TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of information technology on the role and sustainability of the construction professional
AU - Miwa, S.
AU - Savicky, J.
AU - Kashiwagi, D.
AU - Parmar, D.
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - The role of the construction engineer has been changing in the last few years. The construction industry is moving from the traditional design-bid-build delivery process to alternate delivery processes such as design-build, construction management at risk, and indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ). This signals a change to designers and engineers who are delivering construction as a commodity. This paper considers the delivery of construction as an outsourcing process, a supply chain process, and identifies functions and positions as the key elements in designers and engineers role in an optimized delivery process. The worldwide price pressures and the information technology will force all processes to be information based and set in an information environment. Clear identification of functions, transfer of liability, and performing only core competencies will be required. This paper analyzes the designers and engineers role in such an environment. The paper uses the information based Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) and the case study of the State of Hawaii to test the hypothesis.
AB - The role of the construction engineer has been changing in the last few years. The construction industry is moving from the traditional design-bid-build delivery process to alternate delivery processes such as design-build, construction management at risk, and indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ). This signals a change to designers and engineers who are delivering construction as a commodity. This paper considers the delivery of construction as an outsourcing process, a supply chain process, and identifies functions and positions as the key elements in designers and engineers role in an optimized delivery process. The worldwide price pressures and the information technology will force all processes to be information based and set in an information environment. Clear identification of functions, transfer of liability, and performing only core competencies will be required. This paper analyzes the designers and engineers role in such an environment. The paper uses the information based Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) and the case study of the State of Hawaii to test the hypothesis.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33645724752
SN - 1894662040
SN - 9781894662048
T3 - Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
SP - 1060
EP - 1066
BT - CSCE 31st Annual Conf. Proceedings
T2 - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering - 31st Annual Conference: 2003 Building our Civilization
Y2 - 4 June 2003 through 7 June 2003
ER -