Study On The Integrated Construction System

Construction industrialization is one of the inevitable trends in this industry. In Study of Report on Reform and Development of Construction Industry in China (2007), a book edited by Ministry of Construction of the People's Republic of China, the problem of construction management and industrial organization management in the context of industrialization was given the same weight as the technical problem in industrialization, being ranked as one of the important directions for future development.Judging from the present models of construction management and industrial organization, however, there exist many obstacles against the establishment of industrial organization models for the industrialization in construction industry, which not only hinder the progress of construction industrialization, but also hamper the current development of construction industry, thus leading to its lower efficiency and profits when compared to manufacturing industry.One way to change this situation is to adjust the existing organizational mode of industrial structure and the industrial chains of China's construction industry and to set up the three-dimensional and multi-level industrial cooperation and competition system-taking large-sized construction and contracting enterprises as the core and the small- and medium-sized specialized enterprises as subcontractors, suppliers or coordinated enterprises. In this way, on the one hand, those enterprises directly involved in general contracting can get fewer and competition in construction markets can be reduced effectively, thus avoiding low profitability caused by the vicious competition in the industry and increasing their R&D capability. On the other hand, with the increasing specialized contractors, they can gain more market power, promoting the specialization and industrialization of micro-production and facilitating the industrialization of China's construction industry. At the same time, the effective coordination of construction enterprises can also make large construction enterprises more powerful to undertake large-scale construction project while small- and medium-sized construction enterprises can avoid the direct, fierce market competition, acting as subcontractors, collaborators, suppliers in project construction to gain technical profit.In manufacturing industry, this kind of multi-level industrial cooperation system has become the mainstream of modern industrial organization model, i.e. the Integrated Manufacturing System. Therefore, drawing ideas from the manufacturing sector, we can call the industrial organization model based on subcontracting and collaboration in construction industry Integrated Construction System, in which general contractors in the construction industry are taken as the core.According to the related findings of current construction industry management, taking reference to the established concepts, theories and methods of manufacturing industry and subsequent reforming of construction industry organization model, industrial processes, methods of project management and business management mode have become one of heated topics of project management. This dissertation, based on a variety of theories, methods and related fields, puts forward a comprehensive concept of the integrated construction system and conducts some further discussion on the related theory and method.Firstly, this study proposes the basic concept of integrated construction system and defines its connotation and denotation, that is, the integrated construction system is a construction process organization system, which takes general contractors as the core, coordination of specialized contractors as the basis, and collaboration of many subcontractors as the goal.Secondly, the theoretical system, structuring and organizing mode, operation and management methods, are all studied in terms of the integration of integrated construction system, and the three basic elements of integrated construction system are also discussed: system integration, organization integration and information integration.System Integration explores the industrial process of the integrated building system. The study in this respect expounds 1) the production & organization process of integrated construction system,2) the industrial organization process of industrialized construction industry based on the integrated construction system, and 3) especially, several key issues and links in the reconstruction of industrial process of the integrated building system.Organization Integration focuses on the implementation the control & management of integrated building system. The study in this respect expounds the multi-level, discretized cooperative system of production, and analyzes the organization and management issues on the integrated building system based on virtual construction firms and under the model of industrial chain integration.Information Integration provides the technical platform and guarantee for the system integration and the organization integration. The study in this respect illustrates the important role of information integration in the integrated building system, and meanwhile, elaborates upon the specific means by which the integrated building system realizes the information integration, puts forward the concept of SIP (System Information Platform) and a brief introduction on its operation.1. Having put forward the concept of contemporary integrated construction system and defined its connotation and denotation2. Having established the production organization model in the process of construction industry's industrialization3. Having demonstrated the composition and operation of the integrated construction systemAll in all, the research on the integrated construction system is of great significance and value both in theory and in practice.First of all, the integrated building system proposed in this dissertation is in accordance with the process and trend of the industrialization in the construction industry, and consequently can readily facilitate its rapid development. Secondly, this study will provides a significant reference to the establishment of the multi-level industrial development in building industry, to the relief of vicious competition in the building market, and, to the improvement of efficiency and profits level. Finally, the research offers some new ideas for the reform and development of construction industry's industrial organization model, and provides a new perspective for large-sized enterprises as well as SMEs; secondly, it offers some reference for managers at all levels in construction industry and some theoretical support for the making of relevant industrial policies.