Developing an activity-based knowledge management system for contractors
Resource
Automation in Construction 13,781-802
Journal
Automation in Construction 13
Pages
781-802
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
Lin, Yu-Cheng
DOI
246246/2006111501244247
Abstract
Knowledge Management (KM) has become an important term in the IT industry. Knowledge management involves creating, securing, capturing, coordinating, combining, retrieving & distributing knowledge. Most know-what, know-how & experience exist only in the minds of individual participants during the construction phase of construction projects. The knowledge can be reused & shared among the engineers & experts involved who participate in projects in order to improve the construction process & reduce the time & cost of solving problems. Sharing & reusing knowledge depends on acquiring & preserving both tacit knowledge & explicit knowledge as the property of a corporation. Effectively using information & web technologies during the construction phase of a project enables knowledge to be captured & managed to the benefit of future projects. This study addresses application of knowledge management to construction projects in the construction phase & proposes a Construction Activity-Based Knowledge Management (ConABKM) concept & system for general contractors. This paper proposes the concept of integrating IDEF (Integrated DEFinition function modeling) modeling methods & provides a prototype used for designing construction knowledge management systems. The ConABKM system is then applied in a case study of a highway construction project; the results demonstrate the effectiveness of sharing knowledge in the construction phase. The combined results demonstrate that by utilizing the latest web technology, knowledge exchange & storage concepts & modes of implementation, a ConABKM system is an effective tool for all experts & engineers participating in the construction phase of a project.
Subjects
Project management
Knowledge management
Information technology
IDEF
Type
journal article
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