Live Capture And Reuse Of Project Knowledge In Construction - A Prototype Development

In construction industry, project knowledge is often lost due to the time lapse in capturing the knowledge, staff turnover, and the disbandment of the project team after the completion of a project. The ability to capture important knowledge from ongoing projects in real-time not only can help to prevent the knowledge loss problem, it also enables construction organizations to get the most out of a knowledge captured through the ‘live’ reuse of the knowledge in other projects. This paper describes the development of a prototype application called CAPRI.NET, which is an integral part of a methodology developed to facilitate the capture and reuse of project knowledge on a ‘live’ basis. The methodology, which comprises a Web-based knowledge base, an integrated workflow system (IWS) and a Project Knowledge Manager (PKM) as the administrator, allows project knowledge to be captured ‘live’ from ongoing projects. All project team members can retain a copy of the knowledge captured at the end of a project. Future work of the research includes the refinement of the prototype and an evaluation.