Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Overview Last Updated Thursday, 06 August 2009 22:12
The Capital Projects Technology Roadmap (CPTR or the Roadmap) is a cooperative effort of associations, consortia, government agencies, and industry, working together to accelerate the deployment of emerging and new technologies that will revolutionize the capabilities of the capital projects industry. The initiative is led by FIATECH and is open to all stakeholders who are committed to the future success of the capital projects industry.
The Capital Projects Technology Roadmap presents a vision for the capital projects industry and a strategy and plan for achieving that vision. Representatives from all areas of the industry have come together to create this work. This is their vision, and their foundation for investment in the future. FIATECH is the only place where owners, engineering firms, and suppliers can come together around a common, agreed to vision of the future (Capital Projects Technology Roadmap) and work in a collaborative manner to help develop solutions to "real needs" that drive the current state toward the future vision.�~Judy Passwaters, Engineering Director , DuPon t
Purpose
Establish a consensus vision for the capital projects industry and a unifying initiative to achieve the vision. The capital projects industry (i.e. the industry that executes the planning, engineering, procurement, construction and operation of predominantly large-scale buildings, plants, facilities and infrastructure) is a critical element of the industrial base, providing the physical infrastructure that supports our economy and our way of life. Maintaining this infrastructure is an
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immense challenge.
The capital projects industry greatly lags other sectors in exploiting technological advances. It is characterized by vast disparities in business practices and levels of technology application. It is fragmented, with great divergence in tools and technologies from company to company and across its supply chains. New pressures, such as Homeland Security in the U.S., have moved infrastructure security to the forefront of our national consciousness.
Some of the issues the industry must respond to include: -
population growth and demographic shifts, aging buildings and structures, pressures on natural resources, globalization of business, economic pressures in both the public and private sectors, and workforce issues.
To address these challenges the capital projects industry needs: -
new methods, improved technologies, a flexible and responsive workforce, and improved business practices.
The capital projects industry generally is not well prepared for this far-reaching response, which extends beyond the boundaries of control for any one organization. All of these issues can and should be addressed in a collaborative environment for shared success. FIATECH was formed to provide that integrating entity in partnership with invested stakeholders across the industry. The Capital Projects Technology Roadmap is open to all companies, consortia, associations, and research institutions interested in addressing these critical issues to the industry.
Presently, there is no concerted effort to define common goals, leverage available resources, and cooperate to deliver dramatic improvements in capability and cost-effectiveness. This initiative fills that void.
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Economic Benefits The potential economic impact of aggressively pursuing the industry goals in automation and integration technology is substantial. The Joint Economic Council estimates the total value of US commercial/industrial construction in 2000 at $171.5 billion1, which excludes significant relevant items such as: - engineered equipment (often half the value of a capital facility), - additions and alterations of existing capital facilities (approximately 45% of new facility cost3), and - numerous other types of capital facilities, such as offshore oil and gas production and transportation.
When these additional items are considered, capital facility creation and renovation costs in the U.S. approach $230 billion per year. These figures do not include the value of facilities owned by U.S. companies in foreign countries. The potential benefits of integration and automation technology include: - up to 8% reduction in costs for facility creation and renovation4, - up to 14% reduction in project schedules5, - repair cost savings ranging from 5-15%6, and - significant collateral benefits to homeland security by providing an industry focal point for improving capital facility resilience to external threats.
In addition, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published a study that identified and estimated the efficiency losses in the U.S. capital facilities industry resulting from inadequate interoperability among computer-aided design, engineering, and software systems. Although the focus of the study is on capital facilities-commercial/institutional buildings and industrial facilities - it benefits key stakeholders throughout the construction industry. This study - the conception, design, and publicity of which FIATECH was a strong and early contributor to - is based on an earlier report also done by NIST of the cost of interoperability in the U.S. automobile supply chain.
NIST GCR 04-867 estimates the cost of inadequate interoperability in the U.S. capital facilities industry conservatively to be $15.8 billion per year. These cost impacts are of interest to owners
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and operators of capital facilities; design, construction, operation and maintenance, and other providers of professional services in the capital facilities industry; and public- and private-sector research organizations engaged in developing interoperability solutions.
The Vision Fully integrated and highly automated project processes coupled with radically advanced technologies across all phases and functions of the project/facility lifecycle.
The vision of the future for the capital projects industry is of a highly automated project and facility management environment integrated across all phases of the facility lifecycle. Information is available on demand, wherever and whenever it is needed to all interested stakeholders. This integrated environment will enable all project partners and project functions to instantly and securely "plug together" their operations and systems. Interconnected, automated systems, processes, and equipment will drastically reduce the time and cost of planning, design, and construction. Scenario-based planning systems and modeling tools will enable rapid, accurate evaluation of all options, resulting in the selection of the best balance of capability and cost-effectiveness. New materials and methods will reduce the time and cost of construction and greatly extend facility performance, functionality, aesthetics, affordability, sustainability, and responsiveness to changing business demands.
This vision is captured in the guiding model for the Capital Projects Technology Roadmap in the figure above (download). This model depicts a completely integrated structure composed of nine critical elements and can be thought of as a virtual enterprise for the future. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Scenario-based Project Planning Automated Design Integrated, Automated Procurement & Supply Network Intelligent & Automated Construction Job Site Intelligent Self-maintaining and Repairing Operational Facility Real-time Project and Facility Management, Coordination and Control New Materials, Methods, Products & Equipment Technology- & Knowledge-enabled Workforce Lifecycle Data Management & Information Integration
Tactical Plans: Delivering the Vision
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The Vision Model defines the future of the capital projects industry. To realize the vision, focus areas and projects must be implemented that move the industry from where we are to where we need to be. This requires prioritization to define what must be done in a way that delivers high value to industry in the near-term, and builds the constituency needed to support investments in the longer-term.
Teams of motivated technical experts from all stakeholder constituencies have developed tactical plans for each of the nine element areas listed above. These plans do not, even at this stage, represent everything that must be done. The plans are dynamic; new projects will be added and modifications made as progress is made. In all cases, the tactical plans focus on a migration strategy - delivering value now, while moving directly to realize the vision of a totally integrated capital projects environment.
The Path Forward The CPTR is integral to the future strength of the nation's capital infrastructure. It is the result of a process that will continue with: - rallying support from industry, associations, consortia, government agencies, and academia, - engagement of partners and funding to define and execute the project plans that deliver solutions which provide near-term benefits while achieving the long-term overall vision, and - updating the goals and plans as progress is accomplished and as requirements evolve.
The CPTR is a major component of this continuing process. The tactical plans will support activities, and new projects will be launched to fully address all elements of the vision model. Strategic performance measures will be put in place to assess progress. Organizations will be enlisted to deliver pieces of the solution, and technology vendors will engineer their product lines to align with the needs. The result: a more efficient and capable industry.
Funding to achieve the vision will come from many sources. Research and development organizations will secure grants to conduct research; companies will join together to write proposals and establish joint ventures; government agencies, acting independently and in concert, will find ways to support critical enablers for the nation's capital infrastructure.
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It has been 10 years since Rethinking Construction. It is the name of the report produced by Sir John Egan's Construction Task Force. The Report commissioned by John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, was published in July 1998. The central message of Rethinking Construction was that through the application of best practices, the industry and its clients can collectively act to improve their performance. One point of view is that too many steps have been missed, and is costing the construction industry. This oversight has resulted in the industry receiving four out of 10 marks, for improvement, over the past 10 years.
US Census Bureau, "Annual Value of Private Non-residential Construction Put in Place by Detailed Types of Construction, 1993-1999". 2 US Census Bureau, "Annual Value of Private Non-residential Construction Put in Place by Detailed Types of Construction, 1993-1999", Definitions 3 A similar "fixed proportion" estimate using the "1992 Census of the Construction Industry" was used in "Benefits and Costs of Research: A Case Study of Construction Systems Integration and Automation Technologies in Industrial Facilities" , by R.E. Chapman, NIST. 4 Construction Industry Institute, 1998. "Cost and Schedule Impacts of Information Management", Research Summary 125-1. Austin, Texas 5 Construction Industry Institute, 1998. "Cost and Schedule Impacts of Information Management", Research Summary 125-1. Austin, Texas 6 NIST Office of Applied Economics - Building and Fire Research Laboratory, "Benefits and Costs of Research: A Case Study of Construction Systems Integration and Automation Technologies in Industrial Facilities" , R.E. Chapman, June 2000. 1
Resources "The Egan Report - 10 Year Anniversary," May 21, 2008
"Innovation Fuel: Ideas Desired, Funding Needed ," Global Summit on Construction R&D Strategies and Their Transnational, Co-operative Implementation
"Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Workshop ," Intelligent & Automated Construction Job Site Workshop
"An Integrated View of NSF and Infrastructure Systems Research ," Capital Projects Integrated Technology Workshop - 2002
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"Critical Infrastructure Protection Priorities: The Built Environment ," Capital Projects Integrated Technology Workshop - 2002
"Funding Opportunities for High-Risk Research ," Capital Projects Integrated Technology Workshop - 2002
"Institute for Research in Construction ," Capital Projects Integrated Technology Workshop 2002
"Perspectives, Opportunities, Challenge ," Capital Projects Integrated Technology Workshop 2002
"Vulnerability of Public Infrastructure: A System's Perspective ," Capital Projects Integrated Technology Workshop - 2002
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