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

9400332塔图姆该奖项支持斯坦福大学综合设施工程中心的C.B.塔图姆教授与苏黎世瑞士联邦理工学院建筑综合规划中心的H.R.Schalcher教授和其他人合作。塔图姆教授在建筑工程创新和新技术引进方面的评估、理解和建模方面是公认的领导者。这家瑞士集团最近开始了一项重大研究项目，旨在通过建设过程中的综合规划和沟通来提高建设项目的绩效。他们正在计划在瑞士建设的一个大型商业综合体上测试这一点。这次合作为塔图姆博士提供了一个独特的机会，通过将技术和组织结构应用于CIPCON项目，扩展和完善技术和组织结构，以实施CIFE开发的新技术。改善建筑项目业绩的一个主要障碍是职能专家在项目不同阶段的活动分散。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，这一努力往往不成功。这个项目将增加对有效利用新技术以改善至关重要的建筑业项目绩效的方法的了解。美国对日本的研究给予了相当大的关注，而对欧洲的研究相对较少。在欧洲集团是世界领导者的这一领域，塔图姆博士的参与将为欧洲在其建筑业中创新和引入新技术的方法提供宝贵的见解。***

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. ***