Assessment and Visualization of Interactions between Project Stakeholders in a Group Decision Environment
Publication: Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
ABSTRACT
Complex construction projects involve numerous interdependent stakeholders in close collaboration. Early detection of overloaded interfaces and unhealthy relationships between project stakeholders create the opportunity to address the potential overall project health problems. To identify unhealthy relationships and overloaded interfaces between project stakeholders in complex construction projects, new methods that also include perspectives of various project stakeholders are needed in addition to the existing conventional project management methods. In this paper, a new framework for assessment and visualization of interface health and workload conditions of stakeholder interactions in a group decision environment is introduced. Wide-ranging degrees of automation for implementing the framework are feasible and are discussed. The functionality of the proposed framework was demonstrated in an industrial rail line project located in North America. The contributions of this paper provide foundational material for further research in interface health and workload assessment in complex construction projects.
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Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
Pages: 79 - 86
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Published online: Jan 25, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Automation and robotics
- Business management
- Computer vision and image processing
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Construction materials
- Construction methods
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Management methods
- Materials engineering
- Methodology (by type)
- Overloads
- Practice and Profession
- Project management
- Static loads
- Statics (mechanics)
- Systems engineering
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