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INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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Masayuki Takata , Eiji Arai 2 and Junichi Yagi 3
1 Information Processing Center, The Univ. of Electro-Communications
Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
2 Department of Manufacturing Science, Osaka University
Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
3 Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8530, Japan

ABSTRACT

This paper describes an implementation of an Integrated Construction Process Management Sys-
tem, which includes both manufacturing process management features for building parts and also
construction progress management features at construction site. To monitor the flow of the build-
ing parts, RFIDs are stuck to all of the parts to be managed, and several checkpoints, which
we named "gates", are introduced within the coherent process through part-manufacturing plant
line, logistic processes and building construction processes. By means of this, building parts can
be tracked certainly, and anyone can know the status and the location of building parts at that
instant.

KEYWORDS

integrated process management system, part-manufacturing process management, building con-
struction process management, intensive data management system

1 INTRODUCTION

This paper describes an implementation of the integrated construction process management system,
which includes manufacturing process management features for building materials, and construc-
tion process management features at construction site. Recently, RFIDs are getting popular in
logistics and manufacturing industries. The process management system for building construc-
tion and building materials manufacturing must cover these two aspects, and the use of RFIDs in
construction industries will make the trace-ability of the building materials more accurate. The
system we aimed enables efficient project management and diminish the loss in the construction,
by providing all information of the both material manufacturing and building construction to all
of material designing, material manufacturing, building designing and building construction sites.