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Sidawi, B (2010) The use of advanced electronic management systems to manage remote projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In: Egbu, C (Ed.), Proceedings 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2010, Leeds, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol. 1, 633–42.

  • Type: Conference Proceedings
  • Keywords: remote projects; mobile systems; project management; remote manager; virtual management
  • ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9552390-4-5
  • URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2010-0633-0642_Sidawi.pdf
  • Abstract:
    This study investigates the potential use of Advanced Electronic Project Management Systems for managing remote construction projects by the Saudi Electric Company (SEC), in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The literature review suggests these advanced systems are capable to help companies which have remote projects in KSA or elsewhere to overcome the dilemma of projects’ remoteness, reduce unnecessary costs and raise the quality of construction of remote projects. However, little research was undertaken particularly in the gulf region regarding this issue and it has highlighted few unique problems associated with the management of remote construction projects and how far the advanced systems would help to sort out these problems. A pilot study was conducted in 2009 on SEC to set solid grounds for the main survey which explored the views of contractors and SEC’s supervision teams about present management systems and practices and how advanced systems would help to improve these practices. The results pointed out the advanced systems would improve some project management practices whereas there are barriers that limit its potential benefits regarding other aspects of project management. Hence, certain adjustments to present project management practices and systems are necessary to overcome these barriers and to ensure that benefits from using these advanced systems can be fully grasped.