Knowledge management tools: adaption in construction management practices

Author

Al-Gahtani, Khalid ; Ghani, Syed Raiyan

Author_Institution

Civil Eng. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2010

fDate

March 30 2010-April 1 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The paper presents knowledge management (KM) benefits to construction industry organizations and projects related to it. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a concept of knowledge management based models for construction projects. Paper consists of three parts. In the first part the concept of knowledge management in construction is discussed. In the second part different knowledge management models presented in scientific literature are discussed and compared with new developed models. In the third part, the architecture of Knowledge Based Decision Support System (KBDSS) for Construction Projects Management has been discussed and in addition to it a Multiply Criteria Analysis Method COPRAS application for construction decisions support has been discussed. The paper also converses the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) which is used for analysis and problem solving complex and unmanageable situations in construction projects.

Keywords

construction industry; decision support systems; knowledge management; production engineering computing; project management; COPRAS application; construction industry organizations; construction project management; knowledge management tools; knowledge-based decision support system; multiply criteria analysis method; soft systems methodology; Knowledge management (KM), Construction management (CM), Knowledge based decision support system, COPRAS, Soft System Methodology (SSM).;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Systems Management and Its Applications (ICESMA), 2010 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sharjah

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6520-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-9948-427-14-8

Type

conf

Filename

5700034