Impact of Modern Construction Technologies (MCT) on Project Delivery Success: A Statistical Evaluation

Andrew Francis McDonough Andrew

doi:10.21744/irjmis.v12n6.2575

Authors

Andrew Francis McDonough Andrew
andrewmcdonough@hotmail.com
European Institute of Management and Technology, Switzerland

Keywords:

cost performance, Modern Construction Technologies (MCTs), organizational context, project delivery success, quality outcomes, schedule performance

Abstract

This study investigates how the application of Modern Construction Technologies influences project delivery performance in terms of schedule, cost, and quality outcomes. The study analyzed the impact of the MCT Adoption Index (MCTAI) on project performance using multiple regression and moderation analyses based on a survey of 500 respondents. The results indicated that there is a clear and consistent pattern that the higher the level of MCT adoption, the better the schedule adherence, the better the cost performance, and the better the quality outcomes. The organizational context also had a positive influence on the projects' performance but does not significantly change the strength of the relationship between MCT adoption and delivery outcomes. These results implied that the benefits of modern technologies are mostly direct and independent of contextual variations, underpinning their crucial role in enhancing coordination, reducing inefficiencies, and strengthening delivery reliability. The construction firms, therefore, are called upon to invest in building digital capability and integrating technological systems into their managerial structures. Given the cross-sectional design of the study, causal inference is limited; however, it lays a strong foundation for further longitudinal studies probing how digital transformation keeps shaping project delivery performance.

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