Navigating the Hurdles of Implementing Remote Construction Management in Developing Economies

Matthew Ikuabe¹, Clinton Aigbavboa², Andrew Ebekozien², Kenneth Otasowie², Peter Adekunle²

1. University of the Witwatersrand
2. University of Johannesburg

Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 1670 to 1677. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_159.

Abstract

Overcoming the bottlenecks to successful project delivery is a cardinal mandate for stakeholders in the construction industry. Employing delivery methodologies such as remote construction management offers significant benefits that align with the aforementioned. This study seeks to assess the challenges confronting the implementation of remote construction management in the South African construction industry. Using a quantitative research design, the study collected data from construction professionals in the Gauteng province of South Africa, which were purposively sampled. The retrieved data was subjected to appropriate methods of data analysis, namely mean item score, Kruskal-Wallis h-test, and Student Newman Kaul post hoc test. The study’s findings indicated that the most significant challenges to the deployment of remote construction management are training and skills gap, cost of implementation, and technology integration. Based on the study’s outcome, recommendations were made to help drive the uptake of remote construction management to improve construction project delivery.

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How to Cite

Ikuabe, M., Aigbavboa, C., Ebekozien, A., Otasowie, K., & Adekunle, P. (2025). Navigating the Hurdles of Implementing Remote Construction Management in Developing Economies. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 1670–1677). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_159

About the Conference

Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.