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BUSM4409 – Information and Technology Management
Individual Assignment – Literature Review
Assignment 3 – 40% of course marks
A literature review is a description of relevant published knowledge from a particular field or selected topic/s. Reviewing accumulated knowledge is an essential early step in the research process. Your purpose in writing the literature review is to convey to your reader not only what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic but also what the strengths and weaknesses are for each particular piece of reviewed literature.
The reason we set this assignment is to give you experience in collecting and critically analysing data and then presenting it via the literature review. This is a skill that that is in demand from employers who are not just seeking individuals with good technical skills but also with good analytical and communication skills.
Some information on literature reviews can be found here: https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/literature-review-overview
Task:
You are to author a literature review of no less than 3000 words. The literature review should cover any TWO of the following topics:
Literature Review: Automation and Robotics in Construction
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A REVIEW OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS IN CONSTRUCTION
1.0 Introduction
Regarding the construction sector, the extent of adoption of automation and robotics systems can be reasonably extensive, for instance, it includes the life cycle of the construction project, from planning, designing, construction, operation and deconstruction of the building. As a consequence, this encompasses the use of automation and robotics systems all through the construction period, from the automated process of designing, the provision of projected cost estimates, through the availability of construction schedules and finally, project management aided by planning software to the machines deployed during the on-site operations that are controlled intelligently. Nonetheless, Martinez et al. (2008, pp. 195) asserts that it is fundamental to acknowledge that the implementation of automation and robotics technologies can be different from one construction phase to another. In reality, the availability of CAD has led to the constant and frequent use of automated designing systems; nevertheless, the adoption of automation and robotics technology for on-site operations is still novel (Ngo & Schioler, 2006, pp. 834). And so, the most significant benefits of applying automation and robotics systems in the construction sector include; productivity enhancement as a result of cost-efficiency, provision of quality work due to availability of skilled labor force, improvement of the safety measures, improvement of the on-site conditions, discharge of workers from uncomfortable working stations, etc.
2.0 On-site use of Automation and Robotics systems
Songergaard and Feringa (2017, pp. 264) notes that a...
