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Summary
Summary
The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volumes as state-of-the-art papers documenting research and innovative practice in the field of construction.
The volumes cover four broad themes: business management, project management, risk management, IT development and applications. Each volume is organized to provide easy reference so that the practitioner can speedily extract up to date information and knowledge about the global construction industry.
Managing the Construction Enterprise (Volume One): Covers the firm and its business environment, markets and marketing, human resource management strategic planning, and quality management. Managing the Construction Project (Volume Two): focuses upon productivity, procurement, international projects and human issues in relation to management performance of construction organisations. Managing Risk (Volume Two): incorporates discussion of risk away from regulation by government and those safety risks inherent in the construction process. Managing Construction Information (Volume Three, published in conjunction with Construct IT Centre of Excellence): incorporates material on information systems and methods, application of IT to the design and construction processes and how IT theory and applications are best transmitted to students and practitioners.The work represents a collation of wide ranging ideas and theory about construction and how research has contributed to the development of the industry on a global application of research to the problems of the construction industry.
Author Notes
David Langford holds the Barr Chair of Construction at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. In conjunction with colleagues, he has written several books in the field of Construction Management and has published over 50 papers.
Arkady Retik is a senior lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is a well known author and research in the field of construction information technology and visualization. CIB (Conseil International du Batiment) is an international organization for construction researchers and practitioners. Its total of almost 500 members is drawn from a broad spectrum of research centres working in virtually every area of building and construction.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction to Volume Three | p. xv |
| Part I Information Systems and Methods | p. 1 |
| 1 The Internet and construction | p. 3 |
| What constructors and construction managers need to know about the information superhighway | p. 4 |
| Managing construction information effectively using integrated databases | p. 14 |
| The construction alliance and electronic information exchange: a symbiotic relationship | p. 23 |
| Collaborative student design projects using the internet as a medium for the exchange and management of architectural design information | p. 33 |
| Development of environmental management systems | p. 43 |
| 2 Knowledge engineering and construction | p. 55 |
| The development of a knowledge based expert system for construction claims analysis | p. 56 |
| Self-paced learning using graphics software | p. 65 |
| Integration in the construction process: the way of starting in developing countries? | p. 78 |
| Is briefing innovation? | p. 87 |
| A knowledge-based environment for the management of housing development in China | p. 96 |
| Managing buildings for the next generation: asset management using spatial information systems | p. 106 |
| Part II It and the Construction Process | p. 123 |
| 1 Design construction and IT | p. 125 |
| Tendering documents for the design-and-construct competition | p. 126 |
| Methodology of specialist contractors' involvement in design development for construction | p. 135 |
| The use of VR in support of construction tasks | p. 142 |
| Performance standards derived by the management of information and artificial intelligence | p. 150 |
| An object-oriented model based approach for evolving information representation | p. 160 |
| Computer-aided generation system of quality specifications for construction projects | p. 170 |
| 2 Project control and IT | p. 179 |
| Optimization of linear construction projects using optimal control | p. 180 |
| Intelligent risk management for construction project control | p. 189 |
| Automated real-time manpower productivity control | p. 199 |
| Computer aided conflict resolutions in construction planning and management | p. 206 |
| How can IT affect the construction process? | p. 211 |
| An information systems model for concurrent construction project partnership environments | p. 226 |
| 3 The construction firm and IT | p. 237 |
| Feedback from facilities management to design and construction - systems issuesc | p. 238 |
| Construction firm organizational effectiveness: a neural network-based prediction methodology | p. 247 |
| IT as a function of managerial strategy | p. 257 |
| Technology management in construction: a management, teaching and research framework | p. 267 |
| Using action-research to compare the theory and practice of managing housing information | p. 276 |
| Contemporary construction management graduate education: an industry-developed masters program | p. 287 |
| Part III Education, Information and IT | p. 297 |
| Some experiences in education for construction management and economics | p. 299 |
| Capability learning and the construction professions | p. 307 |
| The organisation of construction research in successful university departments | p. 317 |
| Towards construction project management foundation classes and software components | p. 325 |
| The use of computer-assisted learning in the education and training of construction professionals | p. 334 |
| Introducing information technology in construction: pains and gains | p. 348 |
| Index | p. 357 |
