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Abdirad, H (2020) Developing digital project delivery routines around frequent disruptions: How do AEC organizations respond to disruptive information exchange requirements?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Al-Saleh, F S (1980) A case study and evaluation of a technological delivery system: Construction management in Saudi Arabia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Astaneh Asl, B (2019) Effects of using virtual reality on AEC team collaboration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: coordination; duration; project team; virtual reality; building information modeling; collaboration; communication; conflicts; information management; knowledge management; participation; visualization; construction team; designer; stakeholders
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2384152051
- Abstract:
Construction projects require coordination of different disciplines, which makes knowledge management and information exchange crucial in design and construction teams. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a powerful technology for communication and information management but has limitations in terms of the ways project stakeholders interact with design visualizations. The current method of collaboration with BIM limits the participation of all team members since the 3D model is presented on a 2D shared screen while one person has the control over the viewpoint and can create markups. Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that provides an environment that enables each participant to have their individual point of view and markup tool while virtually collaborating with other team members in a simulated walkthrough of the project. Designers and builders need to exchange disciplinary knowledge while they vet design alternatives during different phases of the project. Project team members have in-depth knowledge in the area of their expertise, but they share a part of their knowledge understandable by other team members in explaining design ideas, disciplinary constraints, and technical analysis to collaborate, find solutions, and make decisions. This phenomenon is referred to as Shared Understanding. This dissertation studies the effects of VR’s immersive environment and markup tool capabilities on building Shared Understanding among AEC project team members in asynchronous and synchronous 3D coordination processes. The research study results show that VR’s immersive environment can provide a better understanding of the model to the users in comparison to BIM, and it can assist in understanding the design issues and system conflicts. Most of the participants in the asynchronous research study preferred VR over BIM to understand the technical annotations made by VR’s markup tool in the 360-degree environment while BIM provides markups on a 2D screenshot of the 3D model. They also found verbal communication in VR more effective than text in the BIM platform. The synchronous research study results show that teams spent less time in VR to build Shared Understanding of the team decision. The 3D coordination meeting duration in VR was significantly lower than the meeting duration where teams used BIM. Participants found VR’s markup tool capabilities and immersive environment as features missing in BIM that assisted in team collaboration and building Shared Understanding, however there were reported drawbacks in collaboration in VR. Team members could get disoriented in the 360-degree environment and the team leads were not always sure if all team members are following the markups in the environment.
Azari Najafabadi, R (2013) An evaluation framework for the integrated design process of sustainable high-performance buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Fardhosseini, M S (2021) A quantitative analysis of the impact of integrating digital technology for formwork fabrication on human factors perspectives, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Gambatese, J A (1996) Addressing construction worker safety in the project design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Gutub, S (2019) Framework for the implementation process of public-private partnerships (P3s) in highway projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Ho, C T T (2019) Application of optimization to the production planning of construction prefabrication supply chains, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Homayouni, H (2015) Aligning contractual, technological, and organizational elements to achieve higher performance buildings: A qualitative comparative analysis approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Lee, N H (2009) A framework for developing new visualization schemes for construction project performance monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Lee, W (2018) Use of wearable sensors to unveil roles of task demands-personal resources and burnout on performance of construction workers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Lewis, N S (2023) Development of an open-source methodology for simulation of civil engineering structures subject to multi-hazards, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Lowry, M B (2008) An online analytic-deliberative approach to public participation for transportation investment decisions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Manninen, D L (1981) Labor force migration associated with nuclear power plant construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Mukherjee, A (2005) A multi-agent framework for general purpose situational simulations in construction management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Ottesen, J (2019) CPM schedule density: A new predictor for productivity loss, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Pathak, C (2021) Electric vehicle infrastructure decision support system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Pratama, L A (2023) Immersive visualization intervention on pull planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Shang, L (2019) Achieving public agency goals in public-private partnerships using innovative payment mechanisms, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Son, J (2011) An integrated model of evolution of project teams in large-scale construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Stevens, J D (1981) A study of the relationship between perturbations in construction time schedules and potential construction claims, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Tench, B (2022) Designing restoration: Protecting and restoring our attention through participatory design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Wang, S (2017) Integrated approach and analysis of reliability, robustness, resilience and infrastructure applications, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Yamaura, J T (2018) The value of cloud computing technology in public transportation construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Zhang, Z (2021) Participatory ergonomics in construction: Enabling practice-to-research-to-practice via the 2safemodel, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.
Zokaei Ashtiani, M (2022) Data-driven sustainability assessment in roadway infrastructure construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Washington.