Japan's foundation design guide

Although described as a Guide, the 1984 design manual for foundation design forms part of the enforcement system of the Earthquake Resistance code in Japan. The Guide applies knowledge gained from recent unexpected experiences, notably the damage to prestressed high‐strength concrete (PHC) piles in the Off‐Miyagi earthquake without any effects from change in ground conditions, such as liquefaction. This review is by the Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Division of the Japanese Building Research Institute, who chaired the Working Party on the Guide.     

谈施工企业的工程合同管理工作

论述了施工企业工程合同管理的意义及工程合同的种类,介绍了工程合同管理的原则,着重阐述了加强工程合同管理的措施,提出只有加强工程合同管理,才能为企业创造经济效益.     

Monte Carlo simulation approach to life cycle cost management

Public private partnerships (PPP) and private financial initiative (PFI) projects face the challenge of meeting unforeseen future risks. Life cycle cost estimate is a crucial part of PFI/PPP procurement. The traditional deterministic cost model can not take into consideration the uncertainty of future events let alone determine the contingency allowance for the projects. The large number of cost items in the life cycle cost model of building projects makes cost control difficult. Monte Carlo simulation method is applied to the Quantitative Risk Assessment of life cycle costing risk management. A PFI school project was chosen as a case study to demonstrate a new simulation approach to life cycle cost management. The lives and replacement cost rates of building elements are the inputs for the simulation model, while the cumulative life cycle cost are the outputs of the analysis. The sensitivity analysis revealed the cost significant items, which provides the most efficient way for cost control. The results of the analysis identify the high risk life cycle assumptions and provide a variation reference for the decision-makers to define risk and contingency allowance in PFI/PPP projects. The approach can also be applied to other types of building PFI projects.     

浅谈施工工程中的现代化信息管理

介绍了计算机技术在施工工程中运用的现代化信息管理系统，对现代化信息管理体系中的信息收集、加工整理、存储、传递等环节进行了阐述，以提高企业现代化的管理水平。     

Introducing management information systems in medium-sized construction companies

A diagnostic approach for the introduction of management information systems in medium-sized construction firms is proposed, through a selection of measures that take account of the characteristics of the change, the organization, its staff, resources and environment. Factors that should be considered in setting the pace of introduction are also presented. A case study demonstrates the employment of the proposed method.     

运用计算机辅助管理提高项目施工管理水平

介绍了计算机的现代化手段在项目施工管理中的重要性，阐述了计算机管理在建筑工程施工管理中的应用问题，表明计算机辅助施工项目管理是提高施工企业管理水平的有效途径之一。     

Achieving the unlikely: innovating in the loosely coupled construction system

Previous research suggests that a characteristic of the construction industry is a lack of technological innovation. Since this is seen as a problem, much theoretical development within construction management focuses on explaining the lack of innovation. Less effort has been expended on using such explanatory theories for investigating those rare exceptions in which construction firms succeed in the unlikely: successfully developing a new technology. This article makes use of the recently suggested framework by Dubois and Gadde. They describe the construction industry as a ‘loosely coupled system’ with four types of couplings, discuss why the particular mix of couplings in the construction system leads to a lack of innovation, and suggest types of couplings that construction firms should experiment with and change in order to boost innovation. A case study of a contractor developing a new technology is presented in terms of Dubois and Gadde's concepts and implications. The findings partly support and partly contradict their hypotheses. It seems that innovation is possible even if only a few of the existing couplings are changed. The most important changes relate to the tightening of intrafirm sequential inter‐project couplings enabling learning from project to project, and contract‐related couplings especially the design‐construction interface.     

建设工程项目施工管理中的团队建设和管理

分析了团队建设的重要性,详细地介绍了团队建设的过程与操作方法,提出了五种常见冲突的处理方法,以建设一支团结上进、富有激情的团队,从而提高建设工程的效益。     

Development of virtual and real-field construction management systems in innovative, intelligent field factory

In this study, we proposed a concept of virtual and real-field construction management systems (VR-Coms), which is integrated with virtual construction simulation, planning, scheduling, and performance management systems to evaluate productivity and safety in virtual simulated and real-field constructions. And, we built up a computational environment to develop the VR-Coms. The VR-Coms offer supporting modules for learning and discovering solutions with objective to manage construction at right speed with improved humanware and constructability. The configuration of VR-Coms is described. This paper also shows an application of agent theory to construction management.     

BIM技术在模拟建造方面的实际应用

BIM技术在工程建设中发挥出越来越大的作用,尤其对施工现场的管理更具有现实的指导意义。本文详细介绍了BIM技术在施工管理中的应用情况。通过这种可视化的管理,设立的“设定目标——模拟建造和优化——跟踪展示——调整分析”这一流程,极大地便利了进度管控工作,确保了项目管理的效率。     

工程项目风险性费用的预测与管理

结合工程造价的风险管理理论与计算机模拟技术进行了风险性费用的预测,并提出了基于风险概率分析为基础,应用蒙特卡罗方法对风险性费用进行动态监管,最后以实例阐述了应用过程。     

Design of a construction management data visualization environment: A top-down approach

Explored in this paper is the topic of designing a construction management (CM) data visualization environment with emphasis on its use for supporting the time management function during the planning and execution phases of construction projects which are characterized by sizeable volumes of data of different types. A brief overview of recent construction data visualization work is first provided. Then, as part of a top-down design approach, we introduce concepts and useful terminology related to a structured way of thinking about analytical reasoning and visual analytics, and their relationship with construction management functions. The focus of the latter then shifts to how a construction data visualization environment can support project participant analytical reasoning needs for the management of time, specifically planning/predicting and monitoring/diagnosing/controlling construction conditions and time performance. A case study of aspects of an actual project examined using the construction data visualization environment developed to date is then presented. Purposes served include demonstrating the breadth of support that can be offered for reasoning by such an environment, and providing a test case for demonstrating the kind of evaluation process one should engage in to assess how well an environment conforms to the requirements set out for it. Time management functions treated for this case study include assessing quality of a baseline schedule, assessing actual vs. planned construction conditions and time performance, and assessing reasons for deviations. An evaluation of the current environment is then made to assess conformance/non-conformance with the requirements established for it and to identify worthwhile extensions to it. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from work performed to date, and their application to create a more comprehensive visualization environment that supports multiple CM functions.     

Electronic document management systems and the management of UK construction projects

The authors indicate that EDMS will not replace, but complement existing facilities and thereby enhance the management of documentation within construction organizations. It is hoped that client confidence and satisfaction can be enhanced by better communication.     

浅谈施工项目管理

本文主要从施工项目管理的组织机构、质量管理、进度计划、安全生产和文明施工等方面给以详尽的阐述,深入分析,提出个人对施工项目管理工作的认识。     

探讨建筑施工企业的项目管理

项目管理是反映企业管理水平高低的窗口,是建筑企业形象的体现。项目管理是施工企业其他各项基础管理工作的出发点和落脚点,是建筑施工企业经济效益和社会效益的源泉。项目施工水平的高低、施工质量的优劣、文明施工的好坏与项目管理有直接的关系,所以,建筑企业应把项目管理作为企业管理的重中之重。     

谈建设单位的工程信息管理

从建设单位的视角分析了建设工程信息管理的内容、原则及信息分类,并阐述了使用计算机进行工程信息管理的重要性,为建设单位能获得及时、准确的工程信息,并做出正确工程决策提供了借鉴。     

Application of line sampling simulation method to reliability benchmark problems

A procedure denoted as Line Sampling (LS) has been developed for estimating the reliability of static and dynamical systems. The efficiency and accuracy of the method is shown by application to the subset of the entire spectrum of the posed benchmark problems [Schuëller GI, Pradlwarter HJ, Koutsourelakis PS. Benchmark study on reliability estimation in higher dimensions of structural systems. In URL: http://www.uibk.ac.at/mechanik/Publications/benchmark.html. Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria, 2004], i.e. in particular linear systems with random properties. The notion of design point excitation for non-linear systems is discussed and its use extended for reliability estimations of conservative non-linear MDOF systems considering critical conditional excitation.For solving the hysteretic MDOF system with uncertain structural parameters subjected to general Gaussian excitation, however, the general applicable subset procedure [Au SK, Beck JL. Estimation of small failure probabilities in high dimensions by subset simulation. Probab Eng Mech 2001;16:263–277] has been used combined with Importance Sampling.     

建筑工程施工的精细化施工管理探究

工程项目的质量和施工进度主要受到建筑工程施工管理工作的影响，涉及各部门、各工种、各人员的协调配合，是个庞大复杂的工作体系，需要做好精细化施工管理来保证各个工作环节的正常运行，以保证施工的进度和质量。本文从实际角度出发，对精细化施工管理方面的问题进行探究和分析，供同行参考。     

建筑工程施工管理中精细化管理的实践策略

加强精细化管理是提高建筑工程施工管理水平的重要保障,对提升施工质量和施工管理效率具有重要意义。本文围绕建筑工程实施精细化管理的重要意义和建筑工程施工精细化管理实践策略两个维度展开解读。     

国有建筑施工企业项目成本管理的研究

在十八大报告中,"美丽中国"成为激起社会各界共鸣的高频词。要实现"美丽中国",节约能源,降低成本(能耗)是必须的手段。