KNOWLEDGE AREAS FOR TRAINING JUNIOR CIVIL ENGINEERS IN OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TASKS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Smadar Shilony ◽  
Yehiel Rosenfeld ◽  
Eitan Goldschmidt ◽  
Shraga Shoval
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
External Monitoring ◽  
Join Construction

After leaving university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, many graduates join construction companies in key roles such as operations engineer or project manager. Junior engineers often acquire the knowledge they need through mentorship by experienced engineers. Their knowledge is acquired on-the-job, according to the requirements of whatever projects are underway when they begin their employment. This study introduces the required areas of knowledge, with the goal of integrating junior engineers efficiently and effectively into the construction industry. The study found that the knowledge acquired by a graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering does not match the knowledge required for engineers working in management and operations roles. In addition, the process of learning and filling in knowledge gaps often takes place on-the-job, or immediately before beginning a new project, without any external monitoring of the content or quality of the knowledge acquired. Although the various topics were defined by the engineers as important to their work, the findings indicate that both experienced engineers and young engineers need to fill in their knowledge gaps in critical various fields. This study highlights the need to build a comprehensive, standardized training program for all young engineers entering the workforce in construction management in order to fill in the knowledge gap and provide them with the tools to integrate properly in construction companies.

Implementation of Digital Technologies Into the Educational Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 385-391
Author(s):  
Eva Panulinova ◽  
Slavka Harabinova ◽  
Renata Baskova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Planning Implementation

Revolutionary changes in society are linked to digital technologies and affect all areas of social life, not excluding construction industry. This requires not only knowledge reform, but above all skills reform. The current demand of practice is to increase the knowledge and competences of graduates of civil engineering faculties in the field of introduction and use of digital technologies in the process of planning, implementation, and maintenance of buildings, as well as to support the skills development of civil engineers in teamwork while using BIM technologies. The presented, currently implemented project contributes to meeting the above-described Practice Needs. The expected direct impact of the project is to increase the competitiveness, employability, and quality of life of graduates entering practice.

Greek Construction Project Managers' Cognitive Abilities, Personality and Knowledge

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios N. Aretoulis ◽  
Christoforos H. Triantafyllidis
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
International Management ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The tasks performed by a project manager are of special importance to the well being and economic prosperity of construction companies. This paper is aiming at defining the Greek project managers' dominant cognitive abilities, personality characteristics, skills and knowledge. An effort is made to identify available attributes associated with successful management performance and career development. The survey was conducted based on a structured questionnaire. The effort led to 102 responses, originating from engineers and construction professionals, throughout the Greek Construction Industry, including Public-Work Authorities. The questionnaire was based on international management literature and interviews. The study discusses the results of the survey and provides a comparison with those attributes identified in the international literature and correlates the participants' profile with their responses.

Level of visualization support for project communication in the Turkish construction industry: A quality function deployment approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasemin Nielsen ◽  
Bilge Erdogan
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Quality Function ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Visualization Tools ◽  
Types Of Information

Quality of communication is a key factor in the success of construction projects. Visualization technologies can play an important role in improving the quality of data by improving human comprehension and increasing the depth of the information delivered. Visualization has for some time been identified as one of the major technology themes allowing development of construction processes. However, visualization has not been embraced as a strategic tool by construction companies, and they generally fail to take full advantage of available visualization tools. This paper aims to evaluate the extent of visualization as a communication tool in the construction industry and to determine potential benefits to be gained through implementation of visualization. The current state of the use of visualization for communication in Turkish architecture, engineering, and construction companies is mapped through surveys and interviews. Information flow contents and types are analysed to determine the types of information in the construction process that may benefit from visual representation. According to the priorities of the expectations ranked by the users and the potential of different visualization tools, the level of visualization required for each data flow is determined by a quality function deployment (QFD) based approach.Key words: visualization, construction, visual communication, quality.

scholarly journals Civil Engineering Construction Management Based on BIM Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Qiaolan, Zhang Bin
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dynamic Mode ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Efficient Construction

The application of BIM Technology in civil engineering construction is one of the important trends of the innovation and development of the current construction market and the realization of efficient construction. Through the application of BIM Technology in civil engineering, the whole process of engineering construction can be monitored and managed, the whole civil engineering construction level can be improved, and the quality of engineering construction can be met. In this paper, through the application of BIM Technology in the construction management of construction engineering, the information technology means, visual characteristics and dynamic mode strengthening project management model based on itself are studied. In this paper, through the three-dimensional technical means to build the model, strengthen the systematic supervision of the construction project. The experimental results show that the model can better guarantee the construction completion on schedule, improve the construction quality and reduce the construction cost.

scholarly journals Research on the Establishment of Construction Management System Caused by Environmental Change in the Construction Industry -Based on the Case of Samsung Construction-

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (0) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Sang Moon Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Short Period ◽  
New City

Our country's construction industry has rapidly accomplished quantitative growth in short period of time through Middle Eastern construction market in 1970's, the construction market of Southeast Asia in 1980's, and prosperity in domestic construction market including two million housing construction and the building of new city, etc. However, construction companies have followed the technology from advanced countries upon concentrating on quantitative growth, while they have disregarded qualitative growth for the 21st century such as research on construction skill, construction development, and overall management in construction, etc.

scholarly journals Analysis of the innovation of construction technology in Civil Engineering

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Xuliang Zhuang ◽  
Wenzhong Liu ◽  
Bing Liang ◽  
Xuan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Construction Company ◽  
The Social

With the development of our country's economy and society, the level of science and technology is constantly improving, and the construction industry is also booming. The construction technology has greatly affected the quality of civil engineering. Due to the rapid development of social economy, people's economic level and living standards have greatly improved. Therefore, people's requirements for the quality of civil engineering are getting higher and higher. Therefore, the construction company must continuously improve and innovate the civil engineering construction technology, and improve the quality of the construction project to meet the social needs.

Detection and Control of Building Materials Quality

2013 ◽  
Vol 791-793 ◽  
pp. 490-492
Author(s):  
Xiao Lin Dong ◽  
Dong Nan Han
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Material Basis ◽  
Control Work ◽  
And Control

Along with the high-speed development of China's construction industry, building materials as the material basis of civil engineering construction, the quality of building materials is directly related to the quality of construction projects, so the good building materials quality, particularly important to detect and control work. In this paper, combined with the author's working practice, discusses how to do detection and control the quality of building materials should pay attention to the problem.

scholarly journals Wpływ uczestników procesu inwestycyjno-budowlanego na jego jakość

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-386
Author(s):  
Jarosław Górecki ◽  
Jadwiga Bizon-Górecka ◽  
Przemysław Nadolny
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Technical Specification ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Construction Law ◽  
Construction Works

The article indicates that a role and tasks of particular participants of construction projects vary depending on the phase of construction production. The influence of individual entities on the quality of construction production is also diversified. The results of the questionnaire survey conducted among 64 employees of construction companies involved in the implementation of construction projects were presented. They show the opinions of respondents representing the construction industry about a role of participants of the construction process in maintaining the proper quality of construction works. Their impact on the compliance of construction processes with applicable legal regulations was emphasized. The declarations may cover PN/EN standards, Polish construction law, technical specification of performance and acceptance of construction works and other formal and legal requirements and construction production standards.

scholarly journals Measures to strengthen engineering quality supervision in construction management

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaomin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
High Level ◽  
Relevant Work ◽  
Development Prospects

With the continuous advancement of China's urbanization process, the demand for construction projects is increasing, which is both an opportunity and a challenge for construction companies. If the enterprises themselves can grasp the background and policy conditions to maintain a high level of construction engineering, then its enterprise benefits and future development prospects will be excellent. However, there are also many companies whose own reputation and actual benefits have been affected for poor engineering quality caused by poor construction management. This is exactly what we must pay attention to. This article will analyse and explore the relevant work to improve the engineering quality of different phases of engineering construction and to guide the management of the construction unit in the future from the perspective of the construction unit to strengthen the project quality supervision.

scholarly journals Quality control approach for civil engineering construction

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danyang Su ◽  
Meng Li
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Construction Quality ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
Main Factors

Abstract: In recent years, along with the continuous development and progress of society, the process of urbanization has been accelerating. At the same time, the scale of production of construction companies has also been continuously expanded. Civil engineering is an important component of construction engineering. The quality of civil engineering construction directly affects the image and development of construction companies. Therefore, we should focus on strengthening the control of the quality of civil engineering construction to ensure that the company is moving in a better direction. The author explores and analyzes the main factors affecting the construction quality of civil engineering, and puts forward an effective way to control the quality of civil engineering construction to improve the construction quality of civil engineering.

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