Information Technology in Design and Construction Analytical Essay by Top Papers

This article looks at the role that information technology plays - or has the potential to play - in optimizing design and construction in the building of residences and structures within which private citizens and public employees will work and live. Specifically, the writer looks at how the pressures placed upon the shoulders of contractors and construction engineers have grown perceptibly in recent years - especially when the project in question is one contracted for the state - and the ways in which IT can mitigate these stresses by giving construction engineers, designers, contractors, sub-contractors and draftsmen (to name just a few) the opportunity for enhanced file-sharing, agile management, and a chance at developing a responsive iterative approach to building.