U.S.-Switzerland Cooperative Research on Technology Strategies for Project Integration

9400332 Tatum该奖项支持C教授。B。斯坦福大学综合设施工程中心（CIFE）的Tatum教授与H. R.位于苏黎世的瑞士联邦理工学院建筑综合规划中心（CIPCON）的Schalcher等人说。 塔图姆教授是公认的领导者，在建筑工程中的创新和新技术的引进的评估，理解和建模。 这家瑞士集团最近开始了一项重大研究项目，旨在通过建筑过程中的综合规划和沟通来提高建筑项目的绩效。 他们正在计划在瑞士建造的一个大型商业综合体上测试这一点。此次合作为Tatum博士提供了一个独特的机会，通过将其应用于CIPCON项目，扩展和完善CIFE开发的新技术和组织结构。 改善建筑项目业绩的一个主要障碍是，职能专家在项目各个阶段的活动过于分散。 先进的信息技术可以帮助应对这一重大挑战，但人们对实施这种技术的过程知之甚少，而且这种努力往往不成功。 该项目将增加对有效利用新技术的方法的理解，以提高重要建筑行业的项目绩效。 美国对日本的研究给予了很大的关注，而对欧洲的研究相对较少。 在这个欧洲集团处于世界领先地位的领域，Tatum博士的参与将为欧洲的创新方法和在建筑业中引入新技术提供宝贵的见解。 ***

9400332 Tatum This award supports Professor C. B. Tatum of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) of Stanford University to collaborate with Professor H. R. Schalcher and others of the Center for Integrated Planning in Construction (CIPCON) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Professor Tatum is a recognized leader in the evaluation, understanding and modeling of innovation and the introduction of new technology in construction engineering. The Swiss group recently began a major research project to improve construction project performance through integrated planning and communication in the building process. They are testing this on a major commercial complex planned for construction in Switzerland. The collaboration provides Dr. Tatum a unique opportunity to extend and refine technologies and organization structures for implementing new technology developed at CIFE by applying them to the CIPCON project. A major barrier to improved performance in construction projects is fragmentation of activities by functional specialists over the various stages of the project. Advanced information technology can assist in meeting this major challenge, but the process of implementing such technology is poorly understood and the effort is frequently unsuccessful. This project will increase understanding of approaches for effective use of new technology to improve project performance in the vital construction industry. The U.S. has given substantial attention to Japanese research and relatively little to European work. In this area where European groups are world leaders, Dr. Tatum's participation will provide valuable insight into the European methods for innovation and the introduction of new technologies in their construction industry. ***