Program C : Delivery and management of built assets

Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar project

Construction Innovation has published a report on the outcomes of the Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar research project. The FM as a business enabler: Solutions for...

Procurement Method Toolkit [Davis, Curtin] 2006-034-C

This project will undertake a study into best practice project delivery in terms of identifying appropriate procurement methods. A procurement decision support toolkit will be...

Business drivers for building information models [Wakefield, RMIT] 2005-033C

This project will develop understanding of the business drivers and barriers to digital building information models adoption in the Australian property, construction and facilities management...

Automated estimating for civil concrete structures [Drogemuller, CSIRO] 2005-008-C

This project extends the original work done on estimating costs for concrete on building projects (Stage 2 – Managing information flows with models and virtual...

Off-Site Manufacture in Australia [Fussell, Queensland Department of Public Works] 2005-004-C

Off-site Manufacture (OSM) has long been recognised, both in Australia and internationally, as offering numerous benefits to all parties in the construction process. More importantly,...

Wayfinding in the built environment – Stages 2 and 3 [Hogan, Building Commission] 2004-028-C

Stage 1 of this project included a worldwide review identifying those wayfinding systems and technologies that could be used to make it easier and safer for...

Sustainable infrastructure in aggressive environments [Setunge, RMIT] 2004-018-C

The objective of this project is to develop a tool that will help interpret the symptoms of degradation of concrete structures, estimate residual service life...

Stage 2 – Managing Information Flows with 3D Models [Drogemuller, CSIRO] 2003-037-C

Completion of the deliverables for Project 2001-007-C Managing Information Flows with Models and Virtual Environments has demonstrated the feasibility of generating Bills of Quantities and...

Maintenance Cost Prediction for Roads [Kumar, RMIT] 2003-029-C

Road agencies, like all public infrastructure agencies, face many challenges in the short to long-term. These include: the issues that surround ageing infrastructure the increasing...

Delivering a Re-Life Project [Yang, QUT] 2003-026-C

The project objectives are to investigate the characteristics of re-life projects that impact upon the effective management of the construction process, such as the identification...

Enabling Team Collaboration with Pervasive & Mobile Computing [Kajewski, QUT] 2002-057-C

This project has two streams that consider the use of pervasive computing technologies in two very different contexts. The first context is the on-site (construction...

Contract Planning Workbench [Drogemuller, CSIRO] 2002-056-C

This project will use the Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) as the basis for developing a first draft construction schedule for buildings. It will also provide...

Wayfinding in the Built Environment [Hogan, Building Commission] 2002-053-C

The project aims to identify technologies and systems that will make it easier and safer for people who have a sensory impairment to find their...

Value in Project Delivery Systems – Project Diagnostics [Tsoukas, Arup] 2002-052-C

Poorly performing projects are the bane of clients, designers and contractors alike. Adverse impacts range from cost and time overruns, inadequate build quality, poor project...

Feasibility Study Linking Best-Value Procurement Assessment to Outcome Performance Indicators [Dalrymple, RMIT] 2002-035-C

This Feasibility Study tests the notion of developing a standard set of tender evaluation criteria based on best-value criteria (to which individual clients can attach...

Decision Support Tools for Concrete Infrastructure Rehabilitation [Setunge, RMIT] 2002-005-C

The objective of the project is to develop a decision support tool to enable asset managers of concrete infrastructure to select the most suitable technique...

[2001-011-C] Evaluation of Functional Performance in Commercial Buildings

This project examines the performance of commercial buildings as investment assets. Its purpose is to enhance commercial real estate performance within both operational and investment...

Investment Decision Framework for Infrastructure Asset Management [Kumar, RMIT] 2001-010-C

This project aims to develop an investment decision-making framework that will enable funds in the area of civil infrastructure, such as roads, buildings, railways and...

Project Team Integration: Communication, Coordination and Decision Support [Kajewski, QUT] 2001-008-C

This project focuses on the potential of information and communication technology to integrate construction project teams and consists of two complementary components: Part A: Scoping...

Managing Information Flows with Models and Virtual Environments [Drogemuller, CSIRO] 2001-007-C

This project involves the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the design and construction process. It examines information flows using models and...

Value Alignment Process for Project Delivery [Sidwell, QUT] 2001-003-C

Value alignment process for project delivery is a decision tool to assist clients and others to optimise the project delivery system to meet the needs...