Internationalising Higher Education

In March 2008, Teesside University and Gyeongsang National University in South Korea have established a PMI2 Connect partnership focusing on solving issues of workspace in construction sites. The project involves the development of processes and tools to integrate and to visualize a 3D model, schedules, work flow, resources and health and safety rules to enable managers to identify and to solve workspace conflict and congestion. The project utilises heath and safety rules, as well as practical experience, and encapsulates these rules and knowledge into a Virtual Construction Site (VCS) to rehearse and visualise a schedule prior to construction operation. The system is made up of a database of project information, an optimisation technology for solving workspace conflict and a decision-making process. Management conditions of workspace are analysed through a questionnaire survey in construction sites, and interviews of managers are analysed to establish strategies of workspace planning. Health and safety rules are derived through these investigations and a verification module of these rules is being developed. This poster will outline the lessons learned from examining construction processes in both countries.