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International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)

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Volume: 09 Issue: 05 | May 2022

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USE OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Chirag Asapuri1, V. R. Payghan2 1PG

student, Dept of civil engineering JSPM’s ICOER, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra, Inda Professor, Dept of civil engineering JSPM’s ICOER, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra, Inda ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract - The construction trade has been criticized as associate degree “old-school” trade, as a result of of being a 2Asst.

slow adoptive parent of mobile technologies. This has modified recently. A survey of one,048 participants found that seventy two of construction practitioners have smartphones, and use smartphone applications for work functions. whereas there area unit thousands of smartphone applications publicised as “construction apps”, the most in style smartphone applications offered by software system suppliers to the construction trade area unit for field information assortment, project management, bidding, building info modeling (BIM), accounting, client relationship management, and estimating. This paper discusses the current state of smartphone applications offered to the industry, and examines the apps’ functions. Due to the speedy growth in the smartphone applications market, new applications become offered each day for use in totally different industries. Given the massive range of selections, each corporations and people in the development trade should look out once choosing and buying smartphone applications. The business desires of the potential users and the expectations from the applications should be well known, and the choice should be created consequently. Properly choosing and deploying smartphone applications for construction-related tasks is expected to improve communication, enhance advancement with real time info, and increase productivity. Keywords: Mobile apps, Smartphone apps, Construction tasks, automation, Construction productivity.

Key Words: Mobile apps, Smartphone apps, Construction tasks, automation, Construction productivity 1. INTRODUCTION Smartphones and mobile applications that run on them have modified the world and have become a half of everyday life. The total range of mobile applications accessible in leading mobile application stores (e.g., Google Play, Apple App Store, Amazon Appstore, Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry World) is virtually four million. The applications cowl several fields and will execute a selection of tasks, however they have one main purpose, and that is to deliver a service (Krouse 2012). According to Engineering News Record (ENR) (2011), mobile devices area unit additionally dynamical construction management. Construction professionals use tablets and smartphones to increase job-site potency. each tablets and smartphones mix mobile accessibility with mobile construction management applications, with the extra advantage for smartphones that they will work in a pocket and offer the same advantages. The main advantage gained from the use of such mobile devices is that they alter construction professionals to work interactively and dynamically; information collected from the web site is shared in real time among the project participants with visual attachments, and web site reports area unit generated with a lot of correct and up-to-date info. It is apparent that construction firms want to go mobile in order to keep competitive in the business. However, it is essential to establish a mobile device strategy before choosing a mobile device and applications. Since carrying multiple devices is not ideal for construction professionals, the selected applications should be compatible for the device used for work functions. totally different|completely different} mobile devices with different operational systems limit the alternative of applications. In choosing a mobile device, the benefits and disadvantages of its operational systems should be taken into thought. For example, Apple’s iOS is simple to use and learned quickly by many of us, whereas no device that uses iOS has Associate in Nursing actual keyboard. Most individuals area unit already acquainted with Windows’ operational system, however application support between its totally different versions is lacking. mechanical man has the biggest market share, operates on several devices accessible in totally different sizes, and with native keyboards. However, Android’s info security is a concern. It follows that 1st, firms ought to rank their business desires and expectations from mobile technologies, and then choose a mobile device and applications to implement. A made implementation needs a mix of smart applications and comfortable coaching, regardless of the chosen device (Bulley 2013). subgenus Chen and Kamara (2011) developed a framework to examine however mobile computing technologies will be used in construction sites to exchange on-site info. 3 key problems regarding mobile devices, mobile applications, and wireless networks were declared within the study. First, mobile devices used on {site|website|web web site} ought to be equipped with the

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