Insaat Sektorunde Kullanilan Bilgi ve Iletisim Teknolojileri

The lifecycle of many facilities (buildings, dams, etc.) is usually very long. Availability and usability of facility information is very important for facility owners to make critical decisions in the long term. Many construction organizations utilize information and communication technologies for storing, sharing and using such information. The aim of this paper is to identify information and communication technologies being used in construction industry and cluster them according to phases in and purpose for they are being used. For this purpose, first of all a literature review is conducted and knowledge gathered from a case study performed in a university abroad. Additionally, a case study is conducted with a local university’s buildings to identify information and communication technologies used in facility management phase in Turkey’s construction industry.