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Project Extranets in the Construction Industry Survey + Sample Questionnaire Template

Project extranets in the construction industry survey questions is a questionnaire to understand the usage extranets, the potential benefits, the barriers and the overall opinion about its use in the construction industry.

For instance, it is essential for project team members in the construction industry to access drawing, photographs, and documents. All of this needs to be online and it is necessary to have features such as commenting or modifying these documents in real-time. For such cases, an extranet is used, which allows all members who are given access to the specific documents to communicate effectively in the team.

Following are the questions to gather opinions from the users about the potential benefits and barriers that come along with project extranets:

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Personal and Organizational Identification

Email Address

Full name of your organization

Classification of the organisation

Please identify the core business activity of your organization.

Architecture

Consulting & Designing Engineering

Contracting

Quantity Surveying

Construction & Project Management

Supplier / Manufacturer

Real Estate

Other

How many branches does your organization have in this country?

one branch

2-3 branches

4-5 branches

more then 5 branches

What is the approximate number of employees present in your organization?

IT (Information Technology) Working Environment

How important is IT for the following in your organization?

	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important
To render core business activities	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

To communicate the project team	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

To communicate with the client	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

How much experience does your company have of working with Construction Project Extranets?

none

Very little (1-2 projects)

Moderate (more than 10 projects)

Frequent (Majority of your projects)

How often do you use the following to store project relevant information?

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
Paper	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Personal Computer	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Workgroup / Company Server	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

FTP-Server (Server that is accessible from outside your organisation through the internet)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Document Management System	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

How often do you use the following tools to resolve design/construction problems within the project team?

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
Face-to face meeting	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Telephone + Short Text Messages	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Messaging (like slack)	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Fax	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Email	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Project Extranet	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Mail / courier	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never

Potential Benefits

How important are the following co-ordination tools in a construction project extranet?

	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important
Project Diary / Calendar_______________	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Tasks / To-do-lists	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Linked information (e.g. email - task - project stage)	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Clear definition of roles and responsibilities.	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Read / Write access restrictions of files and content.	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

In your opinion, how important are the following points?

	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important
Single-point data storage (e.g. Server, Extranet)	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Real-time access to actual project design information	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Accessibility from anywhere on multiple machines	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Commonly agreed protocol/structure for digital content storage	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Viewing and commenting on online information	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Collaborative Working	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

How useful is content elaboration for the following points, done through Web forms/databases?

	Very useful	useful	Little useful	Not useful
Standard documents, such as minutes of the meeting or transmittals	Very useful	useful	Little useful	Not useful

Non-standard documents, such as reports, planning approval documentation	Very useful	useful	Little useful	Not useful

In your opinion, please state how important are the following points?

	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important
The possibility to re-use content from previous projects?	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

Project life cycle document management (e.g. consistent data base from design stage to facility management)	Not at all important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Very important	Extremely important

When compared to communication via conventional procedures, which of the following Extranet function would help you save time?

	Saves time	Same time	More time
Notifications (e.g. new relevant CAD-file was uploaded)	Saves time	Same time	More time

Discussion forum / Messaging (e.g. MSN Messenger)	Saves time	Same time	More time

VoIP (Voice over IP)	Saves time	Same time	More time

Enhanced Emailing	Saves time	Same time	More time

Digital FAX	Saves time	Same time	More time

How useful is the online management of project workflows?

Very useful

Useful

Little useful

Not useful

In your opinion, how important is the automation of construction project routine tasks?

Not at all important

Slightly important

Moderately important

Very important

Extremely important

Do you think, although the set up of process workflows is time-consuming, it will help to save time in the long run?

Saves Time

Same Time

More Time

Potential Barriers

Are the following issues a potential impediment to use a Construction Project Extranet?

	Yes	Maybe	No
Extranets are an additional cost factor, its overall profitability is difficult to measure and therefore remains unclear.	Yes	Maybe	No

The interoperability between the different platform providers is limited.	Yes	Maybe	No

The responsibility for data storage, data integrity, availability and access restrictions are outsourced to an ASP (Application Service Provider).	Yes	Maybe	No

The potential infraction of intellectual property rights by other team members.	Yes	Maybe	No

The user interface for most Extranets is the MS Internet Explorer, what makes additional software acquirements unnecessary but has a limited functionality as well.	Yes	Maybe	No

Project data stored in the Extranet can only be accessed if an internet connection is available.	Yes	Maybe	No

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