Adoption of Drone Technology in Malaysian Construction Industry

Lo, Kai Lun (2021) Adoption of Drone Technology in Malaysian Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to study the applications of drone technology in different phases of the construction process. This study also analysed the benefits of adoption of drone technology in construction in the perspectives of time, cost, quality, and risk. Furthermore, this study identified the barriers of adoption of drone technology in construction. Literature review, electronic survey questionnaire and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software were used to achieve the objectives. Descriptive Analysis was used to analyse the demographic profile of the respondents in the electronic survey questionnaire and the Cronbach’s Alpha analysis and the Relative Importance Index (RII) analysis was used to analyse the applications of drone technology in constructions, benefits as well as the barriers of adopting drone technology in construction. The analysed results were summarised in tabulation form and RII value had been used to rank the applications, benefits and barriers of adoption of drone technology. The respondents indicated building and structural inspection as the most favourable application. Reduce the risk of involving for unsafe site activities was selected by the respondents as the best benefit of drone technology. In addition, most of the respondents agreed uncertainty on the impact was the top barrier for adoption of drone technology. The findings can help the developers and contractors to understand the effect and efficiency of the drone technology and subsequently help them to reassess their strategy on site operation. The findings of the research were also able to help the drone manufacturers to improve and upgrade the device to adapt to the industry development.