Information Technology
The information technology level in the building sector in
Laos is low. Only, owing to the government policy of
market economy, all design and construction companies
are private. There is crucial competition between them.
Therefore, most of these companies recently started using
computer support like the CAD programs and other
software programs for designing and calculating of
projects. However, on the construction sites there are no
computer support for daily routines like the CAM
programs for economic control, production planning,
material administration and management. Furthermore,
until now the Internet and E-mail systems are not used on
the large scale in Laos.