Table 9 Commonalities for the barriers...

Table 9

Commonalities for the barriers to the use of wearable devices

Barrier	Initial	Extraction
Concern for usability	0.641	0.543
Lack of integration with existing construction practices and operations	0.753	0.631
Health and safety concern	0.721	0.502
Initial cost	0.553	0.243
Maintenance cost	0.693	0.656
Operating cost	0.802	0.864
Cost of training and employing professionals	0.723	0.562
Uncertain cost-benefit relation	0.770	0.595
Technology-related operational difﬁculties	0.727	0.571
Challenge of power supply	0.820	0.671
Data management challenge	0.879	0.654
Lack of proper IT infrastructure	0.751	0.454
Technology immaturity	0.802	0.757
Lack of well-trained staff	0.857	0.645
Employees compliance	0.703	0.555
Legal or ethical concerns	0.769	0.618
Resistance to change	0.796	0.766
Organization culture	0.797	0.713
Lack of government support	0.750	0.665
Temporary nature of construction	0.832	0.724
Privacy	0.792	0.677
Site-related issues	0.702	0.576
Manufacturing requirement	0.747	0.684
Lack of well-trained staff	0.744	0.687
Long data processing time	0.807	0.651
High data storage capacity	0.752	0.630
Interference with essential activities	0.863	0.825
Individual privacy and ownership of data	0.861	0.712
Former unsuccessful experience	0.786	0.753

Barrier	Initial	Extraction
Concern for usability	0.641	0.543
Lack of integration with existing construction practices and operations	0.753	0.631
Health and safety concern	0.721	0.502
Initial cost	0.553	0.243
Maintenance cost	0.693	0.656
Operating cost	0.802	0.864
Cost of training and employing professionals	0.723	0.562
Uncertain cost-benefit relation	0.770	0.595
Technology-related operational difﬁculties	0.727	0.571
Challenge of power supply	0.820	0.671
Data management challenge	0.879	0.654
Lack of proper IT infrastructure	0.751	0.454
Technology immaturity	0.802	0.757
Lack of well-trained staff	0.857	0.645
Employees compliance	0.703	0.555
Legal or ethical concerns	0.769	0.618
Resistance to change	0.796	0.766
Organization culture	0.797	0.713
Lack of government support	0.750	0.665
Temporary nature of construction	0.832	0.724
Privacy	0.792	0.677
Site-related issues	0.702	0.576
Manufacturing requirement	0.747	0.684
Lack of well-trained staff	0.744	0.687
Long data processing time	0.807	0.651
High data storage capacity	0.752	0.630
Interference with essential activities	0.863	0.825
Individual privacy and ownership of data	0.861	0.712
Former unsuccessful experience	0.786	0.753

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