The study examined the viewpoint of the professionals in the building industry in Nigeria on their level of awareness of the emerging technologies and innovation in the sector. Also, their perceptions about problem of technological adoption in Nigeria was examined. Purposive sampling procedure was adopted to select 50 professionals in the building industry and semi-structured interviews were used to elicit relevant information such as their year of experience in the industry, level of awareness of the emerging innovations in the sector and problems associated with technological adoption. The data were analyzed with both descriptive (percentage, charts, frequency) and inferential statistic (chi-square) at 0.05 alpha level of significance.
The result of the findings show that the majority of the professionals have low level of awareness of the emerging technologies in the building industry in Nigeria. Furthermore, there was a significant association with the perceptions of the professionals regarding the listed problems of technological adoptions with probability value 0.000.
The value is less than the alpha level of 0.05. therefore, it is recommended that professionals in the building industry must acquire digital literacy skills to be able to understand effective use of the emerging technologies, digital transformation is an ongoing process therefore, continuous evaluation and adaptation is necessary and lastly, government policies should support and encourage technological adoption including creation of digital enabled infrastructure and environment in Nigeria.
Keywords: Technological Innovations, Professionals, Adoption, Building Industry.
Citation: Olukotun, S. A., & Aniala, E. (2026). Knowledge in the Emerging Technological Innovations among the Professionals in the Building Industry and Problems of Adoption in Nigeria. J N food sci tech, 7(1):1-7.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47485/2834-7854.1054