Book Chapter
New Normal Remote Communication for Collaboration
Paulo Vaz-Serra, Kin Hui, Colin Duffield, Priyan Mendis, Lu Aye
12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management | Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering | Springer Nature | Published : 2022
Abstract
Remote communication is not new for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry and academia. Organisations started using what was common, called “conference rooms” with sophisticated technological equipment prepared for “conference calls” when face-to-face meetings were not possible, and the industries culture and work practices were rooted in face-to-face meetings. This was current practice until the beginning of 2020, with the emergence of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic forced people to have safe distances between them, to be isolated for long periods of time, and several restrictions to travel not being possible to meet face-to-face. This situation rapidly c..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thanks Professor Ranjith Dissanayake, Conference Co-Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, for the invitation to submit manuscripts. The authors would also like to thank Mr. Shyanaka Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, Tutor and Ph.D. candidate, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne, for his help in compiling the data for Table 1.