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handle is hein.gao/gaobacuva0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CVe I Agic~45 LINHIBITORS TO COMPUTER USAGE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE Ronald L. King, C.P.A.1 My comments today will give the Federal Government perspective from the viewpoint of the General Accounting Office. As a legislative agency tasked with the responsibility of evaluating the efficiency, economy, effectiveness, and legality with which Federal agencies carry out their financial, management, and program responsibilities, GAO's views are often in conflict with those of executive branch agencies. Consequently, what I say should not be construed as representing a consensus of opinions among Federal construction agencies, but only GAO's viewpoint based on our work concerning the use of computers in the construction industry over the past six years. Our initial report on the use of computers in the construction industry was our 1978 staff study on computer-aided building design. In that study we looked at the state-of-the-art of computer-aided design discussing the benefits which could be derived from computer use and identifying those factors which seemed to inhibit the further development and use of computer-aided methods. We felt then, and we continue to believe that computer technology offers a tremendous produc- tivity-improving potential to the construction industry. It is our perception, and that of many others, that the industry's absorption of computer technology advances is far below that of other industries. Construction is a unique industry. It is the only industry which separates the design and production functions. To date, most of GAO's work has been on the design side of the industry and it is our belief that in design the industry has fallen well behind others in developing computer aids. In spite of the vast 1 Senior GAO Evaluator, Procurement, Logistics, and Readiness Division, U. S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C.

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