Assessment of the effectiveness of communication between the participants of a construction project utilizing meta-network theory: a case study

• Autorzy: Kania Ewelina , Śladowski Grzegorz , Radziszewska-Zielina Elżbieta , Sroka Bartłomiej

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/ace.2023.144175

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ocena efektywności komunikacji pomiędzy uczestnikami przedsięwzięcia budowlanego z wykorzystaniem teorii metasieci

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper investigates the fact that construction projects, due to their specificity, are complex, temporary and dynamic. Over their course, participants change, successive construction works are done and new information becomes available. This carries over to difficulties in communication. In the literature, numerous studies note the fact that a network-based approach to the analysis and monitoring of communication as a part of complex construction projects is commendable. Relations between agents, knowledge and tasks in the context of communication within a construction project can be visualized in the form of a meta-network, and suitably developed structural measures can be used to analyze them. In this paper, the authors used meta-network theory to analyze relations between project participants, knowledge and tasks in the context of communication within a construction project, on the basis of the construction of a housing estate located in Katowice, Poland. Meta-network structural analysis allowed for a deeper understanding of these relations and the detection of essential information about the level of communication in the project under investigation, which was a basis for further discussion. The authors also stress the benefits from the approach presented and argue that it should be a starting point for effective management in the sphere of communication in construction companies.

PL

W artykule zwrócono uwagę na fakt, że przedsięwzięcie budowlane ze względu na swój charakter jest złożone, tymczasowe i dynamiczne. Rozwój przemysłu budowlanego sprawił, iż zwiększyła się świadomość potrzeby lepszego zarządzania przedsięwzięciami w przemyśle budowlanym. W licznych publikacjach wskazano na utrudnienia i wyzwania w zarządzaniu przedsięwzięciami budowlanymi. Zarządzanie przedsięwzięciami budowlanymi w tradycyjnym podejściu skupia się w pierwszej kolejności na planowaniu zadań wraz z przydziałem do nich zasobów odnawialnych (ludzie, sprzęt) i nieodnawialnych (materiały). W czasie trwania realizacji przedsięwzięcia uwaga skoncentrowana jest na organizowaniu i przydziale zasobów do zadań i monitorowaniu ich realizacji wraz z kontrolą ich odchyleń od planu i budżetu a także ewentualnymi działaniami korygującymi. Stosowane przy tym różne techniki zarządzania nie uwzględniają w analizie relacji między uczestnikami przedsięwzięcia budowlanego, a realizowanymi przez nich zadaniami i posiadaną wiedzą. Zauważyć należy, iż takie interakcje między ludźmi, organizacjami, zadaniami są podstawą złożonego systemu komunikacji w przedsięwzięciach budowlanych. Przekłada się to jednocześnie na utrudnioną komunikacje. W literaturze zwraca się uwagę na fakt, że podejście sieciowe do analizy i monitorowania komunikacji w ramach złożonych przedsięwzięć budowlanych jest odpowiednie.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

construction management; communication; dynamic network analysis; information flow; meta-network

PL

zarządzanie przedsięwzięciem budowlanym; analiza dynamiczna sieci; komunikacja; metasieć; przepływ informacji

• Wydawca: Komitet Inżynierii Lądowej i Wodnej PAN ; Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej
• Czasopismo: Archives of Civil Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 69, nr 1
• Strony: 307--327
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 37 poz., il., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kania Ewelina

• Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2905-7935

autor

Śladowski Grzegorz

• Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3452-8829

autor

Radziszewska-Zielina Elżbieta

• Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-4360

autor

Sroka Bartłomiej

• Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-2789

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