الفهرس 
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Abstract
Most sectors were moving towards digitization because of the importance of modern technology in all areas of life. The construction industry was considered one of the most important sectors of the economy which sought to improve efficiency, increase productivity, reduce costs, and save time to meet its increasing requirements. Therefore, the adoption of digital technology had become an important requirement of the construction industry as a convenient way to achieve these requirements. Through the analysis of extant literature sources, it was found that the most significant obstacles facing the adoption of digital technology, among others, were the shortage of experts and the lack of awareness of its importance. On the other hand, computer technology techniques had not yet been adopted by the industry in Egypt compared to developed countries. Thus, the situation in Egypt needed to be examined closely in the context of the previous obstacles.
Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the Egyptian educational outputs according to the new requirements of the industry in the age of digitalization. This was accomplished through a theoretical study that clarified the current situation and requirements regarding the construction of the practical field and the educational one in the context of digital technology. In this research, the current situation in the developed countries was used as a reference to determine where Egypt was compared to the global situation. First, through empirical work, a questionnaire was distributed that targeted the AEC market engineers. A total of 89 respondents identified the current situation of the technology adoption in the Egyptian construction field. They emphasized the gap between education and the practical fields in Egypt. Second, 11 interviews with the AEC expert engineers were held to find out the drivers and barriers of technology’s adoption in the Egyptian practical field as well as the requirements of the construction of the practical field in Egypt in regard to the fresh graduates. Third, 14 interviews with the academic staff members identified the adoption level of modern technology and its drivers and barriers in education in addition to the educational aims and their main problems. Finally, the architectural Egyptian facilities’ websites have been surveyed to emphasize the academic members’ staff interview results.
The research findings emphasized that the AEC industry, like any other economy sector moving towards the digitalization, had a gap between the level of application of modern technology in the global AEC industry and the Egyptian one. However, the level of state-of-the-art technology implementation in Egypt was considered nonexistent, contrary to the BIM systems where the most common factor that controlled its implementation level was the client requirements, while the most common obstacle was the unavailability of enough qualified engineers in all specializations. The most important qualification that the construction market in Egypt needs from the fresh graduate was computer skills with the used programs within other requirements. Regarding the AEC education, special infrastructural and network adjustments were needed, especially in developing countries like in Egypt; however, there is a financial obstacle to that. Also, most of the Egyptian fresh graduate engineers were not satisfied with the academic output at all. State-of-the-art technologies were not presented to students in Egyptian universities as a curriculum itself or even as a tool to present the content of any course. BIM systems as well were not presented in any level or even in theoretical ways to most of fresh graduates in Egypt throughout college years. However, it was found that the technology and the required tools in the market were already implemented in private universities within the curricula, practically and not only theoretically. Finally, this research will help the future studies that related to the development of education and assessed its performance towards the points that needed to be studied and analyzed.