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Soffi Westin
Managing data and information quality in construction engineering : a system design approach
Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Agder 2014 Following the ADR method made it possible not only to develop a tool, but also to formulate design principles and abstract the findings to a generalizable level. This study contributes to knowledge and practice in several ways. First, I offer five design principles for DQ/IQ assessment tools. These design principles are specifically aimed at mitigating the unavoidable challenges and their consequences in construction engineering projects. By accepting these unavoidable challenges and consequences and subsequently providing means for managing the results in a controlled manner, these principles makes it…
Data and Information Quality Research in Engineering Construction Projects: A Review of Literature
This article presents a review of the research on Data and Information Quality (DQ/IQ) assessment in engineering construction. Through a review of 445 articles on the topic, only nine were found in the context of engineering construction. The analysis of these nine articles revealed six challenges in performing DQ/IQ assessment in this context: the iterative nature of concurrent engineering, the uniqueness of engineering data, lack of integration between processes, lack of integration between systems, lack of timely information, and lack of relevant DQ/IQ assessment frameworks and tools. The specific contributions of this paper are the identification of DQ/IQ challenges in engineering const…
IMPLEMENTING CLOUD BASED BIG DATA PLATFORMS – A CASE USING MICROSOFT AZURE
Digital transformation and implementation of big data platforms are inevitable in any industry. Big data constitutes an important area of research, however, implementation of platforms like Microsoft Azure have yet to be explored. Through a narrative case study, we aim to explore the implementation of such big data platforms in the power industry. Our case is based in a Norwegian power company who are early movers in implementing Microsoft’s Azure platform across multiple units in the organization. With the support of top management and eager business units one would expect this process to be fairly straight forward. Our findings show that the maturity of the technology, in addition to chal…
Improving data quality in construction engineering projects : an action design research approach
Aurthor's version of an article in the journal: Journal of Management in Engineering. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000202 The topic of data and information quality (DQ/IQ) is a longstanding issue of interest in both academia and practice in the construction engineering field. Poor DQ/IQ has led to poor engineering drawings that, in turn, have led to delays and, eventually, cost overruns. In this paper, a study is reported that took an action design research (ADR) approach to develop and evaluate a DQ/IQ assessment tool, which is called the information quality system (IQS), in a large global engineering and construction company. The eval…