Isaac, S and Navon, R (2014) Can project monitoring and control be fully automated? Construction Management and Economics, 32(6), pp. 495-505. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
An extended research programme has examined over the past two decades how productivity in construction projects can be improved through the development of models for project monitoring and control, which process automatically collected data on the actual project performance. Tests that were conducted with these models demonstrate that this approach can help overcome some of the limitations of existing manual methods. However, they also indicate that certain manually obtained data are still required in addition to the automatically collected data. A framework for semi-automated project monitoring and control is proposed, in which both manually and automatically collected data can be incorporated. This framework integrates the monitoring of projects with their control by taking into account the impact on productivity of existing deviations from the planned performance, and of the controlling actions that are proposed to deal with these deviations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | automation; project control; project monitoring |
| Index terms: | automation, productivity, project monitoring, monitoring, deviation, programme, project performance, construction project, project control |
| Subjects: | control systems, project controls, production management, project management theory and practice, automation and robotics, management, financial and cost management |
| Topics: | Cost Management, Site Management, Project Management, Digital Applications, Business Strategy, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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