• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.7 no.4 s.32
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• pp.126-136
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• 2006

Most of large construction companies have developed construction information systems and their ultimate goals should be improvement of the management efficiency of the construction projects. In order to make them successful, the systems should be designed to meet system users' needs Therefore purpose of this study is to evaluate the current information management systems from the viewpoint of the system users, especially on-site engineers. Questionnaire surveys and interviews have been conducted for the highly ranked 10 construction companies on four major factors including the functions of the systems and satisfaction level of each function, recognition of the use effect, informatization support. From the surveys results, correlation between the functions of the systems and the others has been statistically analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• autumn
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• pp.129-136
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• 2001

Advances in new information technology enable practitioners at construction sites to capture image information on overall sites and various work results through digital cameras. Also more and more government agencies and clients are accepting construction site information in a digital format. This research developed an Internet-based construction image information management system for effective construction management and sharing information among project participants. This system named CiMS provides a way to store/search/share site image information by representing the information through the combination of work items, work areas, performing companies, captured dates and purposes. CiMS has been applied in a real construction project for system refinement and verification. It is expected that CiMS can improve the construction site photo management paradigm, and the contents of CiMS can be incorporated into the corporate knowledge database.