Factors Hindering Digital Tool Integration into Construction

The development of the construction industry leads to an increasing use of digital tools at all stages of the object lifecycle. The digital tool implementation involves not only assessing their effectiveness but also considering factors hindering this process. Assessing their impact and identifying the most pressing factors is an important task that will optimize the implementation of digital tools in the construction. Purpose: The aim of the work is to identify factors having the greatest impact digitalization of the development and verification of documentation in the construction company activity, using the expert survey. Research findings: A list of the main factors hindering digitalization is compiled based on the literature review. The expert survey of construction engineers with the experience ranging from 6 months to 27 years and the data analysis shows the most significant factors, and a system of assessing the importance of expert responses based on experience is developed. Value: The results allow identifying the factors most significantly hindering the digitalization of construction. Difficulties in obtaining licensed software and the insufficient education level of graduates are the most significant among the factors identified. The relationships between the most influential factors are also formulated, and the most significant factors by the main groups of the expert survey is assessed.