Business intelligence and analytics to support management in construction: a systematic literature review

Abstract

Management is essential to meet the requirements defined in a project, such as business objectives and stakeholder expectations. The computational tools in the Business Intelligence and Analytics category have great potential to contribute to management, providing important managerial information about the business. Tools of this type are widely used in the most varied sectors of the industry, but in the construction industry, the scenario is different, with much to move foward. Therefore, the present work presents a survey of the Business Intelligence and Analytics tools applicable to the civil construction sector and its uses. To this end, a systematic literature review was conducted, which analyzed 1407 articles from six databases, where several applications were identified, the most relevant in the area of cost management, budget preparation and work safety.