Research On Location-based Management Of Construction Projects In Informatizational Environment

Construction industry is facing “new normal” during current economic environment. Construction enterprises should keep on top and be more sustainable to survive. However, in the practice of construction projects, some problems happen frequently, such as unreasonable resource allocation, the conflicts of working site between different contractors and the conflicts of working space between different trades. These problems are not only challenges for project management about delay in delivering the project and costs rising, and also decrease the quality of projects and waste the social resources. Moreover, information management capacity is commonly so insufficient in domestic construction management that plenty of related information does not contribute to construction management decision-making process. Inefficiency and conflict which rise from omission, error and delay in information communication have become common occurrence. Not only the profit in contrition phase but also the existence in tough environment depend on the improvement of management and communication in construction management.Location-based management of construction project is anther scheduling and control method used in construction management. This method provides an opportunity to amend the inefficiency and conflict in domestic construction management. Location-based management focus on both time management and resource management instead of time focusing in current management method. Construction information technology represented by building information modelling provides another opportunity to amend those problems, and it also can collaborate with location-based management. In comparison with foreign research, demotic researchers paid less attention on Location-based management. Furthermore, Location-based management itself can be improved in workspace management collaborating with construction information technology.This thesis firstly explains the concepts and theory of location-based management compare location-based management with other methods. Secondly, this thesis analysis the information processing method in location-based management, propose that location-based management could collaborate with building information modelling technology in schedule and cost management. Thirdly, this thesis propose a workspace management method based on both location-based management and building information technology. Finally, this thesis demonstrate this method using a case study.