Project management knowledge and skills for green construction: Overcoming challenges

A competent project manager is vital to project success. While many studies have examined competency of project managers, few have done so in the context of green construction. Therefore, this study aims to identify challenges faced by project managers who execute green construction projects and to determine the critical knowledge areas and skills that are necessary to respond to such challenges. Through literature review, surveys and interviews with project managers, this study will help establish a knowledge base for project managers to be competitive and to effectively execute sustainable projects.     

谈谈工程具体实施过程中的造价跟踪管理

本文论述了工程造价咨询机构如何参与工程具体实施过程中的造价跟踪管理,强调了跟踪管理的重要性。     

Sustainable forest management in the developing world: Science challenges and contributions

Forests are a global resource and important issues dealing with their use and maintenance cannot be effectively dealt with in an insular fashion. Global participation is mandatory, if these resources are to be sustained and equitably utilized. The seriousness and urgency of most of the forestry and environmental problems are linked to the inability or means of developing countries to provide appropriate scientific and technical knowledge, effective policy, regulations and planning frameworks to deal with the problems. To fully understand and appreciate the challenges to forest science, it is useful to establish an appropriate background against which they should be viewed, and suggest how to improve our capability to deliver knowledge for a sustainable future. There are three keys to making this a reality: information, innovation, and implementation — all derived from human resources.     

公路建设项目中环保管理浅析

结合公路建设事业的发展,从公路建设项目的设计、施工管理角度讨论了公路建设项目的环保管理问题,以实现在满足经济发展需求的同时,坚持可持续发展的战略,更好地保护生态环境。     

Project portfolio management in practice and in context

Companies struggle with the sub-optimization and changes among their projects, even if various normative instructions and good practices have been introduced for project portfolio management. At the center of this paper is the need to understand project portfolio management in practice and in context. The purpose is to report a review on recent empirical research literature regarding project portfolio management, to draw attention to the limitations with viewing portfolio management as a rational decision process, and to develop new avenues for research regarding project portfolio management in practice and in context. As a result, this paper shows that, to respond to uncertainties and complexities in business environments, project portfolio management can be viewed as negotiation and bargaining and as structural reconfiguration, besides rational decision processes. These alternative perspectives offer new insight into the dilemmas identified in day-to-day project portfolio management and open up avenues for resolving them, thereby promoting success in project portfolio management.     

The Last Planner System in China's construction industry — A SWOT analysis on implementation

The Last Planner System™ (LPS) is well-documented in the literature, and has sometimes been used to represent lean construction or lean project management. LPS aims to achieve reliable workflow by encouraging foremen to have a sense of ownership of the project programme and to build-in their commitment into it. This study reports on the perceptions of Chinese building professionals of the application of LPS in Chinese construction projects. It reveals that several components of LPS have already taken place in large Chinese construction firms. Further, this study employs a SWOT analysis to examine the possible strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat factors that might have an impact on implementation of LPS in construction projects in China.     

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.     

Construction programme management theory and practice: Contextual and pragmatic approach

The combination of the economic pressures, maturity and limitations of project management and the dynamic nature of the construction industry clients’ requirements has triggered the need for the adoption and implementation of programme management as a de facto means of aligning, coordinating and managing a portfolio of construction projects to deliver benefits that would not be achievable if the projects were managed independently. Despite the benefits achievable in the practice of programme management, the awareness and understanding of its practice in the construction industry remains vague as a result of a lack of clarity and inconsistencies associated with its definitions. To fully understand the core essence of programme management, it is imperative that its quintessential definition, practice and context are clearly understood and documented. This research is based on a pragmatic synthesis of literature review and industrial questionnaire survey which establishes the relationship, similarities and differences between programme management and project management and subsequently draws comparisons of the practices relevant to programmes between programme and non-programme organisations. The research further highlights the implications of unawareness and lack of understanding that can affect the effective implementation and practice of programme management in the UK construction environment.     

“扁平化”管理模式在国际工程管理中的实践与探索

目前中国施工企业在国际工程项目管理中普遍采用＂金字塔＂型管理模式,造成资源成本浪费,管理效率低下。在竞争日益激烈的国际承包市场中,如何提高项目的管理水平,以增强竞争力,是中国施工企业普遍面临的一个挑战。文章结合某国际工程案例推行＂扁平化＂管理模式的探索,提出＂扁平化＂管理模式相对于＂金字塔＂型管理模式的优点以及成效。指出在国际工程管理中采用＂扁平化＂管理模式是提升企业竞争力的有效途径之一。     

Learning in a programme context: An exploratory investigation of drivers and constraints

There is little guidance in the literature on programme-based learning and knowledge transfer. We framed our research question as ‘What are the mechanisms for, drivers of, and barriers to programme-based learning?’ and investigated both within- and cross-programme learning at multiple levels. Our exploratory qualitative investigation of senior managers (primarily at the Programme Director/Delivery Director level) in a large UK-based telecommunications and network services provider revealed a number of interesting and important insights. Participants interviewed tended to call upon their own tacit knowledge and experience to understand their programmes in the first instance. Knowledge acquisition and sharing was largely through social contacts and peer-to-peer connections rather than the formal processes. Explicit organisational knowledge in this instance served mainly for reference but could be ‘signposted’ by trusted colleagues. Learning effects varied over the lifecycle of the programme and, in the case organisation, the enterprise programme office was not viewed as being conducive to effective learning. The findings have practical implications for understanding within- and cross-programme learning.     

浅谈工程项目实施阶段的施工管理

结合多年工作实践经验,从人员、合同、采购、沟通、项目控制、竣工收尾阶段工程控制等方面出发,探讨分析了业主在工程项目实施阶段的施工管理重点,从而提高工程管理质量和效率。     

浅谈如何完善项目管理及创建和谐施工环境

从工程项目的质量管理、工程的设计及施工方案、工作流程等方面论述了如何更好地完善项目质量管理和创建和谐的施工环境,着重阐述了工程项目施工期间应做好的几点工作,指出作为施工企业管理者更应努力创建和谐施工环境。     

Risk management in small construction projects in Singapore: Status,barriers and impact

Risk management (RM) should be implemented in construction projects to assure the achievement of project objectives, regardless of project size. This study aims to investigate RM in small projects in Singapore in terms of status, barriers and impact of RM on project performance. To achieve the objectives, a questionnaire survey was conducted and data were collected from 668 projects submitted by 34 companies. The analysis results indicated a relatively low level of RM implementation in small projects, and that “lack of time”, “lack of budget”, “low profit margin”, and “not economical” were prominent barriers. Also, the results reported the positive correlation between RM implementation and improvement in quality, cost and schedule performance of small projects, respectively. The findings of this study can provide an in-depth understanding of RM in small projects in Singapore and make benefits of RM convincing to the participants of small projects.     

BIM技术价值分析及其在建筑施工阶段的应用实践

本文根据我国建筑施工企业的特点和现有管理水平,对BIM技术应用价值在项目管理信息化、工程设计智能化、施工管理可视化以及运营维护实时化等方面进行了分析。同时针对现阶段BIM技术在建筑施工阶段的应用内容及特点进行梳理,并且介绍了BIM技术在福州海峡奥体中心项目中的应用成果。     

铁路建设中临近营业线施工管理的探索和实践

介绍了当前铁路建设管理体制下临近营业线施工管理的现状和采取的措施,对一些现有规章制度没有明确规定如何进行管理的部分,进行了探索和实践,为确保铁路行车安全,减少运输干扰的目标提供了规范的管理方法,为进一步规范铁路建设中临近营业线施工管理提供了参考。     

加强施工企业财务管理的思路和做法

为适应市场经济的需要和施工企业的发展形势,阐述了财务管理的基本原则和基本做法,指出施工企业应加强财务管理,提高企业的财务管理水平,做到提高效益,使企业立于不败之地。     

谈施工项目成本管理中的人和环境

结合目前建筑市场的现状,对施工项目成本管理中的人和环境因素进行了研究,探讨了人的管理方式,阐述了劳务队伍与供应商的选择要点,为类似施工项目的成本管理提供参考。     

Design error management: interaction of people,organisation and the project environment in construction

Design errors can have a negative impact on the cost, schedule and safety performance of construction projects. They can also have an adverse effect on an organisation's profitability, as additional work requires resources and time to rectify the error that has occurred. The reduction (i.e. measures designed to limit the occurrence of failures) and containment (i.e. measures designed to increase the detection and accelerate the recovery of errors) of design errors can therefore ameliorate organisational and project performance as well as improve safety. A systemic framework that classifies design error reduction and containment strategies according to people, organisation and project is propagated. It is suggested that when people, organisational and project strategies are implemented, incongruence then the propensity for design error reduction will significantly increase. The proposed framework can be used as a point for reference for implementing error management strategies to anticipate for ‘what might go wrong’ in construction projects.     

Exploring the management of sustainable construction at the programme level: a Chinese case study

Sustainable construction is achieved by the implementation of sustainable development principles in the construction industry. The complexity and higher level of inter-project conflicts that occur in large-scale projects mean that the implementation of sustainable construction in those projects is substantially different from that in smaller scale projects. A case study approach has been adopted to analyse the planning and implementation of sustainable construction in the Shanghai World Expo 2010 across the entire programme lifecycle. As one of the largest programmes in China, the Shanghai World Expo 2010 has the potential to serve as a showcase for the application of sustainable development principles in construction. The key factors that need to be considered in order to promote sustainable construction at the programme level are identified. These include the establishment of a dedicated department to coordinate various stakeholders’ efforts and the release of conceptual guidelines and management regulations. In addition, a framework is proposed to implement sustainable construction at the programme management level.     

加强施工组织在工程实践中的作用

叙述了淮洪新河大桥的施工组织实施情况 ,阐述了严格执行监理程序 ,加强技术管理的重要性 ,提出了施工组织方案 ,指出只有建立现代企业管理体系 ,才能提高企业经济效益 ,建设优良工程