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Value Driven ICT for the Briefing Process
Charlotte Bruun, Peter Johansson, Kaj Granath

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


The way briefing is prepared in conjunction with building projects is crucial to the project's adherence to the client's intentions. It is through the brief that the values expected are documented and transferred. However, international research has for a long time pointed out the briefing stage as a constantly recurring problem area for the construction sector.
The aim of this research is to achieve a more value-driven building process by the use of ICT. The objective of this study is to improve the briefing phase using ICT.
To reach this objective the following questions will be addressed:
Q1: What values are defined in the briefing process?
Q2: What values were created by the use of ICT?
Q3: How could ICT be developed to further support a value-driven briefing process?
In order to answer the research questions one of the case studies concerning a healthcare building is presented here. The ICT tool Program of Technical Standard (PTS 2012) was used to support the briefing process in the building project studied.
The result of the studies is that using ICT to support the briefing process has many valuable advantages. The use of ICT-support in the briefing process makes the process more efficient. PTS enables capturing of requirements, facilitates information transfer and enables a united vision of the project. PTS also enables consistency of standard and enables benchmarking and exchange of knowledge by the fact that ten Real Estate organisations of County Councils in Sweden use and develop PTS in collaboration. The ICT-support could be improved by better supporting verification of requirements, prioritization of the client's requirements and discussions about alternative conceptual and possible solutions.
This research is a part of the Eracobuild project “Value Driven Procurement in Building and Real Estate” (ValPro 2012).

Keywords


Planning and implementation Processes briefing; Values; ICT support

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