A Plan for Constructing an Information Service System for

Construction Project Management using GIS Information

SeongJin Kim and Hyun Ok

Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea

Keywords: CALS, GIS, PMIS, Construction Project Information System.

Abstract: Construction Management System provides assistance in the online exchange and sharing of various

documents related to projects, contracts, and processes between government agencies and construction

companies that perform national road and river construction projects. The system is being used for the road

and river construction projects at approximately 500 locations. The recent development of various informa-

tion technologies, including big data, GIS(Geographic Information System), and cloud, has enabled constru-

ction workers to utilize information devices for their work. A plan for improving Construction Management

System was suggested in this study by applying spatial information so that various map-based information

services could be provided to construction workers. The suggested plan is expected to provide workers with

the visual construction status, including the cost, by integrating construction information and spatial infor-

mation, and to reduce the onsite work hours and efforts by providing customized functions for each user.

1 INTRODUCTION

Construction industry is a national key industry, and

thus, it is being provided with consistent investments

for employment creation, economic growth, and the

improvement of the people’s living conditions.

Construction projects are generally on the rise these

days. While construction technologies are the basic

key elements that can enhance the competitiveness

of construction companies, the recent convergence

of construction and information technologies, such

as Internet of Things(IoT), big data, drones, cloud,

and spatial information, is transforming the

construction industry from the past labor-intensive

industry to a convergence cutting-edge-technology

industry(MSIP, 2013). Especially, the convergence

of construction and Information Technology(IT) is

actively taking place in the areas of low cost and

high efficiency, energy saving,

design/construction/maintenance automation, and

intelligence. The market size of these areas was

KRW3.4 trillion in 2010 and increased to

approximately KRW6 trillion in 2015(KAIA, 2014,

Hwangoo Jeon, 2008).

Construction Management System provides

assistance in the online exchange and sharing of

various documents related to projects, contracts, and

processes between construction companies and

government agencies for the smooth management of

national road and river construction projects, and is

being used in approximately 500 road and river

construction projects. Since its establishment in

2005, the system has managed approximately

300,000 documents and 200,000 reports each year

(JinUk Kim, 2013).

The system, however, is used only for administrative

work, and is not ready to cope with the growing

demand of the users for providing various

information services. Therefore, a plan for

improving the system was suggested in this study to

provide visual construction management services by

utilizing the map-based spatial information among

the recent information technologies. The suggested

plan is expected to shift the system operation

paradigm from information-collection-oriented

system operation to diversified-information-service-

oriented system operation.

2 CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

STATUS

The government has been separately operating the

electronic government network being used by the

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Figure 1: Concept of Construction Management System (KICT, 2015).

government and the Internet being used by the

general public since 2000 to strengthen the

information security of the public sector by

separating the public and private information.

Hence, most of the users in the Ministry of Land,

Infrastructure, and Transport(MOLIT) are using two

PCs, one for the electronic government network and

the other for the Internet(MOLIT, 2012).

Construction Management System is being used

by both MOLIT users and private construction

companies, thus having two systems, one for the

government and the other for contractors.

Construction Management System for the

government provides assistance in the online sharing

of various kinds of information, including the

documents and drawings generated from the entire

process of road and river construction projects

between the ordering agencies and construction

companies (design/construction/inspection). The

system provides assistance in the efficient project

management and decision-making of the ordering

agencies by systematically managing the

construction information, such as the onsite

construction status and contract information, and by

monitoring work reports and statistical data in real

time. Construction Management System for

contractors, on the other hand, reduces the work

hours and efficiently assists in the construction

management by enabling the online sharing of

various documents (official documents, design

drawings, etc.) and various work reports between the

construction sites (construction company, inspector,

and design company) and ordering agencies from the

start to the end of a construction project(SeongJin

Kim et al, 2016).

Fig. 1 shows the concept of Construction

Management System. As the two construction mana-

gement systems (the one for the government and the

other for construction corporation contractors) are

separated from each other, real-time data transfer

between the construction sites and MOLIT is

required for sharing information.

Fig. 2 is a screenshot of the information service

of Construction Management System. Based on the

nationwide map imaging, the information and status

of approximately 500 construction projects by

agency and by project progress can be accessed.

Construction Management System, however, is

facing an increasing demand for improvement due to

its text-based information service. The functions of

Construction Management System that require

improvement are as follows. First, most of the

construction project data consist of text- or

document-based construction status and statistical

data, thereby lacking visualized spatial information

and thus making it difficult to share information and

to understand the overall status of the project.

Second, the existing system is focused on

administrative work and data management. Efficient

data sharing and transfer as well as comprehensive

status monitoring are required through the

integration of the future construction project

information and visualized spatial information.

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Table 1: Status of Construction Information Systems.

System Operation Characteristics

Highway

Management

System

(HMS)

Manages road-related infor-mation

in connection with Vworld, and runs

an integra-ted database for the

organic sharing of information

(Integration) One system performs the

integrated management of various data from a

road-related computing system (road ledger,

pavement, bridge, traffic, road slope).

(Remark) Data construction and access are

separated.

Facility

Management

System

(FMS)

Inputs and manages facility

information according to the Seoul

City special law

(Management) Manages facility data,

performance certificates, safety diagnosis,

precision inspection results, design drawings,

and various reports (inspection and overall

safety review reports)

(Remark) Administrative-work-oriented

information system for type 1 and 2 facilities

Road Signal

System

Offers GIS-based road signal

information services

(Overview) Comprehensively manages road

signs for their connectivity, consistency,

visibility, readability, and locations

(Remark) Offers use

-intuitive convenient

functions by managing road sign information

on a GIS electronic map

Geotechnical

Information

Portal System

(GeoInfo)

Offers GIS-based geotechnical

information services

(Overview) Systematically manages the

geotechnical information of all lands, and

collects, manages, and utili-zes the

geotechnical information from construction

sites

(Remark) Consistently investigates the

unconstructed geotechnical information of the

public and private sectors, collects data and

constructs a database (DB), improves the

reliability of geotechnical information, and

creates business models for the private sector

Third, comprehensive status information linking

the construction project information and the spatial

information, decision-making assistance, and

various statistical and analysis data need to be

provided.

Fourth, although the system spurred progress in

terms of work efficiency as the internal work system

of MOLIT, the introduction and application of GIS

is urgently required to convert the system into a

qualitative-use-oriented one, to improve its functions

and information values, and to obtain synergy with

the spatial information policy of the government and

other areas.

The status and research direction of the domestic

spatial information introduction were investigated in

this study to expand the information service through

the introduction of spatial information.

3 STATUS OF GIS

INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

While the maps before the development of compu-

ters could contain only information on simple

terrains and features, the recent electronic maps can

record attribute information that represents the

natural, social, and economic characteristics as well

as figure data, including terrains and features.

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Figure 2: Screenshot of Construction Management

System(Hyun Ok, 2015).

In addition, the electronic maps can be copied

and distributed more easily through the Internet or

various storage media compared to the paper maps,

and their storage is easier as they are in a file format

and are not vulnerable to elongation, distortion, and

deformation(Min-soo Kim, 2010).

Also, overlay analysis using various thematic maps

can provide the data required for decision-making.

Spatial information refers to all the discernible data

on a map, including locations and distribution. It is

classified into figure data and attribute data

according to the data type. Also, it can be classified

into national spatial data or city spatial data

according to the point of view. When spatial data are

seen from the national point of view, they become

national spatial data, which include the terrain,

geographical features, land use, natural environment,

and statistical data. The city spatial data are spatial

data considered in city scales and include roads,

land, houses, water and sewage, gas, and electricity

supply facilities. The industries that produce,

manage, process, distribute, and utilize these spatial

data or integrate them with other information

technologies to build systems and to provide related

services are collectively called “spatial information

industry”(Yong-joon Lee, 2015).

Table 1 shows the status, operation, and

characteristics of the systems using the recent spatial

information.

This study aimed to improve the performance of

Construction Management System based on Vworld,

a spatial-information open platform, to apply spatial

information to the system. Vworld is a high-quality

3D-based open platform that provides various spatial

Table 2: GIS utilization plan by function.

Function Function description Remark

Construction status

data

Provides real-time construction data and

status onsite

Provides data on the location, ordering

agency, construction company, inspector,

construction period, manager, contract

amount, and progress

Technology data

Provides the work know-how and

quality/safety data of the site

New-technology data, including cost-

saving data

Process data

Provides progress data by space and

section in connection with WBS

Drawing

Confirms the drawings and design history

data of the site

2D drawing data of the site

Current issue

Reports the issues, delays, and solutions

of the site

Construction issue data

Construction log Construction log data of the site

Meeting contents

Provides the major meeting data of the

site

Meeting contents

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Figure 3: Service screen of construction management using GIS information(SeongJin Kim et al, 2016).

and administrative data possessed by the public

agencies, including the government and local

governments, through the Web. It provides basic

spatial information, including 3D information, aerial

photographs, and cadastral maps; eight thematic

maps, including land use zones, ground coverage,

and ecological zones; and three types of administra-

tive data, including building information and

officially announced values. The performance of

Construction Management System was sought to be

improved based on these spatial information

services.

4 A PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE

PERFORMANCE OF THE

SPATIAL-INFORMATION-

BASED CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The architecture configuration of Construction

Management System is as follows. First, the system

architecture consists of six layers: the linkage layer

connecting to the linked system, the application

layer performing the GIS function, the data layer

storing a construction project DB, the management

layer managing the data, the interface layer

communicating with the system users, and the infra

layer. Second, the introduction of two GIS servers to

Construction Management System according to the

network separation needs to be considered based on

the existing system that uses the cloud system. The

existing construction management DB was utilized,

and a GIS server that specializes in the functions of

the GIS DB server for the government and that for

contractors was considered for the new server. Table

2 shows the spatial information utilization plan by

system function based on this system architecture.

Table 3 shows a construction management

improvement plan using GIS and convergence

technologies, and Fig. 3 shows the service screen

(plan) of Construction Management System using

spatial information according to the aforementioned

utilization and improvement plans.

5 CONCLUSIONS

As an information system that supports the

construction project management of the public

sector, Construction Management System has

provided text-based information services for the past

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Table 3: Plan using GIS and convergence technologies.

Function Function description Remark

Design history management

(GIS+BIM)

The model history management of the site enables

BIM data modification, history management, and

instantaneous checking of the revisions.

Performance review Verification of the BIM supply system of the site

BIM supply

verification

Performance evaluation

Case analysis and verification of the performance

evaluation using the supplied data

Provides excellent

performance

evaluation cases

Process management using

WBS

Checks the 3D progress (AR and VR) and the

delayed process of the site according to the time

series

Real-time and virtual

simulator

Earned-value management

Provides earned-value information according to

the construction progress

Earned-value

information

Ordering assistance

BIM ordering assistance information for the same

or a similar site

10 years and has had increased user complaints

regarding its fragmentary information services and

utilization. To address such problems, a plan for

improving the system by introducing spatial

information was suggested in this study to provide

visual information services.

The status of the existing construction

management system and of other information

systems that use spatial information was investigated

and analyzed. The considerations for the future

architecture construction of Construction

Management System was suggested, along with GIS

utilization and system improvement plans.

The integration of spatial information into

Construction Management System, as suggested in

this study, is expected to provide the users with the

visual construction status, including the cost, by

integrating the construction information and the

spatial information, to facilitate information search

and to facilitate decision-making through the

analysis of complicated and objective information. It

may also provide various information services using

spatial big data based on the accumulated spatial

information.

Later, when the functions of Construction

Management System will have been improved based

on spatial information, studies on the utilization of

the spatial information based on the big data of the

construction project information will be required.

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