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Cost Normalization Procedure for Phase-Based Performance Measurement

  • Choi, Jiyong;Yun, Sungmin;Oliveira, Daniel;Mulva, Stephen;Kang, Youngcheol
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.72-76
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    • 2015
  • Capital project benchmarking requires an effective cost normalization process to compare cost performance of projects accomplished in different time and location. Existing cost normalization approaches have been established based on the assumption that all required information for cost normalization is fully identified once a project is completed. Cost normalization, however, is sometimes required to evaluate phase-level outcomes of an ongoing project where the required information is not fully available. This paper aims to provide a cost normalization procedure for phase-based performance assessment. The procedure consists of three normalization steps: currency conversion, location adjustment, and time adjustment considering various scenarios where the required information is not fully identified. This paper also presents how the cost normalization procedure has been applied to the 10-10 Performance Assessment Program, which is a phase-based performance assessment system developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII). Both researchers and industrial professionals can apply the cost normalization procedure to studies and practices regarding to cost estimation, feasibility analysis, and performance assessment.

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A Study Of Knowledge Evaluation On The Construction Industry (건설산업 지식평가 방안 연구)

  • Jung Bo-Gun;Lee Tai-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • autumn
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    • pp.515-518
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    • 2002
  • KM(Knowledge Management) is factor more paradigm of period than survival factor. Stewart, Sveiby etc., a scholar was Present to definition, knowledge classification and measurement method. KMS(Knowledge Management System) was made by scholar theory. But, it is hardly adapt to construction industry. Because it is have property that construction industry have one product, recieve-industry etc. Therefore, we must knowledge classification and measurement method that property of construction industry. So, we can effectively manage to knowledge of construction industry. And, knowledge of construction industry will evaluate according to property. Measure method of construction company will find through benchmarking that measure method of construction company is analyze to case.

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A Suggestion on the Improvement of the Business Classification System Considering the Specialty of the Painting Work, Landscaping Construction Industry (전문건설업 대업종화 적용에 있어 도장, 조경공사의 특수성을 고려한 업종분류체계의 제안)

  • Kim, Jeong-wook;Kim, Gyu-yong;Choi, Min-soo;Nam, Jeong-soo;Lee, Sang-soo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.497-506
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    • 2022
  • In recent years, the specialized construction industry has undergone major construction and major industries, and without considering the technical expertise of construction works, the construction industry is promoting the integration and establishment of specialized construction industries according to convenience and abolition of their own industries. As the reorganization plan causes confusion in the production structure and lacks persuasive power by aiming only for industry simplification, it is judged to be desirable to review it according to the detailed characteristics of the specialized construction industry. In this study, -to review the reorganization of a rational classification system that considers the specific nature of the specialization of specialized construction projects, the classification of construction works, major work contents and characteristics, technical expertise, and problems of largescale industry in the case of painting construction and landscaping construction was analyzed. Based on this, aspects to be considered when reorganizing the current professional construction industry classification system are identified and reasonable improvement plans for each industry are suggested.

Industry 4.0 & Construction H&S: Comparative Perceptions

  • Beale, James;Smallwood, John
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2020.12a
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    • pp.249-256
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    • 2020
  • Historical construction health and safety (H&S) challenges, in terms of a range of resources and issues, continue to be experienced, namely design process-related hazards are encountered on site, workers are unaware of the hazards and risks related to the construction process and its activities, activities are commenced on site without adequate hazard identification and risk assessments (HIRAs), difficulty is experienced in terms of real time monitoring of construction-related activities, workers handle heavy materials, plant, and equipment, and ultimately the experience of injuries. Given the abovementioned, and the advent of Industry 4.0, a quantitative study, which entailed the completion of a self-administered questionnaire online, was conducted among registered professional (Pr) and candidate Construction H&S Agents, to determine the potential of Industry 4.0 to contribute to resolving the challenges cited. The findings indicate that Industry 4.0 technologies such as augmented reality (AR), drone technology, virtual reality (VR), VR based H&S training, and wearable technology /sensors have the potential to resolve the cited H&S challenges as experienced in construction. Conclusions include that Industry 4.0 technologies can finally address the persistent H&S challenges experienced in construction. Recommendations include: employer associations, professional associations, and statutory councils should raise the level of awareness relative to the potential implementation of Industry 4.0 relative to H&S in construction; case studies should be documented and shared; tertiary construction management education programmes should integrate Industry 4.0 into all possible modules, especially H&S-related modules, and continuing professional development (CPD) H&S should address Industry 4.0.

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The study on the Proposals for Application to Information Technology in Field Construction (건설 현장의 정보기술 발전 방향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Sung-Gun;Lee Ung-Kyun;Kang Kyung-In
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.207-210
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    • 2005
  • Information Technology (IT) makes a great contribution towards improvement of productivity in construction industry. Because most of researches of construction industry's IT are focused on the whole field of the industry or development of information system, however, these have no regard for conditions in fields. Thus, this study proposes the requirements in order to improve the productivity and efficiency of field execution of construction industry. To achieve this aim, the surveys are conducted of the problems and conditions of IT application on site workers and managers. As a result, the followings are suggested: (1) user training should be exercised continuously, (2) infrastructure of IT constructed, (3) total management system of field execution developed, and (4) the development of IT system focused on fields. Therefore, this study provides meaningful proposal that can be set up basic direction toward IT investment and IT system development.

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CORPOATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CONSTRUCTION - A CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW

  • Jian Zuo;Lou Wilson;Stephen Pullen;George Zillante
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.516-520
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    • 2011
  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is of increasing interest to both industry practitioners and academics because of increasing public awareness of environmental, economic and social sustainability. The last decade witnessed a large number of studies on the development of CSR principles and the implementation of CSR in various industries such as the mining industry, oil industry and food industry. However, there is limited number of CSR studies focusing on the construction industry. Considering the critical role the construction industry plays in achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability, it is imperative to extend the current CSR research to the construction sector. This paper provides a critical review of literature related to corporate social responsibility in construction context. A special focus is placed on the current practice adopted by the industry to be socially responsible. A research agenda is set up to tackle this critical issue.

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A Study on the Optimal Industry Construction of Korean Medicine Industry (한방산업(韓方産業)의 최적산업구조(最適産業構造) 연구(硏究))

  • Yoo, Byoung-Wan;Lee, Seok-Jae;Jeon, Byoung-Uk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Oriental Medical Informatics
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2007
  • Korean medicine industry general means all industry activities related to Korean medicine. It covers material resources such as herbs and products made herbs, medical instruments, Korean medical servics and related information service based on Korean medicine theories. Also according to industrial strategy, Korean medicine industry was to define and branch. The industrial strategy of Korean medicine industry was based on kowledge, high-end, intensive techology, and global denand. By the industrial strategy of Korean Medicine industry, a study on the optimal industry construction of Korean medicine industry was standardizaition in the basic research and promoted bouds, efficiency in the group industrial, detention of global fund and global technology, and intenational division of product process. It is the optimal industry construction of Korean medicine industry by the industrial strategy of Korean medicine industry. At once adjustment to the optimal industry construction of Korean medicine industry by the industrial strategy of Korean medicine industry was internationalization in the positive adjustment.

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A Study on Application of RFID Technology in Construction Field (건설현장에서 RFID 기술의 적용성에 관한 연구)

  • Ju, Hyun-Tae;Kim, Kyung-Hun;Kim, Kyung-Whan;Kim, Jae-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.97-100
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    • 2007
  • Recently, A demand on productivity improvement has required innovation of construction industry more than fast with a economy condition. A RFID is technology that can be effectively applied at the administration of physical distribution, labor, construction progress, etc at construction industry. Therefore, At this paper, A survey of staffs that work at construction site is practised to study application possibility of RFID technology at construction industry. It shows use possibility through a survey that investigated Recognition and application, etc at construction site. RFID technology is connected with other technologies by being based on this study construction industry will be advanced.

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Incorporating Machine Learning into a Data Warehouse for Real-Time Construction Projects Benchmarking

  • Yin, Zhe;DeGezelle, Deborah;Hirota, Kazuma;Choi, Jiyong
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.831-838
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    • 2022
  • Machine Learning is a process of using computer algorithms to extract information from raw data to solve complex problems in a data-rich environment. It has been used in the construction industry by both academics and practitioners for multiple applications to improve the construction process. The Construction Industry Institute, a leading construction research organization has twenty-five years of experience in benchmarking capital projects in the industry. The organization is at an advantage to develop useful machine learning applications because it possesses enormous real construction data. Its benchmarking programs have been actively used by owner and contractor companies today to assess their capital projects' performance. A credible benchmarking program requires statistically valid data without subjective interference in the program administration. In developing the next-generation benchmarking program, the Data Warehouse, the organization aims to use machine learning algorithms to minimize human effort and to enable rapid data ingestion from diverse sources with data validity and reliability. This research effort uses a focus group comprised of practitioners from the construction industry and data scientists from a variety of disciplines. The group collaborated to identify the machine learning requirements and potential applications in the program. Technical and domain experts worked to select appropriate algorithms to support the business objectives. This paper presents initial steps in a chain of what is expected to be numerous learning algorithms to support high-performance computing, a fully automated performance benchmarking system.

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Preliminary study on effectiveness of business improvement applying the method of process management for small construction company (지역중소건설업체의 프로세스관리를 통한 업무개선효과에 대한 기초연구)

  • Kim, Ki-Deok;Lim, Hyung-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.315-316
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    • 2012
  • The construction industry in the local areas business as the archetypal local one is effectuating industrial production, create employment and so on to perform a significant part in keeping local economy also reviving sluggish economy. The construction stagnation in market may cause severe economic depression in local which leads to having a crippling impact on local constructive industry, in terms of the phenomenon is on the interrelation between the local construction industry and local economy, with regard to local economy which is not covered by firm based industries is wield strong influenced over by construction industry. The object of this study is to research possible improvement factors on the preferential basis by only companies' efforts, therefore the policy of government or local self-governing body in support may be unnecessarily involved after grasping faced practical problems at regional construction companies from analysing the present condition of local construction marketplace and companies.

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