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MONITORING CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES: A SOLUTION USING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY AND ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT

  • Sze-wing Leung;Stephen Mak;Bill L.P. Lee
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2007.03a
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    • pp.50-60
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    • 2007
  • The endeavor of this paper focuses on designing a monitoring system to provide a cost-effective solution on quality assurance for construction projects. The construction site monitoring system integrates a long-range wireless network, network cameras, and a web-based collaborative platform. The users of the system could obtain the most updated status of construction sites, such as behaviors of workers, project progress, and site events anywhere with Internet connectivity. It was carefully configured in order to maintain the reliability under the reactive conditions of the construction sites. This paper reports the architecture of the monitoring system and reviews the related technologies. The system has been implemented and tested on a construction site and promising results were obtained.

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Working Atmosphere and The Role of Agency Influencing Collaborative Working between Health and Social Welfare Services -The Application of E-S Model to Two Pilot Projects- (보건복지협력에 영향을 미치는 업무환경과 실행자의 역할 - 두 시범사업에 대한 E-S모델의 적용 -)

  • Lee, Eun-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.62 no.1
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    • pp.155-183
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    • 2010
  • Despite the increase in the demands on collaboration between health and social welfare, the success of such schemes have been limited. The extant literatures tends to be dominated by explanations for needs or short-term outcomes of collaboration rather than systematic follow-up research to apply to the frontline. At the same time, there is no attempt to apply the theories related to collaboration in order to discuss the situation. This study explores the factors hindering such collaborative working in the frontline, through semi-structured interviews with practitioners involved in two pilot projects. A theoretical framework (Equilibrium Model-Sensemaking, E-S model) which combined Equilibrium Model of 'Interorganizational Network' of Benson(1975) and 'Sensmaking' of Weick(1995) for conceptualiing aspects of collaborations such as working atmosphere and agency was applied to the empirical study of the Public Health and Welfare Office(1995-1999) and the Social Welfare office(2004-2006) pilot projects. Data were collected over three months from 8 pilot project areas with practitioners and managers from health and social welfare. The findings show significant regional differences between pilot areas, such as the presence of active leaders and co-location, had a major impact on the ability of practitioners to effectively integrate services. In other words, active leaders tended to influence practitioners' motivation, while co-location encouraging communication between both practitioners, and thus seemed to influence the practices of collaborative working. Furthermore, through E-S model, it is interpreted that this kind of positive experiences about collaborations may impact on the current practitioners' comprehensive perspective towards health and social welfare services in general. The findings could help policy makers consider the practical ways to break down the barriers between health and social welfare.

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The Effect of Scaffolding on Creative Collaborative Performance - Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Boundary Objects - (스캐폴딩이 창의적 협업 성과에 미치는 영향 - 바운더리 오브젝트의 매개효과를 중심으로 -)

  • Shin, Hyun-Sun;Kym, Hyo-gun;Na, Yun-Bin
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2020
  • This study examined the factors that influence creative performance in corporate collaboration projects. Specifically to facilitate team collaboration, we identified that scaffolding, which is one of the important factors in organizational learning communication, and the Boundary Objects, which are collaboration tools & vehicle, influence performance. The survey was collected for 203 employees who experienced collaborative projects, and three-step mediated regression analysis was conducted after conducting exploratory factor analysis. In other words, we examined the median effect of boundary objects on the impact of scaffolding on creative collaborative performance. Analysis showed that while the effects of the boundary objects in relation to the impact of cognitive scaffolding on creative performance were not significant, emotional scaffolding had a full-scale effect on the creative performance and also had a full-scale effect on the efficacy performance. Given these results, it is necessary to share a vision and form personal relationships among team members in order to activate them, since scaffolding is useful in organizational learning and boundary objects also have some effect as a medium for promoting collaboration in projects.

A Case Study of Improving Operations Efficiency on the Steel Stockyard in Shipbuilding (강재적치장 운영 효율화 방안에 관한 사례연구)

  • Park, Chang-Kyu;Park, Ju-Chull
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.167-177
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    • 2005
  • As the largest shipbuilding company in the world and the leader in the Korean merchant shipbuilding industry, Hyundai Heavy Industries is currently struggling to carry out intensive productivity improvement efforts in order to be the global merchant shipbuilding market leader by surpassing in the competition with Japan and being free from the defiance of China armed with very cheap labor costs. This paper introduces the academy-and-industry collaborative project, a part of the productivity improvement efforts, which has conducted on the steel stockyard operations. As a pilot project that researches for the way of improving the stockyard operations and ignites further projects on the stockyard operations, the project defined the stockyard operations, measured current situations, and analyzed management dilemmas. In addition, the project developed the steel stockyard operations simulator. Besides that the simulator is used by the operations manager who has heavily relied on his work-experienced intuition when making decisions, this paper expects that further projects on the stockyard operations utilize the simulator for their own purposes.

Optimal Implementation Strategies of Building Information Modeling for Construction Projects of LH

  • Lee, Ji-Eun
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.60-62
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    • 2015
  • The BIM-based architectural design can be the optimal method to improve all sectors of construction industry and reduce environmental impact through digital technologies. The goals and effects of BIM needs in LH to be newly planned based on the experience of public sectors, which will ultimately contribute to maximization of effectiveness. Referring the excellent case in the UK, the current BIM standards according to maturity level 2 handle the contents related to modeling, collaborative data production, data management and assure BIM data have to be used from building construction to operation and maintenance of buildings. Therefore the strategy for the utilization of BIM for construction projects in LH consisted of three steps; first, the minimization of defects via BIM: second, strengthening the competitiveness of construction and asset management: third, upgrading the system of building production and maintenance control. After this trial, LH can accumulate know-how for building construction to be more costeffective and competitive.

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When carrying out a government-supported consulting project A Study on the Effect of Collaborative Characteristics among Consultants on the Consulting Performance (정부지원 컨설팅사업 수행시 컨설턴트간 협업특성이 컨설팅 성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hoon;You, Yen-yoo
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.327-335
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    • 2019
  • This study recognized the mutual collaborative characteristics among consultants as important factors in the performance of the government-supported consulting business, and wanted to look at the impact of the cooperative characteristics among consultants on the consulting performance. First, a research model was presented based on theoretical background, hypotheses were set up and surveyed, and hypotheses were verified by multi-circulation analysis. Among the collaboration characteristics among consultants, the most influential was mutual reliable followed by smooth communication, professional competence and role sharing. information sharing was rejected and was found to be relatively less affected than other variables. This can be seen as more important than the quantitative aspect of information sharing because of the collaborative nature of consultants who must work toward common goals. Collaboration among consultants has been positive when carrying out government-funded consulting projects, suggesting that quantitative characteristics should be considered based on the qualitative characteristics based on mutual reliable. In the future, we hope that this data will be useful for identifying collaborative characteristics among consultants when carrying out consulting projects.

Development of The Design Principles for Engineering Mathematics Teaching Model for Improving Students' Collaborative Problem Solving Abilities In College (협력적 문제해결능력 신장을 위한 공학수학 수업모형의 설계원리 개발)

  • Chung, Ae-Kyung;Yi, Sang-Hoi;Hong, Yu-Na;Kim, Neung-Yeun
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.36-44
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to develop the basic design principles for the engineering mathematics teaching model that supported college students to become collaborative problem solvers. For this purpose, the following four design principles were drawn from the steps of systems approach, especially with consideration of needs of engineering students, professors, curriculum and relevant research on mathematical education. As a result, the four design principles for the engineeering mathematics teaching model were drawn as follows: (1) Improve students' basic mathematical learning abilities through repetition and elaborative practice of the basic mathematical concepts and principles, (2) Develop students' problem solving abilities through collaborative projects or learning activities with peers, (3) Facilitate students' reflection and provide teacher's monitoring and prompt feedback during their learning process, and (4) Build up online learning environments that enable students to become self-regulated learners.

Determinants of successful R&D cooperations between SMEs and Public Research Institutes in Korea (산.연 협력 공동연구개발 과제의 성과 결정요인에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Il-Soo;Kim, Byung-Keun
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.783-814
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    • 2012
  • Innovations of SMEs are critical for economic growth and creating employment. Collaborative innovations between SMEs and Public Research Institutes has been increasingly important to overcome limitation of SMEs innovation capability. Many studies on the collaborative innovation have been focused on the issues of absorptive capacity, project administration, and relationships of actors. This study, however, focus on attribute of project leader and partnership. Data on 149 R&D collaborative projects between SMEs and a Public Research Institute were collected. Empirical results show that project leaders' capabilities and partnerships including informal collaborative relationship unification, administrative unification, and contractual unification appear to affect performances both economical and technical. It also shows that the previous experience of R&D collaboration appear to effect the relationship between project leaders' capabilities, contractual unification, and administrative unification and technical performances.

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COVID-19 International Collaborative Research by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service Using Its Nationwide Real-world Data: Database, Outcomes, and Implications

  • Rho, Yeunsook;Cho, Do Yeon;Son, Yejin;Lee, Yu Jin;Kim, Ji Woo;Lee, Hye Jin;You, Seng Chan;Park, Rae Woong;Lee, Jin Yong
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.8-16
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    • 2021
  • This article aims to introduce the inception and operation of the COVID-19 International Collaborative Research Project, the world's first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) open data project for research, along with its dataset and research method, and to discuss relevant considerations for collaborative research using nationwide real-world data (RWD). COVID-19 has spread across the world since early 2020, becoming a serious global health threat to life, safety, and social and economic activities. However, insufficient RWD from patients was available to help clinicians efficiently diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19, or to provide necessary information to the government for policy-making. Countries that saw a rapid surge of infections had to focus on leveraging medical professionals to treat patients, and the circumstances made it even more difficult to promptly use COVID-19 RWD. Against this backdrop, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) of Korea decided to open its COVID-19 RWD collected through Korea's universal health insurance program, under the title of the COVID-19 International Collaborative Research Project. The dataset, consisting of 476 508 claim statements from 234 427 patients (7590 confirmed cases) and 18 691 318 claim statements of the same patients for the previous 3 years, was established and hosted on HIRA's in-house server. Researchers who applied to participate in the project uploaded analysis code on the platform prepared by HIRA, and HIRA conducted the analysis and provided outcome values. As of November 2020, analyses have been completed for 129 research projects, which have been published or are in the process of being published in prestigious journals.

Long-Term Biodiversity Research Programme for Mindanao, Philippines

  • Amoroso, Victor B.
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2000
  • The Long-Term Biodiversity Research Programme (LTBRP) for Mindanao is envisioned to be a collaborative programme of the Philippines. It will be a programmatic research on biodiversity - its status, threats. and conservation and management. The chosen research site is Mt. Malindang in Misamis Occidental of Mindanao. The BRP will support a set of research projects that will generate knowledge on biological and ecological, socio-economic. cultural and policy aspects of biodiversity conservation. It will also enable researchers to develop and try new methods for research on these aspects, separately or crossing boundaries of academic disciplines. Moreover. the BRP will implement support programmes which will provide the linkages of research activities to development issues and needs in the research site. The support programmes will also draw from the research projects, the knowledge that can be lent or immediately available to policy and programme formulation. The support programmes will comprise: human resource development or capability-building; information, education and communication; database; networking; community organizing: and development action. The BRP will be undertaken by a group of academie and research institutions from the Philippines, in partnership with their respective government entities and local government units in Mindanao. The Biodiversity Research Programme (BRP) will comprise a set of research projects to be undertaken by small research teams in the site. Researchable areas have been identified initially through the National Biodiversity Research Agenda. and later enriched in the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Analysis workshops by the Mindanao researchers and Philippine resource persons. Results of the PRA are presented in the paper.

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