Solving the Difficulties and Challenges Facing Construction Based on Concurrent Engineering in Yemen
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Current Issues in the Construction Industry in Yemen
3. Necessity and Feasibility of the Implementation of CE in Construction
3.1. CE
3.2. CE in the Construction Industry
- The aim is to produce products that provide service and satisfaction to the customer;
- Both co-handle raw materials and assemble many different pre-manufactured components in the final products;
- Both industries are faced with similar problems the most important of which is the high cost of correcting design errors due to delayed variables, the misuse of resources and insufficient information management;
- Both take advantage of frequent processes in designing and manufacturing their products.
3.3. The Potential Benefits of Adopting the Principles of CE in the Construction Industry in Yemen
4. Application of CE in Construction Industry
4.1. The Goal for CE in the Construction Industry
4.2. Construction Organizational Structure Model Based on CE
- It significantly improves the information transparency of the project and enhances the efficiency and validity of information exchange among the project participants.
- It is helpful for the project participants to know the construction situation of the project in time and improve the integrity and parallelism of the real estate project development.
- It is more conducive to the timely update of project information, thus avoiding project delay caused by information delay and shortening the time of information transmission and processing.
- The concurrent organization team exchanges information with each other based on the project communication and coordination information platform, thus forming a very nice working atmosphere, and successfully applying the concept of CE in the construction process of the project.
4.3. Construction Workflow Management System Based on CE
- Comprehensively considering the sharing of information resources among different departments and units of the project, thus greatly improving the efficiency of project construction and effectively reducing construction cost.
- The concept of CE uses information flow to control material flow to ensure the smooth progress of the project and increases the management efficiency of the enterprise.
- The concept of CE conforms to the needs of increasing amounts of project management information and accurately describes real-time information, dynamics and the interconnection of different departments and units of the project.
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Need to Change in the Construction Industry | Goals and Principles of CE |
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The need for change in construction is due to the non-competitive nature of this industry, the inability to satisfy the customer in full regard to costs, quality and time. | The primary goals and principles of concurrent engineering include customer satisfaction, providing a competitive environment, reducing product development time, cost, and quality improvement. |
Integration and coordination are considered in the construction process as one of the most important strategies to solve the problem of fragmentation in the construction industry. | The adoption of the concept of concurrent engineering in the construction industry facilitates the integration of members of the product development team and the manufacturing process, thus improving the product development process. |
The strategies that are emerging to promote the construction process are inadequate, as they only address one side of the problem. | CE provides a framework not only for integrating construction processes but also for the various tools and technologies used in the process. |
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Dahmas, S.; Li, Z.; Liu, S. Solving the Difficulties and Challenges Facing Construction Based on Concurrent Engineering in Yemen. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113146
Dahmas S, Li Z, Liu S. Solving the Difficulties and Challenges Facing Construction Based on Concurrent Engineering in Yemen. Sustainability. 2019; 11(11):3146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113146
Chicago/Turabian StyleDahmas, Sabrinaji, Zhongfu Li, and Sha Liu. 2019. "Solving the Difficulties and Challenges Facing Construction Based on Concurrent Engineering in Yemen" Sustainability 11, no. 11: 3146. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113146