• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.66-76
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• 2008

Plant project is a complex project that consists of civil engineering, building, mechanical and electronic works. The schedule management is one of important factors in plant project because the construction duration of the project is very short comparing with the other construction projects. Specially, 4D CAD system needs to visualize construction schedule information in those complex projects. This study suggests methodologies for improving 4D CAD functions by considering those project characteristics. To develop a plant 4D CAD system, this study includes to develop new functions by analyzing actual schedule information from the plant construction sites.

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.643-648
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• 2005

The planning process for roadway construction involves a large amount of information on design, construction methods, quantities, unit costs, production rates, and site conditions. Therefore, it is very important to acquire, manage, and process the necessary information efficiently to produce a rigorous construction plan. GIS (Geographic Information System) is a very effective tool for integrating and managing various types of information including spatial and non-spatial data required for roadway construction planning. This paper proposes a GIS-based system for improving roadway construction planning with its 'Interactive Space Scheduling' and 'Operation Level Planning' functions. The proposed system can assist construction planners in a unique way by integrating design and construction information and creating modularized design elements for space scheduling in real time. It is expected that the proposed system could improve the efficiency of roadway construction planning.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.85-93
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to construct the management information system for supporting the supervision of construction workplace. For the purpose, firstly, this study surveyed the present states and the problems of construction workplace in Korea. And then, defined the range and the process of the supervision of construction workplace, and examined the information standards of construction and the CALS standards for supporting. As a result, this study proposed the first stage of management information system, which consists of several basic functions, such as, document management, system management and partially, duality management and construction information management.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.101-110
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• 2009

The current virtual reality(VR) simulation functions in construction project are focused on the construction phase. This study attempts to extend the application of VR functions to the design phase. This study suggests various VR functions such as earthwork simulation by road alignment, alternative route selection simulation, structure type selection simulation and underground structure visualization simulation. These functions can visualize road route and earthwork condition and select an optimal design route by simulating virtual placement of alternative route. This study configures systematic methodology for suggested VR simulation functions and develops VR system by the functions. Finally this study suggests an improved design process of road construction project by using the developed VR functions

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.717-724
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• 2009

Most recent programs in and out of the country are related to urban renewal projects. Contemporary project management information systems have been developed was to manage single or multiple projects focusing on their construction phase, and those have limitations to apply to large-scale complicated mega projects. So, this study explain the core concept of decision support modules for iPMIS (Intelligent Program Management Information System) and its major functions to support project owner and participants by introducing ontology in the web environment. This study confined the scope of research to the planning phase of urban environment improvement projects. Ontological logic structure and relation about planning works is essential parts and three functions to implement decision support module are developed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.604-607
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• 2004

Most of large construction companies have developed construction information systems and their ultimate goals should be improvement of the management efficient of the construction projects. In order to make them successful, tile systems should be designed to meet system users' needs. Therefore purpose of this study Is to evaluate the current information management systems from the viewpoint of the system users, especially on-site engineers. Questionnaire surveys and interviews have been conducted for the highly ranked 10 construction companies on two major factors including the functions of the systems and satisfaction level of each function. From the surveys results, correlation between two factors has been statistically analyzed.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.45-53
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• 2014

The objective of this study is to assess the requirements of tablet PC-based PMIS applications designed for use on construction sites to determine whether these new programs can play a significant role in increasing the efficiency of a project. In this research, the current market conditions of PMIS running on a tablet PC were analyzed. In addition, two industry surveys were conducted. A research team interviewed some industry experts and identified fourteen useful and desirable functions that can be incorporated into tablet PC-based applications and project management tools. Through a questionnaire survey, the most effective functions for the tablet PC-based PMIS were identified. The three top-rated functions among those suggested were Contact Information for Job-Related Personnel; Receive and Respond to Submittals, RFIs, and Notices; and Problem Solving for Design and Engineering Issues. The results of this research are expected to provide helpful information for mobile application developers and members of other interested groups in the construction industry.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.11-24
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• 2012

Recently, BIM (Building Information Modeling) technique is being considered as a critical delivery condition for the public projects according to the increase of best practices by practical application of BIM. However, since existing BIM studies are focused on the design and construction phases, those results are not considering the life cycle of a construction project. Therefore, this study suggests an integrated BIM operation process that enables an application of BIM for each phase of a construction project from planning to maintenance phases and develops an integrated BIM system based on the suggested methodologies. This study developed basic BIM functions and its application process by analyzing information systems in each project phase for a bridge construction project. Besides, this study performed case study and survey analysis for construction managers to verify a practical applicability of the developed system. Therefore, it is expected that the integrated BIM system is going to be utilized as a 3D-based integrated information management system considering life cycle of construction projects.

• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.98-108
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• 2008

Plant, civil engineering and construction equipment data of overseas construction are obtained and then analyzed, classified and integrated by experts. With those refined data set, we built classification system and defined property information with reference to international standard (ISO 15926, IRDL). If class in ISO 15926 is predefined for equipment of interest, we used the class as is. If not, we created and defined new classes on the basis of ISO 15926 classes. If there is similar class for equipment of interest, extension or inheritance methods were used. As a result, classification system of five levels and 637 classes were built and construction equipment information were expressed in open structure of XML such as tree structure of classification system and detailed information with number equipments for each specific equipment. We also developed the electronic catalog system which is basically equipment information management system providing various product search functions.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.7 no.4 s.32
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• pp.126-136
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• 2006

Most of large construction companies have developed construction information systems and their ultimate goals should be improvement of the management efficiency of the construction projects. In order to make them successful, the systems should be designed to meet system users' needs Therefore purpose of this study is to evaluate the current information management systems from the viewpoint of the system users, especially on-site engineers. Questionnaire surveys and interviews have been conducted for the highly ranked 10 construction companies on four major factors including the functions of the systems and satisfaction level of each function, recognition of the use effect, informatization support. From the surveys results, correlation between the functions of the systems and the others has been statistically analyzed.