Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

Life Cycle Management and Assessment of High-Tech Construction Projects

Chih-chiang Chang, Lee-kuo Lin, Chien-chih Lin, Hui-chi Lin
Pages 140-145 (2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 9784990271718, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

The development and performance of construction industry are strongly relative with citizensÂ’ living quality in each country.Such is meaning that the life cycle management (LCM) and life cycle assessment (LCA) are important issues to each construction project. In this 21st century, information technology (IT) is an important issue for economic growth. The professional knowledge of IT and construction are key factors to develop high-tech industry. The constructional characteristics of high-tech projects are such as the location, size, main construction method, team organization, and the constructionmanagement techniques applied in planning, design, procurement, construction, and maintenance phases. This paperwill introduce algorithms ofLCA and LCM, investigates and illustrates several practice high-tech construction projects including retrieved from the expert interviews. Based on the collected sample information, a database retrieving system is developed for supporting management in understanding the performance of the historical projects with similar high-tech project characteristics.

Keywords: Life cycle management, life cycle assessment, information technology, high-tech