Abstract
Abstract:
This paper examines the impact of ICT in professional practice in the South African
construction industry. This is with the view that ICT utilization inprofessional practice has the
potential to facilitate better decision-making ability and savings in operating costs, amongst
others. The data for the study was derived from both primary and secondary sources. The primary
data -was obtained through the survey method, while the secondary data -was obtained from the
review of literature. Theprimary datafor the study -was collected through a structured
questionnaire survey distributed to a sample of 37professionals in the construction industry. The
results revealed that architectura engineering and quantity surveying functions have been largely
computerised. However, data and document management is still done through the traditional -way of
manual.filing. Therefore, because construction industry professionals are a rich source of
information about ICT and its improvement within the industry, the study provide valuable insight
into the cu"ent usage of ICT in construction professional practise firms, which thus reveals the
level of ICT adaptation in South African CL Hence, this thus shows that ICT surveys can be used to
determine the number of users of these systems, identify the core impacts ICT has had on day to day
activities.