Collaborative tool for the construction site to enhance lean project delivery

Abstract

Efficient construction management is highly depending on respective persons in charge and their ability to steer the inherent complex flow of information. A lack of standardized short-term task scheduling and monitoring routines as well as not fully reached potentials of digital aids have been identified by authors. Both short-comings are tackled in this paper introducing a location-based scheduling and monitoring concept, which has been implemented in an interactive Dashboard application for the construction site. A tiered Location-based Management System (LBMS) methodology, which incorporates process monitoring on the lowest measureable level have been introduced. The Dashboard application can be used by different stakeholders of a construction project to monitor the work performance, progress and productivity on a daily basis. In Dashboard, KPIs like PAR, PPC, RNC as well as generic parameters describing progress, delays and economic losses have been included. This application aims to improve productivity, collaboration between project participants as well provide tailored information to the user. To reach this goal the following methods and technologies have been adopted: LBMS, Tiered Structure methodology and BIM.