TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
ABSTRACT i
UNDERTAKING iii
CERTIFICATE v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
ABBREVIATIONS ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS xi
LIST OF FIGURES xv
LIST OF TABLE xvii
CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 19
1.1 Background 20
1.1.1 Manual Process: 21
1.1.2 Common Data Environment: 22
1.1.3 Connected Data Environment 23
1.2 Need for Research 24
1.3 Aim of Research 24
1.4 Objectives of Research 25
1.5 Scope of Work 25
1.6 Research Timeline 25
CHAPTER-2: Research Methodlogy 27
2.1 Introduction 27
2.2 Research Model Adopted 27
2.2.1 Research Philosophies 28
2.2.2 Research Approaches 29
2.2.3 Research Strategies 29
2.2.4 Research Choices 29
2.2.5 Time Horizon 29
2.2.6 Research Technique & Procedures 29
CHAPTER-3: Literature review 31
3.1 Literature review methodology 31
3.2 Sources of Literature 32
3.3 Conceptual Overview 33
3.3.1 Coordination 33
3.3.2 Building Information Modelling 35
3.3.3 Common Data Environment 36
3.3.4 Business Process Automation 37
3.3.5 System Integration 38
3.4 Manual process for PCS 39
3.4.1 Challenges Faced in Manual Process 40
3.5 Traditional Common Data Environment 41
3.6.1 Latency 42
3.6.2 Scoring dark data 42
3.6.3 Siloed Information in data containers 42
3.6.4 Lack of integration 42
CHAPTER-4: Data Collection 43
4.1 RIBA Stages of Construction Project 43
4.1.2 Types of Procurement Routes 46
4.2 Project Stakeholders & Responsibilities 47
4.3 Project Stakeholders Challenges 48
CHAPTER-5: Case Study 49
5.1 Introduction 49
5.1.1 Case studies 49
5.2 Contractor 1 50
5.2.1 Preliminary Project Information & Scope of Work 50
5.2.2 As-Is Mapping 50
5.2.3 Digitization using Visilean 53
5.2.4 Interoperability diagram 55
5.3 Contractor – 2 56
5.3.1 Preliminary Project Information 56
5.3.2 Domain Specific Departments 56
5.3.3 As-Is Mapping 58
5.3.4 Strength & Interoperability Diagram 61
5.4 Observations 63
CHAPTER-6: Defining new Age project Coordination system 65
6.1 Business process Automation 65
6.2 Activities and Matrix 65
6.3 Use Cases for System Integrations 67
6.4 Use Case-1 Integration with Communication Systems 68
6.4.1 Challenges in Current Procedure 68
6.4.2 Proposed system 68
6.4.3 Reaction 68
6.5 Use case 4 Coordination meetings – RFI and information agendas. 70
6.5.1 Challenges of Current System 70
6.6 Use Case 5 Actionable notification for high value tasks 70
6.6.1 Challenges in current system 70
6.7 Workflow Enhancement - Quality Management Systems and Scheduling Software 71
6.7.1 Challenge in Current procedure 71
6.7.2 Proposed system 71
CHAPTER-7: Conclusion 73
REFERENCES 77