INTERNET-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT Even before he walk around the job site to talk to the forence and supervises Alexander Kennel, president of Cederfield Builders in Ghana, can smell inefficiency in a project. The monia-like stink that can fill a construction trailer with each set of updated drawings is the tale ador The presence of plans, according to Mr. Walter, whose shs 400 million a year company is situated in Acer implies that certain members of the building crew have yet 10 embrace the Internet. He understands that those who have already entered the construction era can view architectural drawings online and print relevant sections without wasting time wasting for the drawings to be commercially printed packaged, and delivered to the scores of project participants each time the plans are tweaked. Mr. Walter state of the awful old blueprinter *l stinks Everything inks. That is precisely the print Unfortunately for Me. Walict and the other vanud members, the air cleaningful enough. Many construction executives lament the fact that their industry was one of the last to embrace the Internet, despite the fact that the medium provides a ready solution to their mest Vexing problem: how to coordinate the efforts of hundreds of separate teams over the course of a project's life cycle as the onginal plan evolves, doorway by redesigned doorway, conduit by rerouted conduit Indeed, the tetemet has begun to change the country th2.4 trillion construction industry's upper echelons. The Amandi Corporation and the Regimanuel Group, two of the country's largest contractors have begun to me commerce sites like Bidcom and Cephron to communicate with partners and subcontractors, as well as acquire goods and bid on tasks Webcu, despite being a fraction of the size of Amadi and Regimanuel, las joined them in incorporating the Web into their core operations. Mr. Walter stated that the Cephuren system was proving to be extremely well, allowing various parties to communicate without all the fases without all the calls. He estimated the cost savings at ghs100,000, but said it could have been as high as ghs 400.000 if all subcontractors and suppliers and he brought online is a good tool for es right now." he said *li will be more important for people to participate in our projects next year. In two years, ill be absolutely mandatory But so far. e-commerce has only scratched the surface of the industry's second and third tiers, where fans, voice mail, and overnight packages are still the norm. According to executives and industry analysts, the result is a potential savings loss of billions of codes. "Because it's so local, construction has always been a very fragmented industry." said Malvin, an o-commerce analyst for the Flora Group, a Tema based consulting firm, Required: 3. What are the main obstacles for the construction sector to adopt the Internet in managing projects (25 marks) 4. What gains can general contracte in the building business get from wch collaboration (25 marks)