TY - JFULL AU - Mansur Hamma-adama and Abdul-Basit Sa鈥檈ed Ahmad PY - 2021/7/ TI - Challenges and Opportunities of E-Procurement in the Construction Industry T2 - International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering SP - 317 EP - 322 VL - 15 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10012099 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 174, 2021 N2 - Construction Industry is evolving amid the fourth industrial revolution. Transportation, commerce, manufacturing and many other industries ripened the current technological advancement and are striving to utilise every development in the IT sector. The procurement of construction works is known to be very conventional and backward in the adoption of digitalisation. The construction industry's procurement and supply chain are blamed for the most inflated cost of construction projects, mainly attributed to a lack of transparency and trust between the industry stakeholders. This research explores the challenges of e-procurement adoption in the industry and identifies the potential opportunities for its usage. This investigation's data are acquired through interviews, and the data are analysed using qualitative content analysis. This study reveals compounding challenges (i.e., corruption and lack of commitment) that lead to the failure of such efforts in Nigeria and the potential prospects (i.e., transparency and efficiency). This study is essential in developing a more effective and transparent process of procurement so that the Nigerian construction industry is not be left behind in the fast-digitalising markets. ER -