Developing a knowledge management system for improved value engineering practices in the construction industry

Zhang, Xueqing; Mao, Xiaoming; AbouRizk, Simaan

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2009.03.004

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“…The definitions of VM are found in many literatures and is consistently known to be a rigorous, systematic effort to improve the value and optimise the life cycle cost of a facility, without sacrificing the needed performance level (Zhang et al, 2009;Dell'Isola, 1997); and a proactive, creative, problem-solving or problem seeking service which maximises the functional value (Bowen et al, 2010;Male et al, 1998 , 2000). The collections of definitions from several sources (Barima, 2010;Vorakulpipat et al, 2010;Woodhead et al, 2004;Berawi and Woodhead, 2005a;Berawi and Woodhead, 2005b;Berawi, 2006) shared the key words with general understanding of value management and can be described as follows: There are three techniques in conducting VM, recognised and implemented world wide by practitioners, namely: value planning, value engineering and value analysis.…”

Section: Value Management In Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Finite-time stability analysis for linear time-varying singular impulsive systems

Abd-Karim

Lowe²,

Abdul‐Rahman

et al. 2011

Sci. Res. Essays

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In infrastructure projects, even though both value management (VM) and risk management (RM) are widely accepted as tools for effective project management, they have never been synthetically practiced. To combine the two processes within a single project is practical and logical when both methods share the same resources. Both VM and RM are systematic processes and involve a multi-disciplinary team in creative IRVM workshops. This paper attempts to examine the application of IRVM workshop to integrate RM and VM through case studies as a qualitative approach in four infrastructure projects in UK. Results show that even through the application of IRVM workshop is very much dependent on several factors such as time and budget constraint, complexity of project, and client's requirement, it could effectively quantify the VM and RM approaches to increase the exercisability.

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Section: Value Management In Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Finite-time stability analysis for linear time-varying singular impulsive systems

Abd-Karim

Lowe²,

Abdul‐Rahman

et al. 2011

Sci. Res. Essays

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“…One weakness of the schema is that only principles but no details of problem resolution lessons are stored, which may cause difficulty of users to reapply the lessons-learned. A recent work conducted by Zhang et al, which applied TRIZ to generate innovative ideas in the idea-generation stage of the five-step job plan for value engineering (VE) [14]. Zhang et al's research explores the capability of TRIZ in systematic generation of VE alternatives given the objective of improving function th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2010) and reducing cost for the defined problem.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring Underlying Patterns of Emergent Problem-Solving in Construction with TRIZ

Chang¹,

Yu²,

Cheng³

et al. 2010

Proceedings -- The 27th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

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Construction engineers and managers are dealing with emergent problems in their daily works. The problem-solving experiences, usually recorded as historical Lessons-Learned Files (LLFs), accumulated from previous projects are applied repeatedly in similar problems encountered. Such methodology is very similar to the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) widely adopted in technology innovation fields. The similarity inspires the authors of this paper to develop a preliminary Model of Engineering Problem Solver (MEPS) based on the similar methodology of TRIZ adopted by Altshuller to explore the underlying patterns of problem solving for emergent construction problems. 908 historical LLFs were collected through the Knowledge Management System (KMS) of a top ranked engineering consulting firm in Taiwan. The collected LLFs record the problem descriptions, problem classification, solution description, and the evaluation of the implemented solution, which store the underlying rules or patterns of problem solving that they are ready-for-use by the engineers/managers. By applying the same procedure of TRIZ, a preliminary MEPS is developed with 15 identified management parameters, a contradiction matrix, and 16 problem-solving principles. Two real world problem-solving cases are selected to test the preliminary MEPS. The testing results show great potentials of the proposed MEPS in automated engineering problem-solving. Moreover, the proposed MEPS provides a systematic method for efficient knowledge acquisition and accumulation in engineering consultants.

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“…Some of the explicit knowledge sources are standard operating procedures, best practice guides for construction industry, (Carrillo and Chinowsky, 2006), human resources data, meeting minutes and the Internet (Patel et al, 2000). According to Zhang et al (2009), types of explicit knowledge for construction industry are; project information, design drawings and specification, cost reports, risk analysis results and so on. However, tacit knowledge is the intuitive knowledge and expertise gained by the know-how experience or lessons learned of construction experts.…”

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confidence: 99%

International Construction Projects

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2014

International Construction Contract Law

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Developing a knowledge management system for improved value engineering practices in the construction industry

Cited by 103 publications

References 14 publications

Finite-time stability analysis for linear time-varying singular impulsive systems

Finite-time stability analysis for linear time-varying singular impulsive systems

Exploring Underlying Patterns of Emergent Problem-Solving in Construction with TRIZ

International Construction Projects

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