimes

Never

11.What are the main causes of these design changes?

Unsuitability of design

Misinterpretation of design details on site

Poor workmanship

Material not available or not suitable

Other, please specify

12.How long does it usually take to update drawings once a design rework has been identified on site?

Hours

A day

Several days

A week

Several weeks

Longer, please specify:

13.What % of the project cost is typically spent on design changes and the associated costs of issuing and distributing new drawings?

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

>50

Don`t know

14.
How often are the following used to resolve design problems on site?

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
Face-to face meeting	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Email	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Fax	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Telephone	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Mail / courier	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Teleconference	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Videoconference	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Project Extranet	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Visualisation and simulation	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

15.
There are some benefits which may be gained from using visualisation, mobile computing and wireless connectivity for design problem resolution on site, electronic drawing update and re-distribution. Please indicate how important these benefits are to the sucess of a construction project.

	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important
Real-time decision making	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Real-time access to project design information	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Reductions in design rework ( change orders, RFI,etc.)	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Online 3D displays of design information	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Communicating design information to/from site	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Improvement in controlling costs through improvements in monitoring construction status	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Reduced financial burden on printing and courier costs.	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Improvements in the management of design change processes	Essential	Very Important	Important	Not Important

Any other comments would you like to add?

Mobile Devices Explanation

PDA: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a handheld digital organizer which stores contact information and allows users taking notes.

Pocket PC: The properties of the Pocket PC are much more similar to the notebook computers. Pocket PCs have large and clear full-color screens. They have larger memories than the PDAs.

Tablet PC: The latest development of the mobile computing is Tablet PC. It is similar to a small laptop, comfortable, lightweight design holds like a book and it can be used during sitting or standing.User can use own handwriting on the screen. This leads to drawing figures, sketching and using the PC as a worksheet.

Wearable Computer: Wearing a pair of modified sunglasses with a built-in LCD display, connected to a flat-pack Pentium PC and cellular modem, concealed in clothing and all powered by a tiny battery pack.

Smartphone: Smartphones are a handheld device that integrates mobile phone capabilities with the more common features of a handheld computer or PDA

Bluetooth headset: Headset connect wirelessly any Bluetooth enabled mobile phone, PDA, or laptop for voice communication.

Digital Pen & paper: A digital pen writes on paper like any normal pen. The difference is that it captures everything you write. The pen can send what you have written to a computer for storage and processing, or as an email or fax.

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