Towards data-driven project planning: Exploring the possibilities of generation and implementation of throughput times based on data analysis

The goal of this research is to create a design for a method to enable the generation and implementation of evidence-based throughput times in the planning process of the construction industry. The current planning process and the generation and collection of throughput times relies heavily on experience-based information. Generating throughput...

Organically Integrated Project Delivery of a Mission-Driven Team: An exploratory study on managing the MOR Team TU Delft during the Solar Decathlon Europe 2019

This master thesis investigated the coordination aspects of the MOR Team TU Delft, a volunteer-students based team, that produced an AEC project for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2019 (SDE19) competition. With a closer look at the aspects of organisation, motivation, and mission, this researched provides an objective account of the characteristics...

Digitizing Project Portfolio Management in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industry: The Application of Data & Analytics for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

This master thesis research has the aim to investigate how Data & Analytics enhance monitoring, reporting and control in project portfolio management practices to improve portfolio decision-making in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Adequately and regularly reconsidering the project portfolio, with...

Influence and Adoption of BIM within the AEC Industry: A study into how policies, workflows and process can set the tone towards adoption and implementation of BIM within the AEC industry and how the future of BIM and Data Validation can influence the future of Architects

This research paper investigates the topic of <i>“How policies, workflows and process can set the tone towards adoption and implementation of BIM within the AEC industry and how the future of BIM and Data Validation can influence the future of Architects.” </i>BIM has become a fundamental aspect of today’s AEC Industry. From its conceptual...

Blockchain enabled asset management in the case of X-Decks: Cooperation enhanced by decentralization in the building industry

The building industry is characterized by the creation of organizational silos. These silos are causing frictions and inefficiencies on an operational, financial and managerial level. The following research is approaching these silos within the case of X-Decks, a temporary and circular parking project, and the means of blockchain technology.<br/...

Building Information Modeling: Towards a structured implementation process in an engineering organization

Evolutionary, Unconscious Design Support for the Architectural, Engineering and Construction Industry

The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is a complex system in which carpenters, structural designers, architects, modellers, cost estimators, planners, politicians and many others act apart together in project-specific virtual enterprises. There is a large amount of actors, an overwhelming number of ongoing processes,...