Abstract
Huge volume of project information are generated during the life cycle of an AEC projects. These project information are categorized in to technical and administrative information and managed through appropriate processes. There are many tools such as Document Management Systems, Building Information Modeling (BIM) available to manage and integrate the technical information. However, the administrative information and its related processes such as the payment, status, authorization, approval etc. are not effectively managed. The current study aims to explore the administrative information management process of a local housing delivery public agency. This agency manages more than 2000 housing projects at any time of a year. The administrative processesare characterized withdelivery inconsistencies among various project participants. Though there are many commercially available process management systems, there exist limitations on the customization of the modules/ systems. Hence there is a need to develop an information management system which can integrates and manage these housing projects processes effectively. This requires the modeling of administrative processes and its interfaces among the various stakeholder processes. Hence this study aims to model the administrative processes and its related information during the life cycle of the project using IDEF0 and IDEF1X modeling. The captured processes and information interfaces are analyzed and appropriate process integration is suggested to avoid the delay in their project delivery processes. Further, the resultant model can be used for effectively managing the housing delivery projects.
Highlights
Construction projects are complex endeavors that require multiple stakeholder’s involvement to accomplish the expected project outcomes [1]
The analysis revealed that the customer services approval and supervisory process in the Department of Housing (DH) need improvement in their delivery process
The developed functional model is used to develop an IDEFX1 information / data model to assist the development of relational data base to the proposed information management system
Summary
Construction projects are complex endeavors that require multiple stakeholder’s involvement to accomplish the expected project outcomes [1] It is further characterized by its components, people and processes variations and its complex relationships and interfaces [2]. This characterization brings a socio technical complexities to the project delivery. These complexities are characterized in all aspects of projects, including organization structure, procedures, technology etc., [1]. The following section outlines the current status of DH’s project delivery process and its need towards an Information Management System This is followed by the development of IDEFO models to capture the various interfaces among the project processes. The theoretical validation is reported to get the initial feedback against the developed systems followed by the summary and conclusions
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