An Automated Progress Tracking System for Industrial Facility Construction Projects

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2973-2977
Author(s):  
Jaeh Yun Choi ◽  
Kyu Sung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Facility Construction

As amount of information in construction industry is growing, the role of information system in project management is becoming increasingly important. With the emerging IT application to the advancing construction industry, construction project management system with advanced technology has been progressed vigorously to improve construction productivity and management efficiency. Recently, a web-based Project Management Information System (PMIS) is developed to support decision-making process by efficiently managing project related information generated from various discipline. Many firms are in the process of developing the PMIS system or already have been applied the system to various projects. However, PMIS is still in its early stage of development to be applied at industrial plant construction projects. With the complexity of the industrial plant projects, the industry practitioners need to be able to visualize the construction schedule information to manage the project efficiently. This study suggests methodologies for improving PMIS specialized for industrial plant piping construction projects to estimate the baseline schedule and performance measurement more accurately by developing a framework for the piping construction projects. By using this developed system, the researchers expect that piping construction projects will be more efficiently managed on a real-time basis through measuring progress of piping at each and every state of progress milestone and provide management with opportunities to forecast the level of efforts required to execute the remaining work scope in a timely manner.

INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COST REIMBURSABLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Namhee Kang ◽  
Hyunjung Kim ◽  
Haekyung Im ◽  
Jaehyun Choi
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Cost Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Cost Calculation ◽  
Market Strategy ◽  
The Us

The project management information system (PMIS) has recently been developed by using the IT technology in order to implement advanced information management technology to construction industry in Korea. The PMIS has been applied not only to domestic construction projects, but also to some overseas projects executed by Korean construction companies. This study was performed to develop the PMIS that is tailored to the US construction IT market. The US construction IT market has been monopolized by the US-based IT companies, but other companies are recently emerging with competitive technology and market strategy. As a preceding study, existing systems commercially available were analyzed, and the required features of the PMIS were identified by analyzing the core elements of contract, process and cost management for construction projects in the US. The PMIS then was developed based on the aforementioned analysis results. The system includes the document management module with an internal electronic approval system, the cost-plus-based automatic labor cost calculation module, and the progress management module to support the integrated project cost management. In addition, the functionality of the developed system was verified by construction project management experts in the US via questionnaire survey. The PMIS, which was developed in this study, is expected to be applied not only to the US construction IT market as a system specialized for the US construction industry, but also to other overseas markets in the future.

scholarly journals The New Path to Improve Construction Safety Performance in China: An Evolutionary Game Theoretic Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pi ◽  
Gao ◽  
Chen ◽  
Liu
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Evolutionarily Stable Strategies

Evidence shows that there are many work-related accidents and injuries happening in construction projects and governments have taken a series of administrative measures to reduce casualties in recent years. However, traditional approaches have reached a bottleneck due to ignoring market forces, and thus new measures should be conducted. This study develops a perspective of safety performance (SP) for construction projects in China and puts forward a conception of the safety information system by using several brainstorming sessions to strengthen the safety supervision of participants in the construction industry. This system provides rating information to the public, and bad performance contractors enter into a blacklist which will influence their economic activities. Considering the limited rationality of government and various contractors, this paper builds a reasonable evolutionary game model to verify the feasibility of the safety information system. The analysis results show that there is not a single set of evolutionarily stable strategies (ESSs), as different situations may lead to different ESSs. The efficiency of applying the safety information system (the blacklist) in the construction industry can be proved by reducing the government’s safety supervision cost and by enhancing construction safety at the same time.

Review of the Development of Project Portfolio Management

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 3131-3134
Author(s):  
Na Guo ◽  
Shi Rui Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Project Portfolio ◽  
Project Portfolio Management ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Complex Construction

With the fast development of the construction industry, traditional project management cannot deal with some complex construction projects. This paper reviewed the development of the project portfolio management and the current situation of the Chinese construction industry. We suggest that project portfolio management is applicable and should be adopted in Chinese construction companies.

Actual Trends in Construction Project Management in Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 587-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ion Șerbanoiu ◽  
Marina Verdeș ◽  
Adrian Alexandru Şerbănoiu ◽  
Bogdan Vasile Șerbanoiu ◽  
Mihaela Munteanu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Professional Project ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The current trends in the construction industry, considering the magnitude and complexity of construction projects required the development of an appropriate methodology in the design, commissioning work and completion of works. The objective imposed creation of the "Office of Project Management" and all processes, tools and techniques of project management respects besides applicable standards and legislation construction, also imposed code of ethics and professional conduct of the PMI that guides practitioners professional project management, construction engineers, installers, architects etc. and describes the expectations that they have of themselves and of others.

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE USAGE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yew-Hou Tung ◽  
Fah-Choy Chia ◽  
Felicia Yan-Yan Yong
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Construction Project Management

Digital technologies have recently started to enter the construction industry, gradually changing how infrastructure, real estate and other built assets are designed, constructed, operated and maintained. Being among the least digitalized sectors, it is predicted that digital technologies will substantially increase the productivity, decrease the costs, and improve site safety of construction projects. Thus, the primary objective of this pilot study is to explore the usage of digital technologies for the 12 components of construction project management. A total of 32 respondents participated in the online survey. The results indicate that the usage of digital technologies was significantly higher in the management of scheduling, documenting, designing, and assigning costs. The aspects for digitalized safety, stakeholders, equipment, and materials are room for further improvement.

scholarly journals A COMPARISON OF PROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULING SOFTWARE’S PRIMAVERA AND MICROSOFT PROJECT USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Sudarshan S ◽  
Geena George
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
General Sequence ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Project Management Software

Planning and scheduling is extremely important role in construction projects thank to the increasing difficulties during this field. Construction Planning is that the necessary warning to Scheduling and determining general sequence, defining labour tasks, construction methods and assigning responsibilities, inappropriate planning can cause major delays with the project work. For the planning and scheduling work requires huge amount of  paperwork, which makes the management very burdensome. These problems may be solved employing a  project management software which helps to grant a planned approach to planning. Nowadays use of project management (PM) software as a tool for managing and organizing work has gained its importance in construction industry and continues to grow at a faster pace in other industries also. During this study, attempt is made  to check project management software such as MS project and Primavera and their feasibility is studied.

Causes of Delay in Indian Construction Industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 2768-2773 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paranthaman Venkatesh ◽  
S. Muthalvan Renuka ◽  
C. Umarani
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Change Orders ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Private Government

Delays in a construction project can be regarded as a failure. This paper aims to investigate the causes of delay in Indian construction projects undertaken by private, government and nongovernmental organizations. In view of this 45 causes of delay were identified and developed the questionnaire for the quantitative confirmation of the most causes of delay. Consequently the questionnaire was distributed to construction professionals like Managers, Engineers and others. Subsequently the collected data was analyzed using statistical tool and the factors were measured and ranked under each group by importance index for various construction professionals. The results suggest that delays are mainly due to shortage of labours, shortage of construction materials and extra works (rework and change orders). The resources like manpower and materials are having highest contribution of about 24% compared to other sources. However this paper presents recommendations for a better project management techniques & procedures which can be adopted during conceptual & detailed planning phases of the project in order to minimize the construction delay.

scholarly journals Exploitation of cloud computing in management of construction projects in Slovakia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1456-1463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Mandičák ◽  
Peter Mesároš ◽  
Mária Kozlovská
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Software As A Service ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
It Services ◽  
Construction Enterprise ◽  
Construction Enterprises

Abstract The issue of cloud computing is a highly topical issue. Cloud computing represents a new model for information technology (IT) services based on the exploitation of Web (it represents a cloud) and other application platforms, as well as software as a service. In general, the exploitation of cloud computing in construction project management has several advantages, as demonstrated by several research reports. Currently, research quantifying the exploitation of cloud computing in the Slovak construction industry has not yet been carried out. The article discusses the issue of exploitation of cloud computing in construction project management in Slovakia. The main objective of the research is to confirm whether factors such as size of construction enterprise, owner of construction enterprise and participant of construction project have any impact on the exploitation level of cloud computing in construction project management. It includes confirmation of differences in use between different participants of the construction project or between construction enterprises broken down by size and shareholders.

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