Exploitation of cloud computing in management of construction projects in Slovakia

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Results of Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA based on ranking (breakdown of enterprises by owner of construction enterprise*)_

Equity holder	Code	Number of valid responses	Exploitation level
Slovak private equity	1	44	1.83
Foreign private equity	2	11	3.46

Results of Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA based on ranking (breakdown of enterprises by participants of construction project*)_

Participants	Code	Number of valid responses	Exploitation level
Investor/developer	1	4	3.11
Designers/architects	2	9	3.48
Contractors	3	28	2.03
Subcontractors	4	33	1.54

Review of foreign research and publications on cloud computing in construction project management_

Authors (year)	Article or topic	Country
Lorio and Snowdon (2010)	Leveraging Cloud Computing and High Performance Computing Advances for Next-Generation Architecture, Urban Design and Construction Projects	Canada
Fathi et al. (2012)	Context-Aware Cloud Computing for Construction Collaboration	Malaysia
Kumar and Chang (2012)	Cloud Computing and its Implications for Construction IT	USA
Chuang et al. (2012)	Applying Cloud Computing Technology to BIM Visualization and Manipulation	Taiwan
Jiao et al. (2013)	A Cloud Approach to Unified Lifecycle Data Management in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facilities Management: Integrating BIMs and social networking services	China

Impact of construction enterprise on exploitation of cloud computing in construction project management (results of Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA based on ranking*)_

Size of enterprises	Code	Number of valid responses	Exploitation level
Large enterprises	1	7	3.37
Medium-sized enterprises	2	12	2.43
Small enterprises	3	17	2.01
Microenterprises	4	19	1.89