工程管理专业外文文献及翻译
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中英文对照外文翻译文献中英文对照外文翻译The Internet is Applicated in Real EstateThe Real Estate Industry and the World Wide Web: Changing Technology, Changing Location.The Internet, in its Web based graphics version, has captured the imagination of both consumers and businesses. Its convenience, speed, low cost and versatility are being exploited on a daily basis in ever-changing ways. Together with its capacity to transform existing businesses, promote new businesses and facilitate exchange of information and data, its other striking attribute has been the speed with which this new technology has spread throughout the global economy.Keywords:The internet;Real Estate;ApplicatedThe number of computer hosts grew by more than ten-fold between 1995 and early 1999. The number of Web sites increased almost 100-fold, to over two million, between 1995 and 1998.By the year 2000, there will be approximately 400-500 million Internet users in the world, and the total number of Web sites will exceed five million.This new technology has the potential for affecting the real estate industry directly and indirectly. Directly, it may become a tool that allows a real estate business to expand its information and sales network. Indirectly, it may change the location equation where and how firms do business which in turn will affect the role of firms involved in real estate development, investment and transactions.Measuring the Spread of the WebThere are few reliable published statistics on Internet or Web use, and statistics reported by different analysts are often inconsistent. Our discussion of the Web and real estate is based on limited information from surveys and on examination of Web sites rather than on more comprehensive data. We have built our overview of the role of the World Wide Web and real estate by examining a variety of sources(including trade publications, existing Web sites, and our own survey of selected real estate firms)From E-mail to E-commerceBefore the advent of the World Wide Web, the Internet existed mostly for the purposes of e-mail, data transfers, newsgroups and bulletin boards, and its reach was limited primarily to the academic and the defense community. The technology itself was not particularly user-friendly, the network speed was not very high, the medium was limited to text and data, and accessing information was cumbersome and time-consuming. The browser technology greatly simplified usage, enabled multimedia information, and created interactive possibilities. The technology brought together TV entertainment, library information, news bulletins, communication and data in one desktop machine.Although initially the greatest patrons of the Internet were the academic community, the commercial sector quickly caught on to the potential of the Web. The private sector saw in the Web an opportunity to widen its marketing reach, lower costs of information dissemination, improve customer relations, and ultimately to conduct sales. Existing private sector Web sites can be roughly categorized into three types, as summarized. The most basic level is for simple information dissemination. The firm registers a Web site and develops a page giving basic company information. The second stage is an expansion of information, marketing goods and services or providing other customer information. The third stage is the addition of transactions tothe activities possible on the Web site.Most business sites at present are in Stage 2. The use of the World Wide Web for detailed information dissemination, and marketing has had several advantages. For the firm, marketing, information dissemination and customer services on the Web can be monitored and analyzed with some details unavailable from conventional methods of marketing using other media. Internet tools can now provide a firm with data on who accessed the site, which pages were visited most, heavily, from where and for how long. This information contributes to improved measures of the results of promotional efforts. The promotional costs associated with the Internet have also been very low. For example, in direct mail marketing, to send a one-page color brochure to 5,000 random addresses will cost upwards of $2,500. The cost of setting up a Web site could be one-tenth of this amount or less (although tracking and analysis can quickly add to the cost)?Many different sectors, including real estate, have found the Internet to be both efficient and cost-effective as a marketing device.The next logical step - a full-fledged office/store on the Web with transaction capability and commerce on the Internet is now being attempted in varying degrees depending on the firm's area of business. Retail sites selling products between $10 and $100, the kind that are traditionally part of a direct mail sales catalog, seem to be the ones having the greatest success(although 4% of sites sell products over $10,000 and another 13% sell products ranging from $100 to$9,999)?A number of retail sites have also harnessed a secondary revenue stream from advertising. Advertising revenues on the Web have crossed the billion-dollar mark and total Internet generated revenue will approach$100 billion this year.Consumers' Use of the WebSurveys of consumers using the Web suggest that a Web site does notsubstitute for the more traditional forms of business, but can greatly facilitate the run-up to the final transaction. The most common use of the Web is for information searching, closely followed by work-related uses, education, and entertainment. A significant majority of those that use the Web for shopping do so to carry out detailed research on product information(90%)and to do price comparisons(85%). This more often leads to purchases through normal channels(67%). Most of the online purchases tend to be of items that are standardized-four of the five top items bought on the Web, according to survey, are software, books, hardware and music (the fifth is travel). More than half of consumers who make purchases on the Web spend less than $500 in a six-month period.The demographics of Web users vary widely in age and income. Surveys by Georgia Tech, Active Media and Web indicate that the average age of Web users is 35 years, with average household income $67,000. Most are college educated (65%). A high proportion of the respondents (42%) has accessed real estate sites.Limits to the Web - Some "Catches" to the New Technology New technology is frequently a mixed blessing, and the World Wide Web is no exception. Apart from the teething troubles that any new technology faces and the time, as well as resources needed to learn, adapt and master it, the Web poses some unique issues and problems of its own. Consumers today are facing information overload of taxing proportions. It is not always easy, or even possible, to locate the relevant information on the Web, despite sophisticated search engines. Once the site is located, fancy graphics, complex linkages, labyrinthine routings, and a lot of irrelevant information may overwhelm the consumer - in short, poor and confusing site design can reduce the site's effectiveness.From the point of view of the business, there are two commonly heardcomplaints. First, the business may find that its site does not figure prominently on search results, limiting the number of customers reached. Second, for many firms, Web initiated leads are as yet few and far between. Real Estate Web SitesReal Estate firms and related businesses were among the early private sector pioneers of Internet use and have had a fast growing presence on the Web. presence on the Web. One example of the real estate sector's presence on the Internet in its pre-World Wide Web incarnation was the real estate classified bulletin board of Prodigy, the online service, which had listings for homes and other real estate. A few real estate related Web sites started in 1994 (generally regarded as the inaugural year of the Web). The New York City Real Estate Guide Web site, created in the summer of 1994, was one of the first to offer free access to the latest New York real estate information. By the summer of 1995, the site was receiving more than 100,000 inquiries a month.The real estate industry registered its entry on the Web in a dramatic way in 1995. By the end of that year there were close to 4,000 real estate Web sites. The content matter of the sites, as well as the mix of real estate related firms on the Web have changed over time. Initially, quite a few of the sites were residential real estate brokerages and listing guides, but fairly rapidly the list expanded to include commercial and retail listings, mortgage brokers,appraisers, architects, real estate attorneys, developers, construction firms, and suppliers. As investment vehicles for real estate expanded, REITs, publicly held firms, and investment advisors also added Web sites.The early real estate broker Web sites quickly took advantage of the unique features of the Web. Prospective customers could find out what properties were for sale or rent, look up detailed descriptions of each listing, view photographs and floor plans, and contact the broker by e-mail. Viewerscould also look up statistical and data reports on conditions in various geographical areas and on emerging macroeconomic trends.Ever since then, the real estate industry has been among the most enthusiastic users of the Web, by some measures accounting for 4% to 6% of commercial Web sites. A survey conducted by Real Estate Broker's Insider in early 1998 confirmed that nearly 95% of the respondents/brokers had a Web site, and more than 90% of the housing stock on sale at a given time is now listed on the Web. Indeed, because of the dispersed, localized nature of the role of information in real estate, the prospective gains from information dissemination, comparability, and Web links were particularly significant in real estate.For much of the real estate sector, the Internet generates not so much the actual transactions themselves, but creates initial leads that are later followed by transactions, purchases and sales. Web sites frequently lead to contacts that are then nurtured through telephone and person-to-person meetings. For residential real estate, Web activity includes residential searches, housing details, and pricing information (both on houses and mortgages), with follow-up contact with brokers. Real estate-related transactions are seen in the hospitality industry (making reservations for hotels and vacation homes and in online mortgage applications). Mortgage and home loan finance companies report both inquiries from mortgage shoppers who obtained initial information from their Web sites, as well as closing of loans through the Web, lead to great savings in time and overhead costs.It is not just the real estate professionals who are enthusiastic about their Internet presence, judging it to be as effective as print and radio advertising. Mortgage shoppers, homebuyers and vacation rental seekers as well applaud, in particular, the convenience it brings to the entire process of searching, researching, comparing, communicating and transacting business.Beyond these sectors, many other types of real-estate related firms are using the Web to broaden their market areas, increase the depth of their marketing, and to provide a range of services to existing customers. Commercial brokers provide not only information on available sites but also on market conditions for different locations and sometimes more in-depth economic analysis of a region. REITs and other investment firms provide detailed information on their products as well as background market or economic information. Public companies provide up-to-date stock quotes and quarterly and annual reports on the Web.Web Penetration and Use: The Experience of Leading Real Estate Firms We conducted a limited survey of a sample of leading real-estate related firms in the US and California. Responses from approximately 60 of these firms showed that over four-fifths had Web Sites by March 1999. 2 Of those with Web sites, one-third had inaugurated their sites by the end of 1996. Among the earliest with a Web presence were brokers, investment firms, lenders, business and financial services firms, law firms, residential developers, and a trade organization. Another third of the group were newcomers, with sites inaugurated in 1998 or early 1999. Commercial developers were prominent among this group, with residential developers, consultants and advisors, lenders, REITs and investment firms also among this group. Those without sites were more likely to be privately held firms with a relatively narrow base of activity (for example, a commercial developer centered in the San Francisco Bay Area)?Most with Web sites used their site to provide information about the company and to market services. In addition, about one-third marketed property from their site, providing detailed information on the characteristics of buildings available, surrounding communities, and other related data. Other Web site uses include employee recruiting, providing information formembers or investors, and disseminating related information on topics such as regulations or real estate markets.What does the Web specifically do for Real Estate?According to Activemedia, an internet research company, some of the sectors experiencing the greatest growth in terms of their presence on the Web in 1998 were computer hardware and software, real estate, publishing and information, finance and Internet services. A significant initial motivation for this rush for the Web is provided by, what can be termed, the "tiptoe" effect. The first ones on the Web had an additional advantage over those who did not; information on their services, products, home listings now be accessed conveniently by those with computers. The low setup cost, however, and the potential disadvantage of not having a Web presence has propelled others in the profession to set up their own sites.Real estate shares in some of the basic advantages of the Web mentioned earlier, such as ease of marketing, communication and feedback from clients, lowered costs of operations and convenience of customer service and support. In addition, the Web provides positive features specific to the real estate industry.Key elements include the following.1.Increased geographic reach.The Web has dramatically increased the geographic reach of both buyers and sellers. Although the "local" aspect of real estate will perhaps never be whittled away completely, there is no doubt that inquiries about properties can now emanate from far away to a much greater degree than before. This, in turn, potentially increases the size and "depth" of the market and makes it more efficient.2.Capability of visualization.In some sense, increased geographic reach has become possible due tothe other emergent feature of the Web, the capability of visualization. In its most state-of-the-art form, Web sites now allow prospective buyers to take virtual tours of homes, resorts, hotels and convention centers.3.Reduced transaction costs.The Web may reduce transactions costs. This has been particularly apparent in the case of mortgages. According to Fannie Mae, 1.5% of all mortgages were handled online this past year. The Web-attributable features that make this kind of a transaction possible are instantaneous comparability, interactive capability, online calculation, online applications, and continuous updating of the sites.4.Improved information dissemination.The Web offers broad opportunities for increasing the scope and depth of information provided by many different types of firms. A well constructed home page gives an overview of a firm's range of services or activities. Links allow the customer or client to learn much more detail about the selected items of most interest, while ignoring less relevant pieces of information. A number of sites take advantage of the ability to link to resources beyond the company's Web pages, linking customers and clients to related Web resources.Unlike retail sectors, such as books and computer hardware, the Web as yet has not become a threat to the "middle man" role of many real estate firms. Instead, it is more likely to be used as a means of expanding services offered or locations served. However, in the long term, the Web and related Internet technology have the potential to change the structure of business activity, which in turn will affect the demand for real estate in type if not in quantity. For example, some retailers already have closed stores while expanding sales on the Web. Also, the Internet has been seen as one factor allowing the decentralization of office space. These trends to date have notled to a decline, but rather to a redistribution in the demand for office, retail and warehouse space.These are summarized .Speculation on Potential Impact of Internet on Real Estate Industry.1.Shortening of Transaction Cycle2.Precise Market Targeting3.Transformed Competition4.Cost savings:a)Marketing,b)Sales,c)Operation5.Possibility of Disintermediation;Lowering of Commissionsbination of Comparison Shopping and Direct Sales7.Access to MBS Secondary MarketHow to Find the Real Estate Sector on the WebThere are a few key sites that can be used to access the broad range of real-estate related Web sites. These include:-Site sponsored by the National Association of Realtors, linking users to realtor, home sales and market information.-Site sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders, providing a wide range of market information.-Directory to commercial real estate sites, including brokers,developers, investors and analysts. and , two sites that provide users with information about mortgage rates, mortgage brokers and with the opportunity to submit an application online. (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) and (Real Estate Investment Advisory Council), two associations related to real estate investment trusts.-The California Association of Realtors site.the site for the Urban Land Institute, with information onthe organization, programs, conferences, and publications related to real estate and land use. has three online magazines including National Real Estate Investor, Shopping Center World, and Midwest Real Estate News. An additional real estate online magazine, can available at .Ashok Deo BardhanRESEARCH FELLOWCynthia A. KrollREGIONAL ECONOMIST互联网在房地产业的应用摘要:互联网,仅仅它的网页图形版本,就已经吸引了众多消费者和商家的目光。
工程管理专业外文文献以及汉文翻译

外文文献:The project management office as an organisational innovationBrian Hobbs *, Monique Aubry,Denis ThuillierUniversity of Quebec at Montreal, Department of Management and Technology,PO Box 8888,Downtown Station,Montreal,Que,Canada H3C 3P8Received 15 May 2008; accepted 20 May 2008AbstractThe paper presents an investigation of the creation and the reconfiguration of project management offices (PMOs) as an organizational innovation。
The analysis of 11 organisational transformations centred on the implementation or reconfiguration of PMOs is presented. The objective of the paper is to contribute to a better understanding of PMOs and of the dynamic relationship between project management and the organisational context。
The aim is also to integrate the examination of PMOs as an organisational innovation into the mainstream of research on the place of project management in organisations and more widely to the ‘‘rethinking of project management.”1。
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Unit Eight The Cost of Building Structure1. IntroductionThe art of architectural design was characterized as one of dealing comprehensively with a complex set of physical and nonphysical design determinants. Structural considerations were cast as important physical determinants that should be dealt with in a hierarchical fashion if they are to have a significant impact on spatial organization and environmental control design thinking.The economical aspect of building represents a nonphysical structural consideration that, in final analysis, must also be considered important. Cost considerations are in certain ways a constraint to creative design. But this need not be so. If something is known of the relationship between structural and constructive design options and their cost of implementation, it is reasonable to believe that creativity can be enhanced. This has been confirmed by the authors’ observation that most enhanced. This has been confirmed by the authors’ observation that most creative design innovations succeed under competitive bidding and not because of unusual owner affluence as the few publicized cases of extravagance might lead one to believe. One could even say that a designer who is truly creative will produce architectural excellence within the constraints of economy. Especially today, we find that there is a need to recognize that elegance and economy can become synonymous concepts.Therefore, in this chapter we will set forth a brief explanation of the parameters of cost analysis and the means by which designers may evaluate the overall economic implications of their structural and architectural design thinking.The cost of structure alone can be measured relative to the total cost of building construction. Or, since the total construction cost is but a part of a total project cost, one could include additional consideration for land(10~20percent),finance and interest(100~200 percent),taxes and maintenance costs (on the order of20 percent).But a discussion of these so-called architectural costs is beyond the scope of this book, and we will focus on the cost of construction only.On the average, purely structural costs account for about 25 percent of total construction costs. This is so because it has been traditional to discriminate between purely structural and other so-called architectural costs of construction. Thus, in tradition we find that architectural costs have been taken to be those that are not necessary for the structural strength and physical integrity of a building design.“Essential services” forms a third construction cost category and refers to the provision of mechanical and electrical equipment and other service systems. On the average, these service costs account for some 15 to 30 percent of the total construction cost, depending on the type of building. Mechanical and electrical refersto the cost of providing for air-conditioning equipment and he means on air distribution as well as other services, such as plumbing, communications, and electrical light and power.The salient point is that this breakdown of costs suggests that, up to now, an average of about 45 to 60 percent of the total cost of constructing a typical design solution could be considered as architectural. But this picture is rapidly changing. With high interest costs and a scarcity of capital, client groups are demanding leaner designs. Therefore, one may conclude that there are two approaches the designer may take towards influencing the construction cost of building.The first approach to cost efficiency is to consider that wherever architectural and structural solutions can be achieved simultaneously, a potential for economy is evident. Since current trends indicate a reluctance to allocate large portions of a construction budget to purely architectural costs, this approach seems a logical necessity. But, even where money is available, any use of structure to play a basic architectural role will allow the nonstructural budget to be applied to fulfill other architectural needs that might normally have to be applied to fulfill other architectural needs that might normally have to be cut back. The second approach achieves economy through an integration of service and structural subsystems to round out one’s effort to produce a total architectural solution to a building design problem.The final pricing of a project by the constructor or contractor usually takes a different form. The costs are broken down into (1) cost of materials brought to the site, (2)cost of labor involved in every phase of the construction process, (3)cost of equipment purchased or rented for the project, (4)cost of management and overhead, and(5) profit. The architect or engineer seldom follows such an accurate path but should perhaps keep in mind how the actual cost of a structure is finally priced and made up.Thus, the percent averages stated above are obviously crude, but they can suffice to introduce the nature of the cost picture. The following sections will discuss the range of these averages and then proceed to a discussion of square footage costs and volume-based estimates for use in rough approximation of the cost of building a structural system.2. Percentage EstimatesThe type of building project may indicate the range of percentages that can be allocated to structural and other costs. As might be expected, highly decorative or symbolic buildings would normally demand the lowest percentage of structural costs as compared to total construction cost. In this case the structural costs might drop to 10~15percent of the total building cost because more money is allocated to the so-called architectural costs. Once again this implies that the symbolic components are conceived independent of basic structural requirements. However, where structure and symbolism are more-or-less synthesized, as with a church or Cathedral, the structural system cost can be expected to be somewhat higher, say, 15and20 percent(or more).At the other end of the cost scale are the very simple and nonsymbolic industrial buildings, such as warehouses and garages. In these cases, the nonstructural systems, such as interior partition walls and ceilings, as will as mechanical systems, are normally minimal, as is decoration, and therefore the structural costs can account for60 to 70 percent, even 80 percent of the total cost of construction.Buildings such as medium-rise office and apartment buildings(5~10 stories)occupy the median position on a cost scale at about 25 percent for structure. Low and short-span buildings for commerce and housing, say, of three or four stories and with spans of some 20 or 30 ft and simple erection requirements, will yield structural costs of 15~20 percent of total building cost.Special-performance buildings, such as laboratories and hospitals, represent another category. They can require long spans and a more than average portion of the total costs will be allocated to services (i.e., 30~50 percent), with about 20 percent going for the purely structural costs. Tall office building (15 stories or more) and/or long-span buildings (say, 50 to 60 ft) can require a higher percentage for structural costs (about 30to 35percent of the total construction costs), with about 30 to 40 percent allocated to services.In my case, these percentages are typical and can be considered as a measure of average efficiency in design of buildings. For example, if a low, short-span and no monumental building were to be bid at 30 percent for the structure alone, one could assume that the structural design may be comparatively uneconomical. On the other hand, the architect should be aware of the confusing fact that economical bids depend on the practical ability of both the designer and the contractor to interpret the design and construction requirements so that a low bid will ensue. Progress in structural design is often limited more by the designer’s or contractor’ slack of experience, imagination, and absence of communication than by the idea of the design. If a contractor is uncertain, he will add costs to hedge the risk he will be taking. It is for this reason that both the architect and the engineer should be well-versed in the area of construction potentials if innovative designs ate to be competitively bid. At the least the architect must be capable of working closely with imaginative structural engineers, contractors and even fabricators wherever possible even if the architecture is very ordinary. Efficiency always requires knowledge and above all imagination, and these are essential when designs are unfamiliar.The foregoing percentages can be helpful in approximating total construction costs if the assumption is made that structural design is at least of average (of typical) efficiency. For example, if a total office building construction cost budget is ﹩5,000,000,and 25 percen t is the “standard” to be used for structure, a projected structural system should cost no more than ﹩1,250,000.If a very efficient design were realized, say, at 80 percent of what would be given by the “average” efficientdesign estimate stated above the savings,(20 percent),would then be﹩250,000 or 5 percent of total construction costs ﹩5,000,000.If the ﹩5,000,000 figure is committed, then the savings of ﹩250,000 could be applied to expand the budget for “other” costs.All this suggests that creative integration of structural (and mechanical and electrical) design with the total architectural design concept can result in either a reduction in purely construction design concept can result in either a reduction in purely construction costs or more architecture for the same cost. Thus, the degree of success possible depends on knowledge, cleverness, and insightful collaboration of the designers and contractors.The above discussion is only meant to give the reader an overall perspective on total construction costs. The following sections will now furnish the means for estimating the cost of structure alone. Two alternative means will be provided for making an approximate structural cost estimate: one on a square foot of building basis, and another on volumes of structural materials used. Such costs can then be used to get a rough idea of total cost by referring to the “standards” for efficient design given above. At best, this will be a crude measure, but it is hoped that the reader will find that it makes him somewhat familiar with the type of real economic problems that responsible designers must deal with. At the least, this capability will be useful in comparing alternative systems for the purpose of determining their relative cost efficiency.3. Square-foot EstimatingAs before, it is possible to empirically determine a “standard” per-square-foot cost factor based on the average of costs for similar construction at a given place and time. More-or-less efficient designs are possible, depending on the ability of the designer and contractor to use materials and labor efficiently, and vary from the average.The range of square-foot costs for “normal” structural systems is ﹩10 to ﹩16 psf. For example, typical office buildings average between ﹩12 and ﹩16 psf, and apartment-type structures range from ﹩10 to ﹩14.In each case, the lower part of the range refers to short spans and low buildings, whereas the upper portion refers to longer spans and moderately tall buildings.Ordinary industrial structures are simple and normally produce square-foot costs ranging from ﹩10 to ﹩14,as with the more typical apartment building. Although the spans for industrial structures are generally longer than those for apartment buildings and the loads heavier, they commonly have fewer complexities as well as fewer interior walls, partitions, ceiling requirements, and they are not tall. In other words, simplicity of design and erection can offset the additional cost for longer span lengths and heavier loads in industrial buildings.Of course there are exceptions to these averages. The limits of variation depend on a system’s complexity, span length over “normal” and special loading or foundation conditions. For example, the Crown Zellerbach high-rise bank and office building in San Francisco is an exception, since its structural costs were unusually high. However, in this case, the use of 60 ft steel spans and free-standing columns at the bottom, which carry the considerable earthquake loading, as well as the special foundation associated with the poor San Francisco soil conditions, contributed to the exceptionally high costs. The design was also unusual for its time and a decision had been made to allow higher than normal costs for all aspects of the building to achieve open spaces and for both function and symbolic reasons. Hence the proportion of structural to total cost probably remained similar to ordinary buildings.The effect of spans longer than normal can be further illustrated. The “usual” floor span range is as follows: for apartment buildings,16 to 25 ft; for office buildings,20 to 30 ft; for industrial buildings,25 to 30 ft loaded heavily at 200 to 300 psf; and garage-type structures span,50 to 60 ft, carrying relatively light(50~75 psf) loads(i.e., similar to those for apartment and office structures).Where these spans are doubled, the structural costs can be expected to rise about 20 to 30 percent.To increased loading in the case of industrial buildings offers another insight into the dependency of cost estimates on “usual” standards. If the loading in an industrial building were to be increased to 500psf(i.e., two or three times), the additional structural cost would be on the order of another 20 to 30 percent.The reference in the above cases is for floor systems. For roofs using efficient orthotropic (flat) systems, contemporary limits for economical design appear to be on the order of 150 ft, whether of steel or prestressed concrete. Although space- frames are often used for steel or prestressed concrete. Although space-frames are often used for steel spans over 150 ft the fabrication costs begin to raise considerably.At any rate, it should be recognized that very long-span subsystems are special cases and can in themselves have a great or small effect on is added, structural costs for special buildings can vary greatly from design to design. The more special the form, the more that design knowledge and creativity, as well as construction skill, will determine the potential for achieving cost efficiency.4. Volume-Based EstimatesWhen more accuracy is desired, estimates of costs can be based on the volume of materials used to do a job. At first glance it might seem that the architect would be ill equipped to estimate the volume of material required in construction with any accuracy, and much less speed. But it is possible, with a moderate learning effort, to achieve some capability for making such estimates.V olume-based estimates are given by assigning in-place value to the pounds or tons of steel, or the cubic yards of reinforced or prestressed concrete required to build a structural system. For such a preliminary estimate, one does not need to itemize detailed costs. For example, in-place concrete costs include the cost of forming, falsework, reinforcing steel, labor, and overhead. Steel includes fabrication and erection of components.Costs of structural steel as measured by weight range from ﹩0.50 to ﹩0.70 per pound in place for building construction. For low-rise buildings, one can use stock wide-flange structural members that require minimum fabrication, and the cost could be as bow as ﹩0.50 per pound. More complicated systems requiring much cutting and welding(such as a complicated steel truss or space-frame design) can go to ﹩0.70 per pound and beyond. For standard tall building designs (say, exceeding 20 stories), there would typically be about 20 to 30 pounds of steel/psf, which one should wish not to exceed. A design calling for under 20 psf would require a great deal of ingenuity and the careful integration of structural and architectural components and would be a real accomplishment.Concrete costs are volumetric and should range from an in-place low of ﹩150 per cu yd for very simple reinforced concrete work to ﹩300 per cu yd for expensive small quantity precast and prestressed work. This large range is due to the fact that the contributing variables are more complicated, depending upon the shape of the precise components, the erection problems, and the total quantity produced.Form work is generally the controlling factor for any cast-in-place concrete work. Therefore, to achieve a cost of ﹩150 per cu yd, only the simplest of systems can be used, such as flat slabs that require little cutting and much reuse of forms. Where any beams are introduced that require special forms and difficulty in placement of concrete and steel bars, the range begins at ﹩180 per cu yd and goes up to ﹩300.Since, in a developed country, high labor costs account for high forming costs, this results in pressure to use the simplest and most repetitive of systems to keep costs down. It become rewarding to consider the possibility of mass-produced precast and prestressed components, which may bring a saving in costs and\or construction completion time. The latter results in savings due to lower construction financing costs for the contractor plus quicker earnings for the owner.One important exception to the above cost picture is that of concrete work in foundations. Here the cost of forming and casting simple foundations (i.e., for spread foundations with very little steel, such as subgrade bearing walls and mat foundations) should be considered at about $90 per cu yd. But in case pile can cost $12 per ft or more in place, of course depending on soil conditions.It is enlightening to pay some attention to the makeup of these in-place concrete estimates. The cost of concrete alone for ordinary reinforced concrete work is about $40 per cu yd delivered. For special concrete, such as lightweight and/or high-strengthquick-setting concrete, the cost can go to $50 or even $60 per cu yd. Mild reinforcing steel, depending on the cutting and fabricating complexity of the required reinforcing design, can rang from 30¢to46¢per lb in place. For an average of about 150 lb of steel per cubic yard of ordinary reinforced concrete, the steel cost would range from about $45 to $60 per sq yd. Labor, including placing of reinforcing and concrete, cost about $20 to $40 per cu yd depending on the complexity of placing and working the concrete.Form work represents the largest single cost factor for most concrete work. The cost can be stated as per square feet of contact area, with slabs requiring single-side and walls double-side forming. In either case, efficiency depends on reusability and the simplicity of form design. For the simplest reusable plywood forms, such as for a flat slab, the costs will run a minimum of $1 psf of contact area. This amounts to some $80 of forming cost per cu yd of concrete for an ordinary 8-in wall. When beams are introduced, cutting and erection costs are much affected by high labor cost, and the forming costs can easily go to $2.50or $3.00 psf of contact area. Special designs for very complicated forming, such as for nonstandard waffle systems, or for shell and suspension design, will often contribute a large portion to cast-in –place concrete cost, unless the forms are reused.The mass of concrete per square foot of plan area affects the form/cost ratio. This is pronounced in the case of, say, a simple 3-in shell as compared with an 8-in flat slab. At $1 psf form cost, one cubic yard of concrete placed for a 3-in shell will require 108 sq ft of form, at a cost of $108.Thus, the thinner the system, the greater the influence of form costs on total costs.Prestressing costs can now be compared with nonprestressed concrete work. The material and labor for prestressing steel cost about $40 to $60 per cu yd for pretensioned precast concrete and $60 to $80 per cu yd for post tensioned in-place concrete. But with competent design, prestresse structural members are designed thinner in comparison with reinforced concrete design, and the overall cost of prestressed concrete construction could often be cheaper than ordinary reinforced concrete work. The other advantages of weight reduction and minimum deflection are additional.Often where prestressing is not found to be less expensive in term of immediate construction cost, the ability to design for longer spans and lighter elements with less wall, column and foundation loading, as well as the increased architectural freedom, determine the desirability of going to prestressed elements. The point for the designer to remember is that good design in either material will be competitive and frequently one’s decision is in a context of many important building design determinants, only one of which is the structural system.To summarize, the range of cost per cubic yard of standard types of poured-in-place concrete work will average from $150 to $250, the minimum being for simple reinforced work and the maximum for moderately complicated post tensioned work. This range is large and any estimate that ignores the effect of variables above will be commensurately inaccurate.5.SummaryThe estimate and economical design of structure building are important and essential work, which should be valued by all architects and engineers and others. Better you do it, more profit you will receive from it!中文翻译:建筑结构的成本1.导言建筑艺术设计被描绘成了作为一个既包含处理很多物质因素,又考虑诸多非物质方面的因素的复杂形式。
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工程管理专业外文文献1. 研究背景工程管理作为一门涵盖工程技术、商业管理和项目管理等多个领域的学科,其在现代社会中扮演着日益重要的角色。
随着全球化和跨国企业的兴起,工程管理的研究和实践也逐渐受到重视。
对于工程管理专业的学生和从业人员来说,了解国外的研究进展和理论成果是至关重要的。
2. 国外工程管理专业外文文献在国外,工程管理专业的研究和学术交流非常活跃,许多优秀的论文和研究成果被发表在国际知名的学术期刊上。
以下是一些关于工程管理的优秀外文文献,它们涵盖了工程项目管理、风险管理、质量管理、成本管理、进度管理等各个方面的内容。
3. 《Project management in small to medium-sized enterprises: matching processes to the nature of the firm》这篇文献研究了项目管理在中小企业中的应用。
作者通过案例分析和实证研究,探讨了中小企业与大型企业在项目管理实践中的区别,提出了与企业规模相适应的项目管理流程,为中小企业的项目管理提供了宝贵的经验和启示。
4. 《Evaluating risk oversight in public sector mega-projects》这篇文献关注公共部门超大型项目中的风险监管问题。
作者通过对多个公共部门项目的案例分析,评估了目前风险监管的情况,并提出了改进措施和建议。
该文献对于公共部门项目的风险管理研究具有重要的参考价值。
5. 《Quality management in construction projects: A literature review》这篇文献综述了建筑项目中的质量管理理论和实践。
作者对国际上大量的质量管理研究和案例进行了梳理和总结,系统地阐述了建筑项目中质量管理的重要性、管理方法和工具。
对于从事建筑项目管理和质量控制的专业人士来说,这篇文献具有很高的参考价值。
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1Talking about the projectclaim the prevention and treatmentAbstract :In project management, construction claim is a complex business management. Today's domestic project contracting market is becoming more competitive, successful low-cost has become a regular operation, the operating contractor for the construction of the claim is very important to achieve the goal. The significance of the claim and described the concept for today's domestic construction projects in claims management problems were analyzed and the corresponding countermeasures and suggestions of the project and counter-claims both sides claim the contract is an indispensable business component. Based on the analysis of the factors that claims the project, discussed the contract on the implementationof the project claim the deal with the principles and specific treatment.Key words: engineering claim prevention deal with1. The definition and classification of claimsClaim the project is the fulfillment of the contract, the contract due to the other party did not fulfill its obligations under the contract and this led to losses, other demands for compensation or the right to compensation. The incidence of claims is a two-way, as long as the contract side of the responsibility and obligation not to achieve contract, or to provide the conditions inconsistent with the contractual status, there are claims that may arise. It is also a kind of a right, under normal circumstances, the claim refers to the contractor in the implementation of the contract process, the reasons for their non-extension of the project, and require owners to increase the cost of compensation for the loss of a claim. The owners belong to the construction unit should bear the responsibility for the cause, and the actual loss to the construction of requests for compensation, known as the anti-claim.1.1 The purpose of their claims can be divided into two categories: construction claims and claims costs.Claim Construction Engineering refers to, as a result of non-responsibility of the contractor causes delay in the construction process for approval of the contract extended period of the claim. Construction units of the purpose of the claim period is usually two: first, removed or have been shirking its responsibility to extend the duration of the contract responsibility, so that they do not pay as much as possible or not to extend the time limit to pay fines; II is due to2extension of the period and The cost of damage caused by the claim. If the project is not the responsibility of delay caused by the construction, and construction units have been approved construction project claim, the construction units can be made as a result of measures taken to speed up and increase the cost of claims. The cost of claims is based on the principle of compensation for actual losses, and its purpose is to require financial compensation. When the reality of the conditions of the contract and inconsistent, leading to increase in contractor expenses in excess of the requirements of the plan's cost of the additional compensation expenses, in order to save his commitment should not be economic losses.2. The cause of the project claim2.1 Engineering design arising from claims.As the construction drawings in error or defective, working drawings and the actual construction site in geology, environment, or the difference between the design drawings and specifications does not match the description of expression is not tight construction, equipment, materials, the name of the model specifications that Or the wrong amount of work is not clear and many other aspects of the flaws and omissions, resulting in rework. Inevitable in order to produce in the period, the labor, materials, and other aspects of the claims.2.2 Do not close the signing of the contract arising from claimsThe contract is a contract agreement, the tender documents, tender, contract-specific provisions, general provisions of the contract, drawings, BOQ and to fulfill the contract in the course of a series of supplementary agreements such as the composition of the document, the contracts signed between the two sides in accordance with the law The entry into force, legally binding, either party may change or dissolve the non-performance of the contract or the powers and duties. However, due to construction projects and the complexity of the construction period, as well as the natural environment, climate, such as long-term factors, together with the terms of the contract in terms of security is not strong, between the conflicting documents, are likely to make the parties enter into the Construction contracts can not take full account of all factors and a clear impact on the project, which led to the construction of the claim.2.3 The risk of accidents and unforeseen factors such as changes in the conditions of the claimDuring the construction process, changes in the conditions of the construction site of the project cost and impact, such as earthquakes, typhoons, war, rebellion, radioactive pollution and nuclear hazards, such as force majeure risks and natural disasters as well as the construction of sand mud emerged, geological Fault, natural cave, subsidence and underground structures or objects on the ground floor, and other unknown obstacles, often leading to the changes causedby the construction claim. If excavation works due to the discovery of underground structures and cultural relics, and so on, the drawings did not say construction indeed difficult to foresee a reasonable man-made obstacles, such as the deal is bound to lead to an increase in the cost of the project, the construction units can claim.2.4 Project construction contracts management changes in the claim.The current construction market, the project construction contracts have a total package, sub-, sub-designate, contract labor, equipment, materials supply contract and a series of contract, so as to enable the project construction contracts and management has become complicated by the difficulty Great. When any of the contracts can not perform well or poorly managed, will affect the project construction period, the quality and quantity, sparking the project, quality, quantity and economic aspects of the claim. Such as equipment, material suppliers, according to the project's design and construction schedule on time in accordance with the provision of quality equipment, materials, engineering, can not by the owners of the requirements and design specifications and the specifications for the construction, so as to affect the project construction The progress and quality, leading to the owners, with a total package side, the sub-side, the equipment and materials suppliers mutual claims.3 Works to prevent and deal with the claims.3.1 The project Prevention claimsOf the above factors in the analysis of the project claim, the claim works, as owners of the management of the main square in the prevention and treatment efforts must be dealt with the principles and specific ways to deal with, making a reasonable claim for compensation evidence to ensure the progress of the construction project, quality, the cost of a virtuous circle. Should do the following specific areas:3.1.1 To strengthen the claim of forward-looking prevention. As owners, supervision engineers and contractors must use their experience and the relevant regulations, to take active measures to prevent foreseeable claims the incident occurred. Such as strengthening the management of the contract, to strengthen preparatory work to strengthen the design review, and so on. However, if the claim is indeed taken place, should take active measures to control claims costs to a minimum.3.1.2 In market economy conditions, the contract is binding both A and B criterion of economic behavior. As the owner's managers should pay attention to fully and strictly carry out the contract. Before signing the contract should be repeated, as appropriate, the terms of the contract, pay attention to the strict letter of the contract documents, in order to prevent the34implementation of the contract process as a result of loopholes in the text caused by the opportunity to claim, resulting in additional investment.In the design of management should strive to obtain the contract by design drawings, data, and units designed to improve the quality of design, conditions permitting the introduction of the design competition, designed to improve the quality of service. 〖JP2〗through the design of the credibility of the tender selection, design, management capacity in areas such as better design of the unit, designed to reduce as much as possible the reasons for increase in the risk of project cost, the latter designed to improve the quality of service.3.1.3 In the supply of materials, equipment and materials should be done on time and the supply, quality volume. As far as possible to avoid the supply of material specifications of the type, variety and not caused by the drawings of alternative materials.3.1.4 The price may rise to the claim by the construction tender will be taken to increase the risk of a package as a death order to guard against the practice, that is, in business contracts, according to the length of period, the market price trend forecast, the two sides to agree on a cost risk To the contractors and contract during the construction of national and local government policy documents are no longer the implementation of price adjustment.3.2 Engineering claims.3.2.1 Should be based on a contract basis to deal with claims must be reasonable; have to pay attention to data collection, information truthfulness, reliability, and after that must deal with claims in a timely manner; in dealing with the specific claims process, we must A close examination of the period when the claims should be given, should be given when the cost of claims. For example: an extremely bad weather conditions, we have exceeded the expected normal rain and snow, seriously hampering the progress of projects at this time, the construction units may be required, the owner can grant an extension period, that is, the establishment of the claim period, but the cost should not be Claim. For instance, in the works in full swing during part of the project changes, construction has been finished on the part of the change and wait for the drawings when part of the construction and mechanical requirements of the claim, this time, to have been part of the End of the claim, it should benefit all, Including the costs and profits, but stagnation and machinery, due to the time when the construction season, it is entirely possible that this first part of the personnel, machinery to use elsewhere, to be paid should be the only change of duty and the types of work efficiency to lower costs.3.2.2 To deal with claims in the event of limitations should be carried out inspection, the5building of China's construction contracts (GF-1999-2001) in the light of international common FIDIC conditions of contract claim against the statute of limitations provides as follows: "The claim occurred within 28 days of Engineers to issue a claim Notice; issued a notice of claim within 28 days to raise additional engineers to extend the duration of the contract price or the claims report and related information; engineers sent to the contractor received the report and claims information after the 28 days given to sign rehabilitation, Or ask the contractor to add further grounds for the claim and evidence. Engineers in 28 days or did not respond to the contractor for further requirements, as the claims have been approved. " Excess of the limitation period for claims, as the case may have the right to refuse. At the same time, the claim should be effective to deal with in a timely manner.3.2.3 Should clearly define the responsibilities, strict examination fees. The claim of actual events are often responsible for both contracts, which should identify the reasons, clearly define responsibilities and in accordance with the terms of the contract's pricing review to determine the contract that both sides should bear the cost.3.2.4 Should work to strengthen the control of the initiative, works to reduce the claim. This requires the owners in project management, as far as possible the work should be made in advance, to reduce the incidence of claims. This will enable the project to carry out more smoothly, reducing investment projects to reduce the construction period. To sum up, the claim for the prevention and management of investment projects to control play an important role in the international engineering construction in general will be designed to claim the contract price of 10-15% in individual cases even more. In order to better handle the construction of the claims the problem from the project to strengthen the construction plans and construction contract management, strengthen personnel training to start, actively explore and practice.References [1] Wu Yuan, Wu Yin, China's construction industry, claims the status quo andcountermeasures [J]. Economist, 2006, (3). [2] Xu Wei, Jin Fu, Chen Lianjie. Standardize the implementation of the construction projectsupervision Manual [M]. Beijing: China Building Industry Press, 2001. [3] Dong Cheng Hai, Zhang Jiansheng. Analysis of Construction Contract ManagementProblems and Solutions [J]. Modernization construction management, 2001, (1).[4] Cheng Hu. Encyclopedia of Practical construction contract management [M]. Beijing: China Building Industry Press, 2000, (1). 浅谈工程索赔的预防与处理学 生:张 曦6指导教师:王春燕 三峡大学科技学院摘要:在工程项目管理中,施工索赔是一项复杂的经营管理工作。
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工程管理论文中英文资料对照外文翻译The Internet is Applicated in Real EstateThe Real Estate Industry and the World Wide Web: Changing Technology, Changing Location.The Internet, in its Web based graphics version, has captured the imagination of both consumers and businesses. Its convenience, speed, low cost and versatility are being exploited on a daily basis in ever-changing ways. Together with its capacity to transform existing businesses, promote new businesses and facilitate exchange of information and data, its other striking attribute has been the speed with which this new technology has spread throughout the global economy.Keywords:The internet;Real Estate;ApplicatedThe number of computer hosts grew by more than ten-fold between 1995 and early 1999. The number of Web sites increased almost 100-fold, to over two million, between 1995 and 1998.By the year 2000, there will be approximately 400-500 million Internet users in the world, and the total number of Web sites will exceed five million.This new technology has the potential for affecting the real estate industry directly and indirectly. Directly, it may become a tool that allows a real estate business to expand its information and sales network. Indirectly, it may change the location equation where and how firms do business which in turn will affect the role of firms involved in real estate development, investment and transactions.Measuring the Spread of the WebThere are few reliable published statistics on Internet or Web use, and statistics reported by different analysts are often inconsistent. Our discussion of the Web and real estate is based on limited information from surveys and on examination of Web sites rather than on more comprehensive data. We have built our overview of the role of the World Wide Web and real estate by examining a variety of sources(including trade publications, existing Web sites, and our own survey of selected real estate firms)From E-mail to E-commerceBefore the advent of the World Wide Web, the Internet existed mostly for the purposes of e-mail, data transfers, newsgroups and bulletin boards, and its reach was limited primarily to the academic and the defense community. The technology itself was not particularly user-friendly, the network speed was not very high, the medium was limited to text and data, and accessing information was cumbersome and time-consuming. The browser technology greatly simplified usage, enabled multimedia information, and created interactive possibilities. The technology brought together TV entertainment, library information, news bulletins, communication and data in one desktop machine.Although initially the greatest patrons of the Internet were the academic community, the commercial sector quickly caught on to the potential of the Web. The private sector saw in the Web an opportunity to widen its marketing reach, lower costs of information dissemination, improve customer relations, and ultimately to conduct sales. Existing private sector Web sites can be roughly categorized into three types, as summarized. The most basic level is for simple information dissemination. The firm registers a Web site and develops a page giving basic company information. The second stage is an expansion of information, marketing goods and services or providing other customer information. The third stage is the addition of transactions tothe activities possible on the Web site.Most business sites at present are in Stage 2. The use of the World Wide Web for detailed information dissemination, and marketing has had several advantages. For the firm, marketing, information dissemination and customer services on the Web can be monitored and analyzed with some details unavailable from conventional methods of marketing using other media. Internet tools can now provide a firm with data on who accessed the site, which pages were visited most, heavily, from where and for how long. This information contributes to improved measures of the results of promotional efforts. The promotional costs associated with the Internet have also been very low. For example, in direct mail marketing, to send a one-page color brochure to 5,000 random addresses will cost upwards of $2,500. The cost of setting up a Web site could be one-tenth of this amount or less (although tracking and analysis can quickly add to the cost)?Many different sectors, including real estate, have found the Internet to be both efficient and cost-effective as a marketing device.The next logical step - a full-fledged office/store on the Web with transaction capability and commerce on the Internet is now being attempted in varying degrees depending on the firm's area of business. Retail sites selling products between $10 and $100, the kind that are traditionally part of a direct mail sales catalog, seem to be the ones having the greatest success(although 4% of sites sell products over $10,000 and another 13% sell products ranging from $100 to$9,999)?A number of retail sites have also harnessed a secondary revenue stream from advertising. Advertising revenues on the Web have crossed the billion-dollar mark and total Internet generated revenue will approach$100 billion this year.Consumers' Use of the WebSurveys of consumers using the Web suggest that a Web site does notsubstitute for the more traditional forms of business, but can greatly facilitate the run-up to the final transaction. The most common use of the Web is for information searching, closely followed by work-related uses, education, and entertainment. A significant majority of those that use the Web for shopping do so to carry out detailed research on product information(90%)and to do price comparisons(85%). This more often leads to purchases through normal channels(67%). Most of the online purchases tend to be of items that are standardized-four of the five top items bought on the Web, according to survey, are software, books, hardware and music (the fifth is travel). More than half of consumers who make purchases on the Web spend less than $500 in a six-month period.The demographics of Web users vary widely in age and income. Surveys by Georgia Tech, Active Media and Web indicate that the average age of Web users is 35 years, with average household income $67,000. Most are college educated (65%). A high proportion of the respondents (42%) has accessed real estate sites.Limits to the Web - Some "Catches" to the New Technology New technology is frequently a mixed blessing, and the World Wide Web is no exception. Apart from the teething troubles that any new technology faces and the time, as well as resources needed to learn, adapt and master it, the Web poses some unique issues and problems of its own. Consumers today are facing information overload of taxing proportions. It is not always easy, or even possible, to locate the relevant information on the Web, despite sophisticated search engines. Once the site is located, fancy graphics, complex linkages, labyrinthine routings, and a lot of irrelevant information may overwhelm the consumer - in short, poor and confusing site design can reduce the site's effectiveness.From the point of view of the business, there are two commonly heardcomplaints. First, the business may find that its site does not figure prominently on search results, limiting the number of customers reached. Second, for many firms, Web initiated leads are as yet few and far between. Real Estate Web SitesReal Estate firms and related businesses were among the early private sector pioneers of Internet use and have had a fast growing presence on the Web. presence on the Web. One example of the real estate sector's presence on the Internet in its pre-World Wide Web incarnation was the real estate classified bulletin board of Prodigy, the online service, which had listings for homes and other real estate. A few real estate related Web sites started in 1994 (generally regarded as the inaugural year of the Web). The New York City Real Estate Guide Web site, created in the summer of 1994, was one of the first to offer free access to the latest New York real estate information. By the summer of 1995, the site was receiving more than 100,000 inquiries a month.The real estate industry registered its entry on the Web in a dramatic way in 1995. By the end of that year there were close to 4,000 real estate Web sites. The content matter of the sites, as well as the mix of real estate related firms on the Web have changed over time. Initially, quite a few of the sites were residential real estate brokerages and listing guides, but fairly rapidly the list expanded to include commercial and retail listings, mortgage brokers,appraisers, architects, real estate attorneys, developers, construction firms, and suppliers. As investment vehicles for real estate expanded, REITs, publicly held firms, and investment advisors also added Web sites.The early real estate broker Web sites quickly took advantage of the unique features of the Web. Prospective customers could find out what properties were for sale or rent, look up detailed descriptions of each listing, view photographs and floor plans, and contact the broker by e-mail. Viewerscould also look up statistical and data reports on conditions in various geographical areas and on emerging macroeconomic trends.Ever since then, the real estate industry has been among the most enthusiastic users of the Web, by some measures accounting for 4% to 6% of commercial Web sites. A survey conducted by Real Estate Broker's Insider in early 1998 confirmed that nearly 95% of the respondents/brokers had a Web site, and more than 90% of the housing stock on sale at a given time is now listed on the Web. Indeed, because of the dispersed, localized nature of the role of information in real estate, the prospective gains from information dissemination, comparability, and Web links were particularly significant in real estate.For much of the real estate sector, the Internet generates not so much the actual transactions themselves, but creates initial leads that are later followed by transactions, purchases and sales. Web sites frequently lead to contacts that are then nurtured through telephone and person-to-person meetings. For residential real estate, Web activity includes residential searches, housing details, and pricing information (both on houses and mortgages), with follow-up contact with brokers. Real estate-related transactions are seen in the hospitality industry (making reservations for hotels and vacation homes and in online mortgage applications). Mortgage and home loan finance companies report both inquiries from mortgage shoppers who obtained initial information from their Web sites, as well as closing of loans through the Web, lead to great savings in time and overhead costs.It is not just the real estate professionals who are enthusiastic about their Internet presence, judging it to be as effective as print and radio advertising. Mortgage shoppers, homebuyers and vacation rental seekers as well applaud, in particular, the convenience it brings to the entire process of searching, researching, comparing, communicating and transacting business.Beyond these sectors, many other types of real-estate related firms are using the Web to broaden their market areas, increase the depth of their marketing, and to provide a range of services to existing customers. Commercial brokers provide not only information on available sites but also on market conditions for different locations and sometimes more in-depth economic analysis of a region. REITs and other investment firms provide detailed information on their products as well as background market or economic information. Public companies provide up-to-date stock quotes and quarterly and annual reports on the Web.Web Penetration and Use: The Experience of Leading Real Estate Firms We conducted a limited survey of a sample of leading real-estate related firms in the US and California. Responses from approximately 60 of these firms showed that over four-fifths had Web Sites by March 1999. 2 Of those with Web sites, one-third had inaugurated their sites by the end of 1996. Among the earliest with a Web presence were brokers, investment firms, lenders, business and financial services firms, law firms, residential developers, and a trade organization. Another third of the group were newcomers, with sites inaugurated in 1998 or early 1999. Commercial developers were prominent among this group, with residential developers, consultants and advisors, lenders, REITs and investment firms also among this group. Those without sites were more likely to be privately held firms with a relatively narrow base of activity (for example, a commercial developer centered in the San Francisco Bay Area)?Most with Web sites used their site to provide information about the company and to market services. In addition, about one-third marketed property from their site, providing detailed information on the characteristics of buildings available, surrounding communities, and other related data. Other Web site uses include employee recruiting, providing information formembers or investors, and disseminating related information on topics such as regulations or real estate markets.What does the Web specifically do for Real Estate?According to Activemedia, an internet research company, some of the sectors experiencing the greatest growth in terms of their presence on the Web in 1998 were computer hardware and software, real estate, publishing and information, finance and Internet services. A significant initial motivation for this rush for the Web is provided by, what can be termed, the "tiptoe" effect. The first ones on the Web had an additional advantage over those who did not; information on their services, products, home listings now be accessed conveniently by those with computers. The low setup cost, however, and the potential disadvantage of not having a Web presence has propelled others in the profession to set up their own sites.Real estate shares in some of the basic advantages of the Web mentioned earlier, such as ease of marketing, communication and feedback from clients, lowered costs of operations and convenience of customer service and support. In addition, the Web provides positive features specific to the real estate industry.Key elements include the following.1.Increased geographic reach.The Web has dramatically increased the geographic reach of both buyers and sellers. Although the "local" aspect of real estate will perhaps never be whittled away completely, there is no doubt that inquiries about properties can now emanate from far away to a much greater degree than before. This, in turn, potentially increases the size and "depth" of the market and makes it more efficient.2.Capability of visualization.In some sense, increased geographic reach has become possible due tothe other emergent feature of the Web, the capability of visualization. In its most state-of-the-art form, Web sites now allow prospective buyers to take virtual tours of homes, resorts, hotels and convention centers.3.Reduced transaction costs.The Web may reduce transactions costs. This has been particularly apparent in the case of mortgages. According to Fannie Mae, 1.5% of all mortgages were handled online this past year. The Web-attributable features that make this kind of a transaction possible are instantaneous comparability, interactive capability, online calculation, online applications, and continuous updating of the sites.4.Improved information dissemination.The Web offers broad opportunities for increasing the scope and depth of information provided by many different types of firms. A well constructed home page gives an overview of a firm's range of services or activities. Links allow the customer or client to learn much more detail about the selected items of most interest, while ignoring less relevant pieces of information. A number of sites take advantage of the ability to link to resources beyond the company's Web pages, linking customers and clients to related Web resources.Unlike retail sectors, such as books and computer hardware, the Web as yet has not become a threat to the "middle man" role of many real estate firms. Instead, it is more likely to be used as a means of expanding services offered or locations served. However, in the long term, the Web and related Internet technology have the potential to change the structure of business activity, which in turn will affect the demand for real estate in type if not in quantity. For example, some retailers already have closed stores while expanding sales on the Web. Also, the Internet has been seen as one factor allowing the decentralization of office space. These trends to date have notled to a decline, but rather to a redistribution in the demand for office, retail and warehouse space.These are summarized .Speculation on Potential Impact of Internet on Real Estate Industry.1.Shortening of Transaction Cycle2.Precise Market Targeting3.Transformed Competition4.Cost savings:a)Marketing,b)Sales,c)Operation5.Possibility of Disintermediation;Lowering of Commissionsbination of Comparison Shopping and Direct Sales7.Access to MBS Secondary MarketHow to Find the Real Estate Sector on the WebThere are a few key sites that can be used to access the broad range of real-estate related Web sites. These include:-Site sponsored by the National Association of Realtors, linking users to realtor, home sales and market information.-Site sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders, providing a wide range of market information.-Directory to commercial real estate sites, including brokers,developers, investors and analysts. and , two sites that provide users with information about mortgage rates, mortgage brokers and with the opportunity to submit an application online. (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) and (Real Estate Investment Advisory Council), two associations related to real estate investment trusts.-The California Association of Realtors site.the site for the Urban Land Institute, with information onthe organization, programs, conferences, and publications related to real estate and land use. has three online magazines including National Real Estate Investor, Shopping Center World, and Midwest Real Estate News. An additional real estate online magazine, can available at .Ashok Deo BardhanRESEARCH FELLOWCynthia A. KrollREGIONAL ECONOMIST互联网在房地产业的应用摘要:互联网,仅仅它的网页图形版本,就已经吸引了众多消费者和商家的目光。
工程管理毕业论文外文文献及翻译BIM Beyond Boundaries

工程管理毕业论文外文文献及翻译BIM BeyondBoundaries外文文献:BIM Beyond BoundariesSeptember 10, 2012 ? by Randy DeutschAbstract: Opting for depth over breadth of expertise is a false choice that will lead individuals, organizations, the profession, and industry in the wrong direction.Keywords: BIM, expertise, anti-learning, master builderSeveral forces are converging to create an unprecedented and timely opportunity for organizations that have embraced building information modeling (BIM). These forces —including the rise of the expert, the growing complexity and speedof projects, and BIM’sincreasing recognition as an enabler, catalyst, and facilitator of team collaboration — also presentsignificant challenges that can be overcome with the right approach and mindset.At one time, being an expert meant knowing more than one’s competitors in a particularfield. Firms that reinforced their expert culture hoarded information, which resulted in silos of expertise. Today, many firms are looking to hire people perceived as building and software technologyexperts, shortsightedly addressing today’s needs at the expense of tomorrow’s. While architects have always been trees with many branches, our current economic climate has discouraged them from being anythingbut palm trees: all trunk, no branches.And yet things change so quickly that those who went to bed experts are unlikely to wake up experts in the morning. Due to the speed and complexity of projects, we do not have time to acquire knowledge the old way — slowly, over time, through traditional means. Even when we supplement our book learning with conferences, webinars, and continuing education, it is impossible to keep up with the flow of new information in our industry.Expertise today is a much more social, fluid, and iterative process than it used to be. Being an expert is no longer about telling people what you know so much as understanding what questions to ask, who to ask, and applying knowledge flexibly and contextually to the specificsituation at hand. Expertise has often been associated with teaching and mentoring. Today it’smore concerned with learning than knowing: less to do withcontinuing education and more with practicing and engaging in continuous education.Social media presents the would-be expert with both opportunitiesand challenges. Working- 1 -with the understanding that somebody somewhere has already done what you are trying to do, design professionals, like agile technology experts, can find what they’re looking for by tapping into their networks and aggregating the responses. Conversely, due to the rise of social media, virtually all anyone has to do today to be considered a technology expert is to call themselves one. Because social networks allow people to proclaim themselves experts, it can be hard to know who to turn to, resulting in the rise of otherwise unnecessary certifications.An expert today is someone whose network, community, or team deems him or her so. Such acknowledgment from one’s community can be considered a form of social certification. To grow one’s professional reputation, expertise in BIM counter-intuitively requires unlearning, detachment, collaboration, and developing both deep skills and broad interests.BIM EXPERTISE REQUIRES UNLEARNINGAs we grow in our careers, we tend to focus more on people issues and less on technology. We also tend to cooperate conditionally, responding to the behavior of others. This has huge implications for design and construction professionals who might be naturally collaborative —through sharing knowledge, learning, mentoring, and teaching — but are otherwise conditionedand tempered by the culture of the firm where they work.Working in BIM provides an unprecedented opportunity to learn: how buildings go together, how projects are scheduled, cost implications of decisions, and impact on the environment. At the same time, there is a great deal we still need to unlearn with BIM. We can start by asking some questions: Which aspects of the traditional design process change with BIM and which stay the same? What knowledge, methods and strategies must be abandoned due to BIM and what is critical to keep? And perhaps most important: What, while learning to work in BIM, needs to be unlearned?While unlearning habits we picked up working in CAD would seem like a good place to start, there’s also a great deal we need to unlearn in order to return to our original sharing attitude and cooperative ways. These include bad habits we’ve acquired since we left the cocoon of school and embarked on the hard knocks of a career in architecture and construction, where we may have learned to be mistrustful, skeptical, competitive, secretive, and working independently in silos. In doing so, we’ve unlearned many of the critical natural habits, attitu des, and mindsets necessary to work effectively and collaboratively on integrated teams.- 2 -BIM EXPERTISE REQUIRES DETACHMENTFrom Japanese martial arts there’s the concept of shuhari: First learn, then detach, and finally transcend. As consultant Ian Rusk has explained, shu, ha, and ri are considered three phases of knowledge thatone passes through in the study of an art. They can be described as the phases of traditional knowledge, breaking with tradition, and transcending it.Working in BIM, we need to address all three steps to meet our goals. Of the steps, the second (detachment, or breaking with tradition) is the most important. Detachment requires that we remain flexible and agile while learning, not holding on tightly to our ideas, agendas, or prejudices, so that we can move beyond them.BIM EXPERTISE REQUIRES COLLABORATIONWhile we as an industry have now lived with BIM for more than two decades, most firms have acquired and implemented the technologyprimarily as a visualization and coordination tool in the past several years. We appear to have reached a standstill in the software’s use, with manyfirm leaders wondering how to make the leap to more advanced uses. Further mastery of the application through traditional means won’t help us get there. If we are to achieve our personal, organizational, professional, and industry-wide goals of fully participating in public, community, creative, and economic life, something more needs to happen.Achieving higher levels of BIM use — including analysis, computation, and fabrication —requires skills and a mindset that allow us to work productively and effectively in a collaborative setting. Working with BIM enables but doesn’t necessarily lead to collaboration. We each have to decidewhether or not to look beyond BIM as a tool and embrace it as a process. When recognized as a process, BIM can be a powerful catalyst and facilitator of team collaboration.BIM EXPERTISE REQUIRES DEPTH AND BREADTHIt would be a mistake to assume that expertise in BIM as a technology alone will lead to greater leadership opportunities on integrated teams. In this capacity, BIM requires attention to acquiring skills that, while easy to attain, can be overlooked if we focus primarily on the software tools.With BIM, technical expertise should not be considered moreimportant than increasing one’s social intelligence, empathy, or the ability to relate well with others. Additionally, the conventional window for achieving technological expertise is too long. Better that one achieves a- 3 -high level of BIM competency motivated by passion and curiosity. Having competency in one subject doesn’t preclude you from addressing others. In fact, it can be a determinant for doing so.Being versatile flies in the face of current thinking that to succeed we should bolster our strengths over our weaknesses. The answer to Should I be a specialist or generalist? is yes. There must be people who can see the details as well as those who can see the big picture. One gift of the design professional is the rare (and underappreciated)ability to do both simultaneously. As with any hybrid — generalizing specialist or specializing generalist —one’s strength provides the confidence to contribute openly from many vantage points and perspectives.It is critical for “T-shaped” experts to reach out and make connections (the horizontal arm ofthe T) in all the areas they know little or nothing about from their base of technical competence (the vertical arm of the T). T-shaped experts have confidence because of their assurance that they know or do one thing well. Their confidence allows them to see as others see by means of — notthrough —what they know. Their expertise doesn’t color their perception so much as provide a home base to venture from and return to with some assurance that they’ll maintain their bearings when venturing out across the table.Broad-minded design professionals often find themselves in the roleof “anti-experts,”approaching challenges from the perspective of the outsider. To this Paula Scher of Pentagram said, “When I’m totally unqualified for a job, that’s when I do my best work.” Once we balance,own, and ultimately realize our expert and anti-expert selves, we(as a community, profession, and industry) will do our best work.WHAT DO WE DO NOW?Firms want to know how to optimize their work processes to become more efficient at what they do best, to remain competitive by leveraging the competitive advantage of BIM and integrated design. One of the ironies facing the in dustry is that in order to master BIM, don’t learn more BIM. Instead, do other things.What will bring about greater efficiencies and effectiveness, increase productivity and deliver value, is not additional technology knowledge but our ability to communicate, relate, work together, think like one another, have empathy, understand, and listen. If design professionals want to lead they will do so not by increasing their depth but by benefit of broader capabilities involving their reach.- 4 -What do we do now? Go wide and deep. Go against common wisdom and fortify your soft skills, your reach and wingspan. To master BIM you have to transcend BIM.We need to develop both sides of ourselves in order to move beyond our own and others’ biases and anticipate consequences for courses of action before they are acted upon. We need to develop the ability to put the project first, navigate iRooms and packed conference tables to get our ideas and points across, be able to read people for overt and subliminal responses, have the confidence to ask questions without feeling threatened and be asked questions without becoming defensive. It is as though we have placed so much emphasis on the bricks we’veforgotten the mortar that allows us to communicate genuinely, to relate well with one another and integrate.Having to choose between depth and breadth is a false choice that heads our profession and industry in the wrong direction. Rather than focusing on one over the other, we need to develop simultaneously vertical deep skills and horizontal soft skills, to work on our strengths and weaknesses, to be expert and anti-expert, specialist and generalist, to design from evidence and from intuition, to be task- and people-oriented, to have mastery over one thing and be a jack-of-all-trades.As one blog commenter recently asserted, “In order to practice architecture well, you need tounderstand a lot of things that aren’t architecture.” BIM technology experts know one thing. To flourish and persevere, we need to know and do many things.Often overlooked in mutual mentoring of computer technology and building technology by senior and junior staff are basic people skills: listening, questioning, negotiating, collaborating, communicating. The concern is that the emerging design professional — adept at BIM tools while learning how buildings come together —won’t learn the necessary communication andpeople management skills to negotiate a table full of teammates onan integrated team. These skills need to be nurtured, mentored, and acquired as assuredly as computer and building technology skills. Theseskills require the same amount of deliberate practice and feedback as the mastery of technology skills. Developing complementary,collaborative skills is as critical as becoming competent with the technology. As Ernest Boyer anticipated, “The future belongs to the integrators.” And that future has arrived.Succeeding in practice today is a both/and, not an either/or, proposition. Design professionals must be both BIM technologist and building technologist. Those who accept this- 5 -model will lead, persevere, and flourish in our new economy.Last year in Design Intelligence, Stephen Fiskum wrote, “One thing is certain: The solution to the current malaise in our profession is not for us to go broader but to go deeper” (“Preparing for a New Practice Paradigm,” January/February 2010). This is a new world: By going wider anddeeper we provide owners and our organizations with the most value and increased productivity. Working effectively and collaboratively in BIM will help us transcend our current state, bridge the gap, and cross over to more advanced uses.THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY MINDSETIt is not just that the integrated team is now multidisciplinary,but we each must become multidisciplinary. Doing so requires a multidisciplinary mindset. This entails empathy, a genuine appreciationfor others’ ideas, seeing from many perspectives, and anticipating possibleconsequences to any course of action. An industry representative recently stated in a public forum, “I don’t want the architect tothink like a structural engineer. I need for him to think like an architect!” To leverage our technology tools and work processes, being an architect today means that we think like a structural engineer aswell as a contractor and owner. Doing so doesn’t take away from architects’ role but increases their credibility by making them more effective andinfluential at what they do well.Working in BIM — inward focused, object-oriented, filling-in dialog boxes — discouragesthis mindset. It is a mistake to think that those who work in BIMare technicians and that a firm principal or senior designer who seesthe big picture will mediate between the model and the world in whichthe model operates. Leaders must see to it that their teams look outward, keeping an eye on the model while seeing the horizon.THE TECHNOLOGY/SOCIAL CONTINUUMWorking in CAD, there are those who focus on drafting and those more adept at communication, negotiation, and persuasion. With BIM, technical understanding and people know-how must exist in each and every design professional.The majority of BIM-related literature has been focused on the technology, not on the people who use it. People issues and attitudes are the main impediment to the collaborative work processes enabled by the technology. Human issues, issues of communication and collaboration, firm culture, motivation, and workflow — all exacerbated by the advent of BIM into the- 6 -workplace — are an even greater challenge than the admittedly considerable software application and technical problems associated with BIM’s use.LEADING FROM THE MODELWorking in CAD, a senior team member would redline an emerging employee’s work. Leadership was decidedly top-down: Someone senior designed or detailed, and someone less senior drew it up. The problem was that the senior team member never knew whether the emerging employee understood what was being drawn.Working in BIM provides a completely different work flow — one we have yet to leveragefully. Because those on the front lines are not only the first to discover clashes and inconsistencies but also to visualize what something looks like and how it might function, BIM allows our emerging talent to lead the process — to learn on the job while recognizingtheirpower from their privileged position of the first look in the model.The new leadership mandate in this process is for architects to lead from their involvement in the BIM environment. Leading from the modelcan be likened to leading from the middle in that BIM requires and even enables followership, and servant- and situational-leadership, as opposed to top-down or command-and-control. While leadershiphistorically has been top-down, working in BIM and on integrated teams changes that. Leading in BIM and integrated design is more similar to followership, in which middle managers lead from within the organization. Thus with BIM, the top-down and bottom-up approaches converge, where leading from the middle becomes leading from the model.BIM AND THE MASTER BUILDER TEAMArchitects who find themselves on increasingly large teams must find a way to lead and regain their voice in the design and construction process. If architects learn how to design buildings that are optimized to give owners, contractors, and other team members what they need — of high quality, low cost, sooner, with less waste, while acquiring the mindsets, attitudes, and skills necessary to collaborate with others —then architects will be trusted, newly esteemed, andreturn to their desired leadership role. What is critical is notthat we linearly help emerging professionals move from technical experts to leaders but to be technical experts and project, team, and process leaders at the same time. Expertise is cultivated by creating the right conditions for experts to flourish; people cannot be forced to learn and grow.- 7 -Many A/E/C professionals are stressing the role of the team over the role of any one individual mastering any one subject or technology in advancing practice. The general consensus is that appointing any one individual as master of the project is largely irrelevant. Instead, the architect who works in BIM serves as master facilitator or strategic orchestrator on integrated teams. By working with as well as through others, we get the most out of fellow teammates.The concept of the composite master builder is the brainchild of visionary environmentalist Bill Reed. The term recasts the historical single master builder (or virtual master builder) as a diverse group of professionals working together toward a common end: the master builder team. The intention is to bring all specialists together, allowing them to function as if they were one mind. A better prescription for what ails our industry would be hard to find.- 8 -中文译文:超越边界的BIM2012年9月10,兰迪•多伊奇摘要: 在BIM 应用中,对于专业的深度要求超过了广度是一个错误的选择,这将使个人、组织,以及这个职业和整个产业走向错误的方向。
工程管理专业,外文翻译资料

外文资料翻译资料来源:文章名:Predicting Effectiveness of Construction Project Management: Decision-Support Tool for Competitive Bidding书刊名:An International Journal作者:Rasa Apanaviciene, Arvydas Juodis出版社:国际杂志,2006章节:V ol.6, No.3 / September - December 2006页码:P347~P360文章译名:建设工程项目管理的预测功效:用于决策支持工具竞争性招标姓名:学号:指导教师(职称):专业:班级:所在学院:外文原文Predicting Effectiveness of Construction Project Management: Decision-Support Tool for Competitive Bidding1.IntroductionConstruction projects are delivered under conditions of risk in the competitive market environment. The origin of risk is the uncertainty inherent to any project, and every risk is associated with a cause, a consequence and the probability or likelihood of the event occurring. There are external risks (economic, political, financial and environmental) and internal risks based on project management issues, i.e. projects manager's and his team competency, experience, strategic and tactic decisions made during construction project delivery. The opportunity to improve organizational performance through more effective project management could provide substantial savings for construction management company. Project management effectiveness depends on certain factors of project management system. The literature review revealed a substantial volume of work on measuring or identifying the factors or conditions contributing to the effectiveness of construction projects. There are three main trends of previous research on construction project success factors:●key factors identification for construction project success [Jaselskis et. A1.(1991);Sanvido et. A1. (1992); Chua et. A1. (1997)];●identification of key success factors for a particular group of construction projects,e.g.BOT, design-build, public-private partnerships [Tiong (1996);Molenaar et. A1. (2001);Chan et. AI. (2001), Zhang (2005), Shen et. A1.(2005)];●analysis of a particular factor impact on construction project success [Cheng et. A1.(2000); Bower et. A1. (2002); Ford (2002)].Some writers were attempting to develop predictive models while others focused on generating a list of practices. Predictive models developed to identify the key factors and to measure their impact on overall project success were using regression and correlation techniques, factor analysis, Monte-Carlo simulation, experts and multicriteria decision-making support methods. Essentially in these approaches the functional relationships between the input factors and project outcome is assumed and tested against the data. The relationships are modified and retested until the models that best fit the data are found.When developing construction project management effectiveness model (CPMEM) referred to here, the writers attempted to cull the best aspects of artificial neural networks (ANN) methodology. The neural network approach does not require an a priori assumption of the functional relationship. Artificial neural networks are very useful because of their functional mapping properties and the ability to learn from examples. Networks have been compared with many other functional approximation systems and found to be competitive in terms of accuracy [Haykin 1999]. This and the ability to learn from examples allow modelling the complex construction project management system where behavioural rules are not known in detail and are difficult to analyze correctly.2.Methodology of Artificial Neural NetworksThe foundation of the artificial neural networks (ANN) paradigm was laid in the 1950s, andANN has gained significant attention in the past decade because of the development of more powerful hardware and neural algorithms [Haykin (1999)]. Artificial neural networks have been studied and explored by many researchers where they have been used, applied, and manipulated in almost every field. For example, they have been used in system modelling and identification, control, pattern recognition, speech pronunciation, system classifications, medical diagnosis as well as in prediction, computer vision, and hardware implementations. As in civil engineering and management applications, neural networks have been employed in different studies. Some of these studies cover the mathematical modelling of non-linear structural materials, damage detection, non-destructive analysis, earthquake classification, dynamical system modelling, system identifications, and structural control of linear and non-linear systems, construction productivity modelling, construction technology evaluation, cost estimation, organisational effectiveness modelling and others [Adeli et. A1. (1998), Sinha et. A1. (2000)].A neural network can be defined as a model of reasoning based on human brain [Wasserman (1993)]. Learning is a fundamental and essential characteristic of biological neural networks. The ease with which they can learn led to attempts to emulate a biological network in a computer.2.1 Model of Artificial Neural NetworkAn artificial neural network consists of a number of very simple and highly interconnected processors, also called neurons, which are analogous to the biological neurons in the brain. The neurons are connected by weighted links passing signals from one neuron to another. Each neuron receives a number of input signals through its connections; however, it never produces more than a single output signal. The output signal is transmitted through the neuron's outgoing connection (corresponding to the biological axon). The outgoing connection, in turn, splits into a number of branches that transmit the same signal (the signal is not divided among these branches in any way). The outgoing branches terminate at the incoming connections of other neurons in the network. Figure 1 represents connections of a typical ANN.As shown in Figure 1, a typical ANN is made up of a hierarchy of layers, and the neurons in the networks are arranged along these layers. Each layer in a multilayer neural network has its own specific function. The input layer accepts input signals from the outside world and distributes them to all neurons in the hidden layer. These neurons detect the features; the weights of the neurons represent the features hidden in the input patterns. These features are then used by the output layer for determining the output pattern. The output layer accepts output signals from the hidden layer and establishes the output pattern of the entire network. The neurons are connected by links, and each link has a numerical weight associated with it. Weights are the basic means of long-term memory in ANN. Weights express the strength (importance) of each neuron input. A neural network "learns" through repeated adjustment of these weights.The network in Figure 1 is fully connected and has a feedforward structure, meaning there are no connection loops that would allow outputs to feed back to their inputs, although a recurrent neural network has feedback loops from its outputs to its inputs. The indices i, j and k in Figure 1 refer to neurons in input, hidden and output layers, respectively. Input signals, x1, x2 ..... x i, x n, are propagated from left to right, and error signals, c1, c2 .... c i, from right to left. The symbol w ij denotes the weight for the connection between neuron i in the input layer and neuron j in the hidden layer, and the symbol w jk the weight between neuron j in the hidden layer and neuron k in the output layer; symbols y1, y2 ..... y k, y t denote outputs of the neurons in the output layer.2.2 Modelling by Applying Artificial Neural NetworksThe architecture and size of a neural network depends on the problem complexity. The number of neurons in the input and output layers is decided by the selected input-output variables of the analysed system. The simulation experiments of neural network training and testing indicate the optimal number of hidden layers as well as the number of neurons in these layers.The goal of neural network training is to find the functional relationship between the input patterns and target outputs. Before training ANN, all the available data are randomly divided into a training set and a test set. A training set of the input patterns and corresponding desired outputs or targets is presented to the network. The network computes its output pattern, and if there is an error - a difference between actual and desired output patterns - the weights are adjusted to reduce this error according to the learning law of training algorithm. The error function is a useful indicator of the network's performance. The training algorithm attempts to minimise this criterion. When the value of the error function in an entire pass through all training sets, or epoch, is sufficiently small, a network is considered to have converged. Once the training phase is complete, the networks ability to generalise is tested against examples of the test set.More than a hundred different learning algorithms are available, but the most popular method is backpropagation. The backpropagation learning algorithm has two phases. First, a training input pattern is presented to the network input layer. The network then propagates the input pattern from layer to layer until the output pattern is generated by the output layer. If this pattern is different from the desired output, an error is calculated and then propagatedbackwards through the network from the output layer to the input layer. The weights are modified as the error is propagated.Among the numerous artificial neural networks that have been proposed, backpropagation networks have been extremely popular for their unique learning capability [Haykin (1993)]. 80% of practical ANN applications used the backpropagation neural networks. Development of construction project management effectiveness model by applying multilayer backpropagation neural networks is presented in chapter 4.3. Construction Project Management Effectiveness FactorsTraditionally, construction project management effectiveness is defined as the degree to which project goals and expectations are met. It should be viewed from respective perspectives of different project participants and the goals related to a variety of elements, including technical, financial, social and professional issues. Criteria are needed to compare the goal level against the performance level. The criteria are the set of principles or standards by which judgment is made [Lim et. A1. (1999)]. While effectiveness is measured in terms of goal attainment, there is ambiguity in determining whether a project is success or failure.Different factors are identified in project success studies. Ashley et. A1. (1987) conducted a pilot study within their research that, based on their analysis, established six determinants of construction project success. Jaselskis and Ashley (1991) developed a predictive discrete-choice model that focused on the project manager, the project team, planning and controls. Pinto and Slevin (1988) determined a group of predictive critical success factors. Sanvido et al. (1992) established the four most critical success factors derived from the integrated building process model. Chua et al. (1997, 1999) distinguished between the critical success factors for different project objectives of budget, schedule, and quality using the analytic hierarchy process. They established 10 critical factors for each project objective. Overall, they identified 67 different success-related factors.Other measures of project success for particular group of projects were provided by Tiong (1996), Mohsini and Davidson (1996), Chan et al. (2001), Molenaar and Songer (2001), Zhang (2005). Cheng et al. (2001) established a partnering framework to identify the critical success factors that can improve the productivity and performance of construction projects. Other studies of particular factors impact on construction project success was provided by Back and Moreau ((2000), Mitropoulus and Tatum (2000), Faniran et al. (1998), Angelides (1999), Bower et al. (2002), Ford (2002) and Jan et al. (2002). All the above mentioned studies revealed many different factors and their qualitative impact on project success. This research, differently from the previous, focus on the functional relationships between the input factors and project outcome, analyses and enables to forecast quantitative impact of determined critical factors onto the effectiveness of construction project management. In this study the framework for the list of construction management effectiveness factors covering areas related to project manager, project team, project planning, organization and control was selected from the research conducted by Jaselskis and Ashley (1991). However, the actuality of each construction management factor was retested by interviewing construction management practitioners and the approach was modified according to the interviewer's opinion (Table 1).4. Development of Construction Project ManagementEffectiveness Model by Applying Neural NetworksConstruction project management effectiveness modelling by applying neural networks consists of the following stages:●selection of the variables of the construction project management effectiveness neuralnetwork model (CPMEM);●selection and preparation of training data for the CPMEM;●designing and training the construction project management effectiveness neural network;●evaluation of the importance of a particular input factor to the CPMEM output byapplying a sensitivity analysis technique;●identification of the key construction project management effectiveness factors andmodification of the CPMEM;●determining the validation range of the CPMEM practical applications.Construction project management effectiveness factors are the input variables of the CPMEM. The output variable of this model is the construction project management effectiveness in terms of construction cost variation. The construction project cost variation was calculated by equation:Q = (PI - FI)/PI* 100%where PI - predicted construction project cost; FI - actual construction project cost.The present study is based on a set of data obtained in a questionnaire survey on construction project management effectiveness factors from construction management organizations in Lithuania and the USA. Twelve Lithuanian companies presented information on 32 completed construction projects. The average size for the projects is 4.3 million Litas (1.6 million USD) and the mean duration is 7 months. 27 US construction management companies presented information on 54 completed construction projects with the average size of 30.1 million USD and the mean duration of 14 months. Statistical analysis proved that those two groups of the projects belong to the same statistical population. Thus, neural network model was trained with 76 project samples and retested with 10 project samples. The construction project management effectiveness neural network model had been developed using NEURAL NETWORKS TOOLBOX by MA TLAB.A neural network works best when all its inputs and outputs vary within the range 0 and 1. Preparation of the training data and statistical computations had been performed by applying Microsoft Excel. The input data - project management factors - was classified into six groups and the output data - the percentage of the construction cost variation in loss or profit - was classified into five groups (Table 2). The number of neurons in the input and output layer was decided by the number of input and output variables of the construction project management effectiveness neural network. Thus, the input layer had 27 neurons and the output layer had 5 neurons, representing five classes of the construction cost variation. The number of hidden layers was determined during the neural network training.The neural network was trained to Solve the classification task by applying resilient backpropagation learning algorithm. The network performance in this study was measured by the modified regularization error function. The interpretation of the network output is based on the Bayesian posterior probability: the construction project cost variation belongs to the class represented by the output layer neuron of the highest output value. The classification error was calculated by equation:where Tp - actual class of project cost variation; Pp- class of project cost variation predicted by neural network; p - construction project index; q - number of examples for testing.All construction management effectiveness factors were incorporated into the model at the first stage of model development. The initial network model comprised 27 neurons in theinput layer with 9 neurons in the hidden layer and 5 neurons in the output layer. In order to understand the importance of a particular input to the network output, a sensitivity analysis technique was applied. The priority level for each factor was set based on their different impact to the project results. Insignificant factors were trimmed from the network gradually by eliminating the least important factors, respectively to the results of sensitivity analysis. In this model development stage 12 key determining construction management effectiveness factors were identified. Nine key factors showed positive influence on the CPMEM output. The higher values of these factors allow improving the construction project management effectiveness. Three key factors, i.e. PM subordinates, independent constructability analysis, and control system budget, showed negative influence on the CPMEM output. These factors appear to be associated with project complexity and risk. The higher project complexity and the higher level of risk degree means the higher values of these three factors: there are more employees and subcontractors supervised by PM, the cost of independent constructability analysis as well as control budget is respectively higher (Table 3).The final neural network model was built with 12 neurons in the input layer, 4 neurons in hidden layer and 5 neurons in the output layer.The established CPMEM represents the input-output functional relationships reflected by the specific characteristics of the training data set. The model was validated by 10 project samples, 2 for each class. All testing samples were classified correctly. Thus, the model is valid within this particular range of training data. However, the analogical model can be developed by applying training data of any group of construction projects or construction management organizations.5. Decision-Support Tool for Competitive BiddingAuthors of the paper established the construction project management effectiveness model and developed the application algorithm of that model for competitive bidding process (Figure 2). The range of potential construction project cost variation can be evaluated by applying CPMEM on the specific project, project team and construction company as the follows:The first stage's target is to obtain the maximum of existing information about the mainfeatures of the project.●The second stage entails a detail study of the project, suggesting possible changes for theproject, estimating costs and defining target profit margin.●In the third stage the project management team is formed to deal with the projectplanning, management and delivery. In that stage the intended project management effectiveness factors should be evaluated.●In the fourth stage the project's construction cost variation is predicted by applyingconstruction project management effectiveness model. This step is very useful to identify hidden project management risks.●In the fifth stage the initial total bid price is adjusted according to the CPMEM results.●The sixth stage entails a search and analysis of historical information about similarinternal and external projects. The obtained information about the potential competitors and their strengths and weaknesses should be measured. Then the adjusted bid price should be evaluated in comparison with forecasted prices of competitive bidders. Finally, the decision if everything goes forward or if the project requires serious reconsideration should be made. If the project management system considered to be changed, the potential project management factors (e.g. different project planning or control strategy, different project team size or qualification, organizational structure, etc.) should be re-evaluated. The analyzers should go back to the third stage and repeat the process until the selected criterion is satisfied. If the project management system considered not to be changed, the decision about the participation in the bidding process should be made.Case study: The request for bidding proposal was issued by the private company to manage the construction of industrial project of 20 million USD on a fixed price contract basis. Construction company X prepared bidding material for that project. Company's X estimated total bid price was 20.7 million USD, 10 % profit margin was included. According to the market analysis the competitive bids might fall into the range of 20-21 million USD. What would be the company's X bidding decision?Solution: The estimated construction cost was 18.82 million USD. The predicted cost variation was calculated within the range of-3 % and +3 % by applying CPMEM construction projects management effectiveness neural network model. If the worst happened, the construction cost would increase by 3 % up to 19.38 million USD and the mark-up would reduce to 6.8%. If the target mark-up for that project procurement was 10%, the company should re-estimate the bid price up to 21.32 million USD. Though, that price would not be competitive.The managers decided to replace two members of the project team by more qualified professionals and not to hire outside consultants, i.e. re-evaluated the CPMEM factors of project team monetary incentives and independent constructability analysis. By applying CPMEM model for the second time, the predicted cost variation was calculated within the range of +3% and + 10%. In that case there was a possibility of at least 3% construction cost reduction, i.e. 0.56 million USD (18.82*0.03=0.56). Thus, adjusted bid price was calculated at 20.08 million USD [(18.82-0.56)* 1.1 ] =20.08.X Company must make a decision - whether to submit the bid price of 20.08 million USD, which seems competitive enough, or keep trying to reduce it by strengthening the other aspects of project management system, thus resources can be deployed even more effectively. By applying the construction project management effectiveness neural network model, managers of construction company can indicate how much importance each factor has for a particular project outcome, find the best possible arrangement of construction management effectiveness factors and examine the construction cost variation tendencies.6. ConclusionsThe paper presents a new methodology for construction project management effectiveness modelling by applying artificial neural networks. The approach of artificial neural networks allows the CPMEM to be built and to determine the key determinants from a host of possible management factors that affect project effectiveness in terms of construction cost variation. The historical data of project performance has been used to build the neural network model. A survey questionnaire was distributed to construction management companies in Lithuania and the USA. Twelve key determinants factors that influence project management effectiveness were identified covering areas related to the project manager, project team, project planning, organization and control.The established neural network model can be used during the competitive bidding process to evaluate management risk of a construction project and predict construction cost variation. The model allows the construction project managers to focus on the key success factors and reduce the level of construction risk. The model can serve as a framework for further development of construction management decision support systems.译文建设工程项目管理的预测功效:用于决策支持工具竞争性招标1.介绍建设项目在竞争激烈的市场环境风险的情况下交付。
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本科毕业设计外文文献及译文文献、资料题目:Changing roles of the clientsArchitects and contractorsThrough BIM文献、资料来源:Engineering, Construction, Archi-tectual Management文献、资料发表(出版)日期:2010.2院(部):管理工程学院专业:班级:姓名:学号:指导教师:翻译日期:2012.6.3外文文献:Changing roles of the clients,architects and contractors through BIMRizal SebastianTNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Delft, The NetherlandsAbstractPurpose– This paper aims to present a general review of the practical implications of building information modelling (BIM) based on literature and case studies. It seeks to address the necessity for applying BIM and re-organising the processes and roles in hospital building projects. This type of project is complex due to complicated functional and technical requirements, decision making involving a large number of stakeholders, and long-term development processes. Design/methodology/approach– Through desk research and referring to the ongoing European research project InPro, the framework for integrated collaboration and the use of BIM are analysed. Through several real cases, the changing roles of clients, architects, and contractors through BIM application are investigated.Findings–One of the main findings is the identification of the main factors for a successful collaboration using BIM, which can be recognised as “POWER”: product information sharing (P),organisational roles synergy (O), work processes coordination (W), environment for teamwork (E), and reference data consolidation (R). Furthermore, it is also found that the implementation of BIM in hospital building projects is still limited due to certain commercial and legal barriers, as well as the fact that integrated collaboration has not yet been embedded in the real estate strategies of healthcare institutions.Originality/value– This paper contributes to the actual discussion in science and practice on the changing roles and processes that are required to develop and operate sustainable buildings with the support of integrated ICT frameworks and tools. It presents the state-of-the-art of European research projects and some of the first real cases of BIM application in hospital building projects. Keywords Europe, Hospitals, The Netherlands, Construction works, Response flexibility, Project planningPaper type General review1. IntroductionHospital building projects, are of key importance, and involve significant investment, and usually take a long-term development period. Hospital building projects are also very complex due to the complicated requirements regarding hygiene, safety, special equipments, and handling of a large amount of data. The building process is very dynamic and comprises iterative phases and intermediate changes. Many actors with shifting agendas, roles and responsibilities are actively involved, such as: the healthcare institutions, national and local governments, project developers, financial institutions, architects, contractors, advisors, facility managers, and equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Such building projects are very much influenced, by the healthcare policy, which changes rapidly in response to the medical, societal and technological developments, and varies greatly between countries (World Health Organization, 2000). In The Netherlands, for example, the way a building project in the healthcare sector is organised is undergoing a major reform due to a fundamental change in the Dutch health policy that was introduced in 2008.The rapidly changing context posts a need for a building with flexibility over its lifecycle. In order to incorporate life-cycle considerations in the building design, construction technique, and facility management strategy, a multidisciplinary collaboration is required. Despite the attempt for establishing integrated collaboration, healthcare building projects still faces serious problems in practice, such as: budget overrun, delay, and sub-optimal quality in terms of flexibility, end-user’s dissatisfaction, and energy inef ficiency. It is evident that the lack of communication and coordination between the actors involved in the different phases of a building project is among the most important reasons behind these problems. The communication between different stakeholders becomes critical, as each stakeholder possesses different set of skills. As a result, the processes for extraction, interpretation, and communication of complex design information from drawings and documents are often time-consuming and difficult. Advanced visualisation technologies, like 4D planning have tremendous potential to increase the communication efficiency and interpretation ability of the project team members. However, their use as an effective communication tool is still limited and not fully explored (Dawood and Sikka, 2008). There are also other barriers in the information transfer and integration, for instance: many existing ICT systems do not support the openness of the data and structure that is prerequisite foran effective collaboration between different building actors or disciplines.Building information modelling (BIM) offers an integrated solution to the previously mentioned problems. Therefore, BIM is increasingly used as an ICT support in complex building projects. An effective multidisciplinary collaboration supported by an optimal use of BIM require changing roles of the clients, architects, and contractors; new contractual relationships; and re-organised collaborative processes. Unfortunately, there are still gaps in the practical knowledge on how to manage the building actors to collaborate effectively in their changing roles, and to develop and utilise BIM as an optimal ICT support of the collaboration.This paper presents a general review of the practical implications of building information modelling (BIM) based on literature review and case studies. In the next sections, based on literature and recent findings from European research project InPro, the framework for integrated collaboration and the use of BIM are analysed. Subsequently, through the observation of two ongoing pilot projects in The Netherlands, the changing roles of clients, architects, and contractors through BIM application are investigated. In conclusion, the critical success factors as well as the main barriers of a successful integrated collaboration using BIM are identified.2. Changing roles through integrated collaboration and life-cycle design approachesA hospital building project involves various actors, roles, and knowledge domains. In The Netherlands, the changing roles of clients, architects, and contractors in hospital building projects are inevitable due the new healthcare policy. Previously under the Healthcare Institutions Act (WTZi), healthcare institutions were required to obtain both a license and a building permit for new construction projects and major renovations. The permit was issued by the Dutch Ministry of Health. The healthcare institutions were then eligible to receive financial support from the government. Since 2008, new legislation on the management of hospital building projects and real estate has come into force. In this new legislation, a permit for hospital building project under the WTZi is no longer obligatory, nor obtainable (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, 2008). This change allows more freedom from the state-directed policy, and respectively, allocates more responsibilities to the healthcare organisations to deal with the financing and management of their real estate. The new policy implies that the healthcare institutions are fully responsible to manage and finance their building projects and real estate. The government’s support for the costs of healthcare facilities will no longer be given separately, but will beincluded in the fee for healthcare services. This means that healthcare institutions must earn back their investment on real estate through their services. This new policy intends to stimulate sustainable innovations in the design, procurement and management of healthcare buildings, which will contribute to effective and efficient primary healthcare services.The new strategy for building projects and real estate management endorses an integrated collaboration approach. In order to assure the sustainability during construction, use, and maintenance, the end-users, facility managers, contractors and specialist contractors need to be involved in the planning and design processes. The implications of the new strategy are reflected in the changing roles of the building actors and in the new procurement method.In the traditional procurement method, the design, and its details, are developed by the architect, and design engineers. Then, the client (the healthcare institution) sends an application to the Ministry of Health to obtain an approval on the building permit and the financial support from the government. Following this, a contractor is selected through a tender process that emphasises the search for the lowest-price bidder. During the construction period, changes often take place due to constructability problems of the design and new requirements from the client. Because of the high level of technical complexity, and moreover, decision-making complexities, the whole process from initiation until delivery of a hospital building project can take up to ten years time. After the delivery, the healthcare institution is fully in charge of the operation of the facilities. Redesigns and changes also take place in the use phase to cope with new functions and developments in the medical world (van Reedt Dortland, 2009).The integrated procurement pictures a new contractual relationship between the parties involved in a building project. Instead of a relationship between the client and architect for design, and the client and contractor for construction, in an integrated procurement the client only holds a contractual relationship with the main party that is responsible for both design and construction ( Joint Contracts Tribunal, 2007). The traditional borders between tasks and occupational groups become blurred since architects, consulting firms, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers all stand on the supply side in the building process while the client on the demand side. Such configuration puts the architect, engineer and contractor in a very different position that influences not only their roles, but also their responsibilities, tasks and communication with the client, the users, the team and other stakeholders.The transition from traditional to integrated procurement method requires a shift of mindset of the parties on both the demand and supply sides. It is essential for the client and contractor to have a fair and open collaboration in which both can optimally use their competencies. The effectiveness of integrated collaboration is also determined by the client’s capacity and strategy to organize innovative tendering procedures (Sebastian et al., 2009).A new challenge emerges in case of positioning an architect in a partnership with the contractor instead of with the client. In case of the architect enters a partnership with the contractor, an important issues is how to ensure the realisation of the architectural values as well as innovative engineering through an efficient construction process. In another case, the architect can stand at the client’s side in a strategic advisory role instead of being the designer. In this case, the architect’s responsibility is translating client’s requirements and wishes into the architectural values to be included in the design specification, and evaluating the contractor’s pr oposal against this. In any of this new role, the architect holds the responsibilities as stakeholder interest facilitator, custodian of customer value and custodian of design models.The transition from traditional to integrated procurement method also brings consequences in the payment schemes. In the traditional building process, the honorarium for the architect is usually based on a percentage of the project costs; this may simply mean that the more expensive the building is, the higher the honorarium will be. The engineer receives the honorarium based on the complexity of the design and the intensity of the assignment. A highly complex building, which takes a number of redesigns, is usually favourable for the engineers in terms of honorarium.A traditional contractor usually receives the commission based on the tender to construct the building at the lowest price by meeting the minimum specifications given by the client. Extra work due to modifications is charged separately to the client. After the delivery, the contractor is no longer responsible for the long-term use of the building. In the traditional procurement method, all risks are placed with the client.In integrated procurement method, the payment is based on the achieved building performance; thus, the payment is non-adversarial. Since the architect, engineer and contractor have a wider responsibility on the quality of the design and the building, the payment is linked to a measurement system of the functional and technical performance of the building over a certain period of time. The honorarium becomes an incentive to achieve the optimal quality. If thebuilding actors succeed to deliver a higher added-value that exceed the minimum client’s requirements, they will receive a bonus in accordance t o the client’s extra gain. The level of transparency is also improved. Open book accounting is an excellent instrument provided that the stakeholders agree on the information to be shared and to its level of detail (InPro, 2009).Next to the adoption of integrated procurement method, the new real estate strategy for hospital building projects addresses an innovative product development and life-cycle design approaches. A sustainable business case for the investment and exploitation of hospital buildings relies on dynamic life-cycle management that includes considerations and analysis of the market development over time next to the building life-cycle costs (investment/initial cost, operational cost, and logistic cost). Compared to the conventional life-cycle costing method, the dynamic life-cycle management encompasses a shift from focusing only on minimizing the costs to focusing on maximizing the total benefit that can be gained. One of the determining factors for a successful implementation of dynamic life-cycle management is the sustainable design of the building and building components, which means that the design carries sufficient flexibility to accommodate possible changes in the long term (Prins, 1992).Designing based on the principles of life-cycle management affects the role of the architect, as he needs to be well informed about the usage scenarios and related financial arrangements, the changing social and physical environments, and new technologies. Design needs to integrate people activities and business strategies over time. In this context, the architect is required to align the design strategies with the organisational, local and global policies on finance, business operations, health and safety, environment, etc. (Sebastian et al., 2009).The combination of process and product innovation, and the changing roles of the building actors can be accommodated by integrated project delivery or IPD (AIA California Council, 2007). IPD is an approach that integrates people, systems, business structures and practices into a process that collaboratively harnesses the talents and insights of all participants to reduce waste and optimize efficiency through all phases of design, fabrication and construction. IPD principles can be applied to a variety of contractual arrangements. IPD teams will usually include members well beyond the basic triad of client, architect, and contractor. At a minimum, though, an Integrated Project should include a tight collaboration between the client, the architect, and the main contractor ultimately responsible for construction of the project, from the early design untilthe project handover. The key to a successful IPD is assembling a team that is committed to collaborative processes and is capable of working together effectively. IPD is built on collaboration. As a result, it can only be successful if the participants share and apply common values and goals.3. Changing roles through BIM applicationBuilding information model (BIM) comprises ICT frameworks and tools that can support the integrated collaboration based on life-cycle design approach. BIM is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its lifecycle from inception onward (National Institute of Building Sciences NIBS, 2007). BIM facilitates time and place independent collaborative working. A basic premise of BIM is collaboration by different stakeholders at different phases of the life cycle of a facility to insert, extract, update or modify information in the BIM to support and reflect the roles of that stakeholder. BIM in its ultimate form, as a shared digital representation founded on open standards for interoperability, can become a virtual information model to be handed from the design team to the contractor and subcontractors and then to the client (Sebastian et al., 2009).BIM is not the same as the earlier known computer aided design (CAD). BIM goes further than an application to generate digital (2D or 3D) drawings (Bratton, 2009). BIM is an integrated model in which all process and product information is combined, stored, elaborated, and interactively distributed to all relevant building actors. As a central model for all involved actors throughout the project lifecycle, BIM develops and evolves as the project progresses. Using BIM, the proposed design and engineering solutions can be measured against the client’s requirements and expected building performance. The functionalities of BIM to support the design process extend to multidimensional (nD), including: three-dimensional visualisation and detailing, clash detection, material schedule, planning, cost estimate, production and logistic information, and as-built documents. During the construction process, BIM can support the communication between the building site, the factory and the design office– which is crucial for an effective and efficient prefabrication and assembly processes as well as to prevent or solve problems related to unforeseen errors or modifications. When the building is in use, BIM can be used in combination with the intelligent building systems to provide and maintain up-to-date information of thebuilding performance, including the life-cycle cost.To unleash the full potential of more efficient information exchange in the AEC/FM industry in collaborative working using BIM, both high quality open international standards and high quality implementations of these standards must be in place. The IFC open standard is generally agreed to be of high quality and is widely implemented in software. Unfortunately, the certification process allows poor quality implementations to be certified and essentially renders the certified software useless for any practical usage with IFC. IFC compliant BIM is actually used less than manual drafting for architects and contractors, and show about the same usage for engineers. A recent survey shows that CAD (as a closed-system) is still the major form of technique used in design work (over 60 per cent) while BIM is used in around 20 percent of projects for architects and in around 10 per cent of projects for engineers and contractors (Kiviniemi et al., 2008).The application of BIM to support an optimal cross-disciplinary and cross-phase collaboration opens a new dimension in the roles and relationships between the building actors. Several most relevant issues are: the new role of a model manager; the agreement on the access right and Intellectual Property Right (IPR); the liability and payment arrangement according to the type of contract and in relation to the integrated procurement; and the use of open international standards.Collaborative working using BIM demands a new expert role of a model manager who possesses ICT as well as construction process know-how (InPro, 2009). The model manager deals with the system as well as with the actors. He provides and maintains technological solutions required for BIM functionalities, manages the information flow, and improves the ICT skills of the stakeholders. The model manager does not take decisions on design and engineering solutions, nor the organisational processes, but his roles in the chain of decision making are focused on:●the development of BIM, the definition of the structure and detail level of the model, and thedeployment of relevant BIM tools, such as for models checking, merging, and clash detections;●the contribution to collaboration methods, especially decision making and communicationprotocols, task planning, and risk management;and the management of information, in terms of data flow and storage, identification of communication errors, and decision or process (re-)tracking.Regarding the legal and organisational issues, one of the actual question s is: “In what way does the intellectual property right (IPR) in collaborative working using BIM differ from the IPR in a traditional teamwork?”. In terms of combined work, the IPR of each element is attached to its creator. Although it seems to be a fully integrated design, BIM actually resulted from a combination of works/elements; for instance: the outline of the building design, is created by the architect, the design for the electrical system, is created by the electrical contractor, etc. Thus, in case of BIM as a combined work, the IPR is similar to traditional teamwork. Working with BIM with authorship registration functionalities may actually make it easier to keep track of the IPR(Chao-Duivis, 2009).How does collaborative working, using BIM, effect the contractual relationship? On the one hand, collaborative working using BIM does not necessarily change the liability position in the contract nor does it obligate an alliance contract. The General Principles of BIM Addendum confirms: ‘This does not ef fectuate or require a restructuring of contractual relationships or shifting of risks between or among the Project Participants other than as specifically required per the Protocol Addendum and its Attachments’ (ConsensusDOCS, 2008). On the other hand, changes in terms of payment schemes can be anticipated. Collaborative processes using BIM will lead to the shifting of activities from to the early design phase. Much, if not all, activities in the detailed engineering and specification phase will be done in the earlier phases. It means that significant payment for the engineering phase, which may count up to 40 per cent of the design cost, can no longer be expected. As engineering work is done concurrently with the design, a new proportion of the payment in the early design phase is necessary(Chao-Duivis, 2009).4. Review of ongoing hospital building projects using BIMIn The Netherlands, the changing roles in hospital building projects are part of the strategy, which aims at achieving a sustainable real estate in response to the changing healthcare policy. Referring to literature and previous research, the main factors that influence the success of the changing roles can be concluded as: the implementation of an integrated procurement method and a life-cycle design approach for a sustainable collaborative process; the agreement on the BIM structure and the intellectual rights; and the integration of the role of a model manager. Thepreceding sections have discussed the conceptual thinking on how to deal with these factors effectively. This current section observes two actual projects and compares the actual practice with the conceptual view respectively.The main issues, which are observed in the case studies, are:●the selected procurement method and the roles of the involved parties within this method;●the implementation of the life-cycle design approach;●the type, structure, and functionalities of BIM used in the project;●the openness in data sharing and transfer of the model, and the intended use of BIM in thefuture; and●the roles and tasks of the model manager.The pilot experience of hospital building projects using BIM in the Netherlands can be observed at University Medical Centre St Radboud (further referred as UMC) and Maxima Medical Centre (further referred as MMC). At UMC, the new building project for the Faculty of Dentistry in the city of Nijmegen has been dedicated as a BIM pilot project. At MMC, BIM is used in designing new buildings for Medical Simulation and Mother-and-Child Centre in the city of Veldhoven.The first case is a project at the University Medical Centre (UMC) St Radboud. UMC is more than just a hospital. UMC combines medical services, education and research. More than 8500 staff and 3000 students work at UMC. As a part of the innovative real estate strategy, UMC has considered to use BIM for its building projects. The new development of the Faculty of Dentistry and the surrounding buildings on the Kapittelweg in Nijmegen has been chosen as a pilot project to gather practical knowledge and experience on collaborative processes with BIM support.The main ambition to be achieved through the use of BIM in the building projects at UMC can be summarised as follows:●using 3D visualisation to enhance the coordination and communication among the buildingactors, and the user participation in design;●facilitating optimal information accessibility and exchange for a high●consistency of the drawings and documents across disciplines and phases;●integrating the architectural design with structural analysis, energy analysis, cost estimation,and planning;●interactively evaluating the design solutions against the programme of requirements andspecifications;●reducing redesign/remake costs through clash detection during the design process; and●optimising the management of the facility through the registration of medical installationsand equipments, fixed and flexible furniture, product and output specifications, and operational data.The second case is a project at the Maxima Medical Centre (MMC). MMC is a large hospital resulted from a merger between the Diaconessenhuis in Eindhoven and St Joseph Hospital in Veldhoven. Annually the 3,400 staff of MMC provides medical services to more than 450,000 visitors and patients. A large-scaled extension project of the hospital in Veldhoven is a part of its real estate strategy. A medical simulation centre and a women-and-children medical centre are among the most important new facilities within this extension project. The design has been developed using 3D modelling with several functionalities of BIM.The findings from both cases and the analysis are as follows. Both UMC and MMC opted for a traditional procurement method in which the client directly contracted an architect, a structural engineer, and a mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) consultant in the design team. Once the design and detailed specifications are finished, a tender procedure will follow to select a contractor. Despite the choice for this traditional method, many attempts have been made for a closer and more effective multidisciplinary collaboration. UMC dedicated a relatively long preparation phase with the architect, structural engineer and MEP consultant before the design commenced. This preparation phase was aimed at creating a common vision on the optimal way for collaboration using BIM as an ICT support. Some results of this preparation phase are: a document that defines the common ambition for the project and the collaborative working process and a semi-formal agreement that states the commitment of the building actors for collaboration. Other than UMC, MMC selected an architecture firm with an in-house engineering department. Thus, the collaboration between the architect and structural engineer can take place within the same firm using the same software application.Regarding the life-cycle design approach, the main attention is given on life-cycle costs, maintenance needs, and facility management. Using BIM, both hospitals intend to get a much。