Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2020, 10(2), 114-122
Voice Assisted Key-In Building Quantities Estimation System
1Senior Researcher, Dollahills
Research Lab, Dollasoft Technologies, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail:
oludolapoolanrewaju2012@gmail.com (corresponding author).
2Lecturer, College of Engineering and Science, Victoria
University, Melbourne, Australia. E-mail: Malindu.Sandanayake@vu.edu.au
3Researcher I, Dollahills Research Lab, Dollasoft
Technologies, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: spenpe196@gmail.com
Project Management
Received October 30, 2019; received revision January 8, 2020; accepted January 12, 2020
Available online February 9, 2020
Abstract: Voice recognition technology has been in existence over several decades but its application in the construction industry has been minimal. Despite the several advantages it offers, its application has been limited to smart building integration only. This study has made a significant contribution by integrating voice recognition technology into key-in building quantities estimation software. The Visual Basic programming language was used to design and code the interface of the voice recognition system and key-in estimating software model. The prototype model continues to have some challenges because it cannot work efficiently in a noisy work environment and there is limited range of vocabulary it can recognize. This paper seeks to challenge the stakeholders of the construction industry to maximize the benefits of voice recognition technology and integrate it into other construction tasks. In addition, future research can consider integrating building information modeling and voice recognition technology.
Keywords: Voice recognition, bill of quantities, estimating, software.
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Citation: Olanrewaju, O. I., Sandanayake, M., and Babarinde, S. A. (2020). Voice Assisted Key-In Building Quantities Estimation System. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 10(2), 114-122.
