ABSTRACT
Today’s industry is being driven by the demand of a new global business environment on one hand and by profound changes shaped by information technology on the other. lnformation technology speeds the pace of many work activities and, at the same time reduces the need for human involvement. Large engineering construction companies, for example, used to be vast halls of dosely packed drafting boards at which draftsman, designers, engineers and architects prepared drawings and made calculations of facilities to be constructed. Now those halls are smaller and furnished with computer work stations. The draftsman, designers and engineers are replaced with CAD (computer aided drafting) operators and engineers working with computer simulation models and artificial intelligence systems. These changes combine with the demand for being more competitive along with making improvements in quality, safety, and faster delivery time at a lower cost. All have definite influence on the services provided by engineering construction organizations.
