Construction scheduling cost optimization and management

by et al Alcínia Z. Sampaio, Joana Prata (Author), Compiled by Auris Reference Editorial Board (Compiler)

The primary purpose of Construction scheduling cost optimization and management is to present an entirely new approach to management and scheduling of construction projects overcoming the limitations of existing methods.

We start from ground zero with a most general mathematical formulation for scheduling and management of construction projects with the goal of minimizing the direct construction cost.

The construction direct cost optimization problem is then solved by the robust neural dynamics model of Adeli and Park described in Construction scheduling cost optimization and management.

An object-oriented information model is presented based on the new construction scheduling model, laying the foundation for a new generation of flexible, powerful, maintainable, and reusable software system for the construction scheduling problem.

In order to demonstrate the practicality of the new computational and information models for management and scheduling of actual construction projects, they have been implemented in a new generation software system, called CONSCOM (for CONstruction Scheduling, Cost Optimization, and Change Order Management).

Some of the unique features of CONSCOM non-existent in CPM-based models are described through examples.

It must be pointed out that CONSCOM is not just a software system but represents a new technology for management and scheduling of construction projects based on advanced computational, neurocomputing, and object technologies.