Knowledge management in the estimating process in construction organizations | |
| Author | Hossain, Mohammad Kamal |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-05-9 |
| Subject(s) | Construction industry--Information resources management Knowledge management |
| Note | A thesis submitted in pa1tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | There is a risk in the estimation of construction project. To complete a project successfully on time and budget the risk has to be identified and minimized, and the estimate must be highly accurate. Since the estimate is one of the important parts of construction process, it is either the first step of toward a successful and profitable project or the first step towards the disaster. Therefore, to make a profit margin and survive in a competitive business market it is necessary to produce an estimate with high degree of accuracy. In such type of estimate with high degree of accuracy the sum of the money sets a bottom line for the firm to carry out the work and to reach an earn value of the project to make it profitable. To produce an accurate estimate the relevant persons involved with the estimating process must have the proper knowledge to support the estimating process. This knowledge to support the estimating process must be created throughout some knowledge creating activities undertaken by the construction organization. Hence, the purposes of this study are to find out the knowledge which must be created to support the estimating process, the methods of knowledge creation, the effectiveness of the knowledge creating methods, and the problems occurred due to implementation of these knowledge creating methods. However, the research was limited only construction firms (contractors) located in Dhaka city area. The data collection was conducted using interview and questionnaire survey in the construction firms |
| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Hadikusumo, B.H.W. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Ogunlana, Stephen 0.;Pannapa Herabat |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2005 |