Kang, L S and Paulson, B C (1998) Information management to integrate cost and schedule for civil engineering projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(5), pp. 381-389. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
A construction information classification system (CICS) is useful for controlling a project with consistency in information management during construction. However the existing CICSs, including Masterformat, put the emphasis on architectural construction. Furthermore, project managers have difficulties in using the existing CICSs when they need to manage information throughout all construction phases, because most CICSs attach weight to specified phases, such as construction operations, which are carried out on site. This study suggests a tentative CICS for civil engineering projects, and the CICS consists of four facets with mnemonics in a notation system. Facility and space facets are grouped by the classified items for the management in upper levels through construction phases, and element and operation facets are classified to apply to the management in lower levels. The proposed CICS with four facets enables project managers to control a project with common information both for cost estimating and for schedule planning. Creating the CICS with such a common information system is helpful for connecting project cost for a project organizer with the construction schedule for a site manager, and the connection between cost and schedule will make better information management for a construction project.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | cost estimating, construction phase, project cost, construction operation, site manager, construction project, schedule planning, project manager, information system |
| Subjects: | financial and cost management, information systems, production management, practitioner, construction operations, operations research, profession, economics, project delivery |
| Topics: | Site Management, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications, Project Management, Cost Management, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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