Business Information Management Practice Identification Methodology in Construction Industry

The management of business information is of great importance in construction at the levels of process, company and the industry. This paper presents the methodology for investigating the practice of business information management. The particular module of methodology has been created in order to investigate the formal position and the real contribution of institutions and public bodies in management of information relevant to the construction industry. The methodology has so far been applied on the sample of more than one hundred Croatian construction and construction engineering companies as well as in four important public institutions. The results of this research will be shown in the paper, same as the proposal for widening the sample to international level. The cooperation with research teams in different countries could be of great interest and could bring the possibility for identification and application of best practice.