scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERSUASION IN BIM-FM INTEGRATION AT THE EARLY PHASE OF A BIM PROJECT

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (24) ◽  
pp. 70-78
Author(s):  
Erni Yusnida Ariffin ◽  
Nur Emma Mustafa ◽  
Maimunah Sapri
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Innovation Characteristics ◽  
Project Life

Traditionally, Facility Managers (FM) have often been handed over large numbers of files (hard and soft copies) consisting of among others drawings, specifications, operation and maintenance manuals together with product data sheets in order for them to carry out their tasks in managing facilities. This practice may indicate that information exchange between the AEC and FM phases is still fragmented. The FM phase of the construction project life cycle remains the most disconnected from the rest of the cycle. Therefore, the integration of FM at the early phase of BIM project is expected to fully engage BIM technology and bring potential significant value to assets and estates. This paper is part of a research that aims to identify the influence of knowledge and persuasion on deciding whether to adopt or reject BIM-FM integration at the early phase of BIM. Rogers' Theory of Diffusion of Innovation (DoI) has been applied to support the formation of the conceptual framework. Connecting the organisational characteristics associated with adoption innovation literature with the factors influencing the integration process (innovation characteristics, adopter characteristics, internal and external environment characteristics) brings interesting research potential that is not commonly investigated. This paper aims to have a relatively comprehensive view of the factors that can influence the adoption or rejection of BIM-FM integration at the early stage of the decision phase.

scholarly journals SELECTION OF FACADE'S ALTERNATIVES OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS BASED ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA / KOMERCINĖS IR VIEŠOSIOS PASKIRTIES PASTATŲ FASADO ALTERNATYVŲ DAUGIAKRITERINĖ ATRANKA

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Šaparauskas ◽  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Zenonas Turskis
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Building Facades ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Total Investment ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Selection Of

An appropriate mechanism for supporting design management practices at an early stage of project is crucial in terms of adding value over scope, time and total investment strategic decisions. The clients are not only interested in value for money in relation to the investment in project development but costs associated in operation and maintenance over project life cycle as well. These criteria make possible to evaluate design solutions which can be characterized by quantitative and qualitative criteria which possibly have different weight, dimension and direction of optimization (maximisation or minimization). The purpose of this article – is to compare different designs of building or its structure and to select the best alternative using criteria of optimality. Case study is demonstrated by selecting the best facade system to cover the building. For this purpose four alternatives of building facades are under consideration. Two criteria (out of three) indicate that for the case study the most preferable facade‘s alternative is gas silicate masonry, covered by Rockwool and “Minerit” facade plates. Santrauka Tinkamas sprendimų priėmimo mechanizmas projektuojant pastatą yra labai svarbus priimant strateginius investicijų sprendimus. Klientus yra suinteresuotas ne tik projekto įgyvendinimo kaina, bet ir eksploatavimo išlaidomis. Šio straipsnio tikslas – palyginti skirtingus pastato projektus arba konstrukcijas ir pagal tris optimalumo kriterijus parinkti geriausią alternatyvą. Šie trys kriterijai leidžia įvertinti projektinius sprendinius, kurie gali būti apibūdinami kiekybiniais ir kokybiniais rodikliais, turinčiais skirtingas dimensijas ir optimizavimo kryptį (maksimizavimas arba minimizavimas). Skaitiniame pavyzdyje demonstruojamas geriausios fasado sistemos parinkimas pastatui. Jame svarstomos keturios alternatyvos. Du kriterijai (iš trijų) rodo, kad šiam konkrečiam atvejui tinkamiausias yra fasadas, sumūrytas iš dujų silikato blokelių, aptaisytų ,,Rockwool“ mineraline vata ir ,,Minerit“ fasado plokštėmis.

scholarly journals Early Phase Process Evaluation: Industrial Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulfan Adi Putra
Keyword(s):  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Process Synthesis ◽  
Process Route ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Functional Process ◽  
Phase Process

Process route evaluation is a part of research and development (R&D) works in an industrial chemical project life cycle. In this early phase, good process evaluation, including process synthesis and designs, provide guidance’s on the R&D project. The paper aimed to collect practical methods used in this early phase process route evaluation from author’s 10 years of industrial experiences.  The collected methods range from forward-backward process synthesis, functional process design, use of cost estimation, and applications of Monte Carlo simulation. Led by a good project management (e.g. via a stage-gate approach) use of these methods have shown beneficial results. Some important results are strong arguments on whether or not the project will continue, as well as relevant technical and economic issues identified during this early phase process synthesis and design. Later on, these issues become guidance’s to the follow-up project, if it is continued.

Early stage commercialization strategies: How did Prius family affect Toyota electric vehicle development?

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Majid A Dehkordi
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Innovation Studies ◽  
Vehicle Development ◽  
Green Vehicles

Although researches in the eco-friendly innovation studies have contributed much to technological development, a limited contribution has been made to the importance of structural concepts, strategic decisions and early stage marketing in the diffusion of innovation. The uniqueness of this research lies in its effort of exploring Toyota’s commercialization strategies for the first generation of its green vehicles, Prius Hybrid and RAV4 EV. Literature is reviewed from both historical and technological perspectives. The Roger’s Diffusion model was used and on the basis on this review, it has been argued that Toyota’s hybrid vehicle commercialization strategy affected this company’s electric vehicle development at least for a decade. The results fill a gap in the literature, particularly in Green vehicles research, development, and marketing.

Aplikasi Kuartu Berbasis Android Sebagai Media Pertukaran Informasi Kartu Nama

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Nandi Syukri ◽  
Eko Budi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Qr Code ◽  
Business Card ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Index Terms

Business Card is the most efficient, effective and appropriate tool for every business men no matter they are owners, employees, more over marketers to provide information about their businesses. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to bring and manage business card in large numbers also to remember the face of the business card owner. A Business Card application need to be built to solve all those issues mentioned above. The Application or software must be run in media which can be accessed anywhere and anytime such as smart phone. Kuartu is as business card application run in mobile devices. Kuartu is developed using object base modeling for mobile sub system. The platform of the mobile sub system is android, as it is the most widely used platform in the world. The Kuartu application utilizing NFC and QR Code technology to support the business card information exchange and the Chatting feature for communication. Based on the experiment and test using black box methodology, it can be concluded that Kuartu application makes business card owner to communicate each other easily, business card always carried, easy to manage the cards and information of the business card owner can be easily obtained. Index Terms— Business Card, Android, Kuartu, NFC, QrCode, Chatting.

scholarly journals Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the recovery of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by density gradient

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria D. I. Manunta ◽  
Giuseppe Lamorte ◽  
Francesca Ferrari ◽  
Elena Trombetta ◽  
Mario Tirone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Gradient ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Circulating Lymphocytes

AbstractSARS-CoV-2 virus infection is responsible for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is characterised by a hyperinflammatory response that plays a major role in determining the respiratory and immune-mediated complications of this condition. While isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from whole blood of COVID-19 patients by density gradient centrifugation, we noticed some changes in the floating properties and in the sedimentation of the cells on density medium. Investigating this further, we found that in early phase COVID-19 patients, characterised by reduced circulating lymphocytes and monocytes, the PBMC fraction contained surprisingly high levels of neutrophils. Furthermore, the neutrophil population exhibited alterations in the cell size and in the internal complexity, consistent with the presence of low density neutrophils (LDNs) and immature forms, which may explain the shift seen in the floating abilities and that may be predictive of the severity of the disease. The percentage of this subset of neutrophils found in the PBMC band was rather spread (35.4 ± 27.2%, with a median 28.8% and IQR 11.6–56.1, Welch’s t-test early phase COVID-19 versus blood donor healthy controls P < 0.0001). Results confirm the presence of an increased number of LDNs in patients with early stage COVID-19, which correlates with disease severity and may be recovered by centrifugation on a density gradient together with PBMCs.

scholarly journals Project Narratives That Potentially Perform and Change the Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 875697282199534
Author(s):  
Natalya Sergeeva ◽  
Graham M. Winch
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Future ◽  
Organizational Narrative ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Future Project

This article develops a framework for applying organizational narrative theory to understand project narratives that potentially perform and change the future. Project narratives are temporal but often get repeated throughout the project life cycle to stabilize meaning, and could be about project mission, vision, identity, value creation, and so forth. Project narratives have important implications for organizational identity and image crafting. This article differentiates among different types of project narratives in relation to a project life cycle, providing case studies of project narratives on three major UK rail projects. We then set out the future research agenda into project narrative work.

scholarly journals To Swab or Not to Swab? The Lesson Learned in Italy in the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 4042
Author(s):  
Paola Berchialla ◽  
Maria Teresa Giraudo ◽  
Carmen Fava ◽  
Andrea Ricotti ◽  
Giuseppe Saglio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Phase ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Daily Number ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
Serious Infections ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Epidemiological Link ◽  
Severe Respiratory Illness

Testing for the SARS-CoV-2 infection is critical for tracking the spread of the virus and controlling the transmission dynamics. In the early phase of the pandemic in Italy, the decentralized healthcare system allowed regions to adopt different testing strategies. The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of the extensive testing of symptomatic individuals and their contacts on the number of hospitalizations against a more stringent testing strategy limited to suspected cases with severe respiratory illness and an epidemiological link to a COVID-19 case. A Poisson regression modelling approach was adopted. In the first model developed, the cumulative daily number of positive cases and a temporal trend were considered as explanatory variables. In the second, the cumulative daily number of swabs was further added. The explanatory variable, given by the number of swabs over time, explained most of the observed differences in the number of hospitalizations between the two strategies. The percentage of the expected error dropped from 70% of the first, simpler model to 15%. Increasing testing to detect and isolate infected individuals in the early phase of an outbreak improves the capability to reduce the spread of serious infections, lessening the burden of hospitals.

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