Construction Projects In Korea Research Articles

Time‐cost relationships of building construction project in Korea

PurposeTime is an important factor in any project, especially in construction projects. Although using detailed scheduling techniques is unavoidable, a model to predict or benchmark time performance has interested many researchers. For an exploratory purpose, this paper aims to investigate the time‐cost relationship proposed by Bromilow with data from construction projects in Korea.Design/methodology/approachThe data are collected from 34 historical building projects in Korea. Construction cost is adjusted using a building price index. Analysis is carried out on variety of project characteristics.FindingsIt is shown that a time‐cost relationship is applicable to the Korean construction industry. Further analysis indicates that the original Bromilow time‐cost model is not the best fit regression form, and alternative models are proposed.Research limitations/implicationsThe data are limited to a small sample of 34 building projects. This limitation arises because of the data collection approach, which is direct contact with historical project documents supplied by construction firms.Originality/valueModels from this study can serve as a reference tool for practitioners in the early stages of building projects in Korea. The results from this study are not intended to reject or replace detailed construction scheduling techniques.

양중계획입안 프로세스의 구조화를 통한 프로젝트 정보관리 방안

As the number of high-rise building construction projects grows up, the subject of the transportation planning has become one of the grave issue. however important decision making are made by the experience of the a planner without the rational plans for information sharing. therefore, the purpose of this study is to suggest a plan of prefect information management not only for describing drafting process for transportation planning but also for systematizing information used in the procurement, transportation and construction phase to achieve these objectives, this study 1)analyzes the prior theory about transportation planning, 2)performs a case study of actual project to embody the problems of site management by analyzing the results of interviewing experts. In conclusion, the following factors are systematized : 1)the structure of drafting process for transportation planning, 2)the contents of information used in the procurement, transportation and construction phase, 3)the actual condition of code breakdown structure in transportation Planning phase. It is anticipated that the proposed methodology would be able to improve information management among the related engineers and accumulated data that might be used in similar construction projects in Korea.

Integrated cost and schedule control in the Korean construction industry based on a modified work-packaging model

As a project control technique concept that provides a quantitative measure of schedule and cost information, the earned value (EV) model can evaluate work progress by identifying the potential delay and the cost overruns in a project, which is useful for controlling projects. The construction industry in Korea does not put this concept into practice, however, because it is poorly understood and because the construction practices in Korea are different from those in other industrialized countries. Most important is the fact that almost all the construction projects in Korea are controlled in accordance with the budget breakdown structure (BBS), which is less detailed than the cost breakdown structure (CBS), while those in the USA are managed through schedule control on the basis of the work breakdown structure (WBS). This is because most of the construction projects in Korea are generally contracted at a fixed price. This being the case, once the contract is awarded, the clients are no longer concerned with the cost of the project. This current construction practice based on the BBS rather than on the WBS has brought forth a limitation in terms of the use of the existing EV model in the domestic market. In this study, the EV model, which is suitable for the domestic market, is demonstrated. An integrated model of the WBS and CBS is then developed based on the modified work-packaging model. Finally, the developed model is integrated into the project management system (PMS) to verify its suitability and efficiency.

Risk-Based Safety Impact Assessment Methodology for Underground Construction Projects in Korea

Safety of construction projects may be affected by various factors such as types and scale of projects, construction methods, safety management procedure, climate, site conditions, etc. Among them is the quality of design in relation to safety. Presently, however, designers typically are not involved in construction safety. They are often uncertain of their responsibilities in relation to construction safety and fail to be responsible for avoiding or reducing safety-related risks. In this study, the concept of safety impact assessment to achieve “design-for-safety” in the design phase is introduced. For this purpose, a safety impact assessment model was devised, and a methodology using the risk-based safety impact assessment approach for open-cut type underground construction projects in Korea is suggested. The suggested methodology includes a safety information survey, classification of safety impact factors caused by design and construction, and quantitative estimation of magnitude and frequency of safe...

Risk Assessment Methodology for Underground Construction Projects

This paper presents a risk assessment methodology for underground construction projects. A formalized procedure and associated tools were developed to assess and manage the risks involved in underground construction. The suggested risk assessment procedure is composed of four steps of identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and managing the risks inherent in construction projects. The main tool of the proposed risk assessment methodology is the risk analysis software. The risk analysis software is built upon an uncertainty model based on fuzzy concept. The fuzzy-based uncertainty model is designed to consider the uncertainty range that repre- sents the degree of uncertainties involved in both ~1! probabilistic parameter estimates and ~2! subjective judgments. Other tools devel- oped in this study include the survey sheets for collecting risk-related information and the detail check sheets for risk identification and analysis. The paper finally discusses a detailed case study of the developed risk assessment methodology performed for a subway construction project in Korea.