Engineering Harmony Under Multi-Constraint Objectives: The Perspective of Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Harmony is the process of coordinated development between the elements, subsystems and the environment in each Engineering stage of the engineering implementation. Quality, duration, cost and risk are the key factors to achieve engineering harmony. Clarifying the influencing factors of engineering harmony and its mechanism can improve the possibility of success. The meta-analysis method is used to carry out a restudy of existing researches of engineering harmony. First, quality, duration, cost and risk are selected as the variables of achieving engineering harmony. Second, the paper collects 29 existing researches including many countries and regions around the world on the relationship between the variables and engineering harmony. Third, each value is calculated and corrected according to literature coding. Forth, publication deviation and total effect test are checked. Finally, the research conclusions and engineering management implications are given based on the results of meta-analysis. The results show that quality objective, duration objective, cost objective and risk management objective all have positive impact on achieving engineering harmony. The engineering type has no regulatory effect on positive impact of the duration objective and cost objective, but has regulatory effect on positive impact of the quality objective and risk management objective on the engineering harmony.

The Environmental Influencing Factors of the Realization of Engineering Construction Harmony from the Perspective of Ren–Shi–Wu: Evidence from China

“…Meanwhile, a good natural ecology is embodied in a people-oriented ecological environment. It promotes RH and further promotes the positive role of natural ecology between RH and engineering harmony [13]. Therefore, the hypothesis of H1a is established.…”

“…Secondly, as the main objectives of engineering management are quality, duration, cost, and risk, a lot of the literature mainly focuses on the relationship between factors such as quality, duration, cost, safety, and risk and the realization of engineering harmony [2,6,34]. Wang Qiankun used the meta-analysis method to conduct further research on 29 original studies and found that quality, duration, cost, and risk have positive impacts on the realization of engineering harmony [13]. Wyke and Lindhard (2023) used the principal component analysis method to identify potential factors that affect the cost and duration overruns of public construction projects [35].…”

“…Multiple agents and interests are allowed to exist, and the harmonious state of engineering organization goals can be achieved. the matching of technology and management methods "Wu" is an important material guarantee for engineering construction, which involves generalized "Wu" elements such as machinery, equipment, materials, funds, quality, duration, and cost objectives [13]. WH means that the material elements can always be rationally allocated and effectively utilized.…”

“…According to the doctoral thesis [12], the contents of engineering construction harmony include (1) "Ren harmony", which is the coordination of multi-agent interests of "Ren" in engineering organization [1]; (2) "Wu harmony", which is the multi-constraint objective balance of the project and its "Wu" elements [13]; and (3) "Shi harmony", which is the matching of "Shi" elements such as engineering construction technology and management methods [14]. Then, on the basis of the three subsystems of RH, WH, and SH, the harmony between the subsystems and the external environmental factors of natural ecology, social humanities, and political economy is realized so as to achieve engineering construction harmony under the joint action of Ren, Shi, and Wu. In all, the subsystems of "Ren-Shi-Wu" are restricted by the external environmental factors of natural ecology, social humanities, and political economy.…”

Stakeholder Behavior Risk Evaluation of Hydropower Projects Based on Social Network Analysis—A Case Study from a Project

“…Meanwhile, subjective risks are behavioral risks caused by human factors that can be avoided or controlled by people themselves, which now receive more attention [7]. Specifically, stakeholders are the most active productivity factors throughout the engineering projects, and the complexity and uncertainty of their behavior may trigger the occurrence of risk events [9,10]. However, most of the current studies control the occurrence of objective risk events, analyze the probability of the occurrence of risk events and the resulting losses [11], and have not yet conducted systematic research on stakeholder behavioral risks.…”