This paper presents an engineering survey based on experience of the authors during design and expertise of complex building structures in period of 2000-2014. Legal, organizational and technical ...aspects in a procedure of changes in structural design documentation are investigated. Separate actions for implementing changes according to legislative documents in Lithuania in technical and working structural projects are presented by a general algorithm. Actual questions about sequence in proceeding with local and global analytical calculations during designing of complex structures and peculiarities of processing revised structural drawings and text documents are described in this paper. Relevance of the subject is illustrated by an example of a successful decision in solving common construction and design problems of an office building in Vilnius. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are given. This paper is an investigation of the considered problem and is designated for science researchers in civil engineering, educational and public organizations working with refinement of the design procedures and project documentation handling, and for practicing engineers.
The management of knowledge and information in projects is decisive - not only for the success of one project but also for knowledge transfer between projects and therefore for the sustainable ...success of any organization dealing with projects. However, documentation of information and knowledge causes effort that is often not planned and often not available in operative project work. Therefore, we propose a modular approach for information and documentation management in projects which is based on building blocks. Our concept consists of three levels which are elaborated in detail in the paper: a level with generic building blocks, an operational project process level, and a level of operational (software) support. Beyond the content of the concept and its parts we also discuss practical implications and benefits.
Data mining is utilized for intelligent decision support provision in project management to resolve the wide range of problems. But, nevertheless, intelligent support for the project documentation ...control procedure is given too little attention in ongoing research, despite the fact that the procedure is significant. The quality of the project documentation directly influences on the project outcome. Also, it takes a long time and much effort for project office staff to control the project documentation. To meet this challenge, an approach to decision making support for project office staff for the documentation control in project management on the basis of association rule mining and a corresponding intelligent system are suggested in the paper. The approach was tested in controlling the project documentation at the training course on project workshop at university.
An algorithm for designing oil recycling processes is presented, characterized in that it is applicable to various types of oil recycling processes, taking into account modern technologies, which ...makes it possible to increase design efficiency by implementing the main stages of design - selection and layout of technological equipment and piping, forming a digital information model and design documentation in a single computer environment. The criteria for assessing the quality of the digital information model and the project documentation formed on its basis are given.
The goal of this work is to present the software WebRatio 5, which is a good representative of a new generation of CASE tools for model-driven design of Web applications. WebRatio 5 supports the ...WebML language and methodology, and exploits the implementation experience of previous versions of the software for providing user-friendly application design paradigms and reliable code generation engines. The tool is developed as a set of Eclipse plug-ins and takes advantage of all the features of this IDE framework. Moreover, it provides new capabilities in terms of support of extensions to the models, project documentation, and coverage of new phases of the development lifecycle. The overall approach moves towards a full coverage of the specification, design, verification, and implementation of Web applications.
Project documentation represents a valuable source of knowledge in project-based organizations. The practical reality is, however, that the knowledge codified in project documents is hardly re-used ...in future projects. A central problem in this context is the extensive amount of usually textual material. As a consequence, computer-assisted processes are indispensable in order to analytically manage the constantly growing and evolving databases of available project documents. The goal of this study is to summarize the current research focusing on the computer-assisted reuse of textually codified project knowledge and to define the corresponding state-of-the-art in this this specific field of information systems research. As a result of a literature review, this study structures the body of research contributions and outlines what kinds of computer-assisted techniques are incorporated, what practical application areas these solutions address, and in what business domains they are applied. In particular, this should point out research opportunities and thereby make a contribution to the further development of knowledge management in project environments.
The aim of this work is to trace and present basic project documents and to present simplified project management on the example of a student project. The paper contains a short definition of the ...project and the growing popularity of project management. Then, a student project of AGH Lean Line, consisting in the construction of a construction project in the field of management and production engineering and promotional activities through conference trips, was presented. Project management is based on basic project documents, which were collected and briefly characterized according to the methodology developed in the scientific community. At the end, individual documents created for the AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH) project were presented.
Project documentation represents a valuable source of knowledge in project-based organizations. The practical reality is, however, that the knowledge codified in project documents is hardly re-used ...in future projects. A central problem in this context is the extensive amount of usually textual material. As a consequence, computer-assisted processes are indispensable in order to analytically manage the constantly growing and evolving databases of available project documents. The goal of this study is to summarize the current research focusing on the computer-assisted reuse of textually codified project knowledge and to define the corresponding state-of-the-art in this this specific field of information systems research. As a result of a literature review, this study structures the body of research contributions and outlines what kinds of computer-assisted techniques are incorporated, what practical application areas these solutions address, and in what business domains they are applied. In particular, this should point out research opportunities and thereby make a contribution to the further development of knowledge management in project environments.
This paper reviewed and investigated the main approaches, methods and means of extracting design documentation from PLM systems widely used in production. The authors proposed a new method for ...extracting data from design solutions of CAD, which allows extracting data and parameters as a result of analyzing design solutions, highlighting the history of building a three-dimensional model of a complex technical product, describes the main models and algorithms. The authors proposed a theoretical assessment of the effectiveness of the designer's activities using the system for extracting design characteristics from PLM.
In Winter 2006, engineering and human ecology students from Ohio State University (OSU) completed a 10-week service learning course as a prerequisite to a week-long service trip to rural Honduras ...during Spring Break (March 18-25, 2006). The community partner, known as Montana de Luz, is based in Columbus, OH, and operates a home for children with HIV/AIDS in Honduras. The overall goal was to build upon engineering projects initiated the previous year and to assess educational needs for the establishment of a preschool. The educational opportunities for OSU students consisted of pre-trip planning, fundraising, materials acquisition, project implementation, cultural exchange, student reflection, post-trip assessment, and documentation. On-site challenges consisted of water supply and quality (agricultural and health concern), electrical safety and equipment function, communications (due to remoteness and mountainous conditions), computing needs (administrative and educational), as well as the cultural and communications challenges of implementing projects in another country
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