ABSTRACT
Arguably, construction is a key activity in any economy. Its practices involve various interrelated activities and cover a wide range of aspects that have been described in construction research literature. The industry is characterised as having many players from diverse disciplines who are brought together at different stages during the life cycle of unique projects (Austin et al., 2001). The supporting activities result in a reliance on an enormous amount of collaboration between the many levels of abstraction and details. In general, existing software applications are not used to their current potential. This may be partially due to the organisational changes that must occur in order to maximise the benefits of their application (Bresnen, 1996). It is certainly due, in part, to the unavailability of suitable systems that can integrate and co-ordinate the activities of varieties of project participants (Udeaja and Tah, 2001).
