DESIGN FEATURES BASED PROJECT DATA ORGANIZATION MODEL

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING PRACTICAL AND USEFUL COMPUTERIZED MODELS WHICH, GIVEN THEDESIGN FEATURES (PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES) OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF PROJECT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DERIVE THE ARRAY OF KEY PROJECT DATA (IMPLEMENTATION FUNCTION/ACTIVITIES) ASSOCIATED WITH ITS EXECUTION. THE EFFORT WILL EXAMINE THE "BODY OF KNOWLEDGE" AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE RELATIONAL DATA BASES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF PROJECT MATURITY. PHSE I WILL ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE AND VERIFY QUALITATIVELY THAT THE CONCEPT IS FEASIBLE BY PRODUCING A GENERIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MODEL WHICH WILL BE VALIDATED BY TESTING AGAINST THE RESULTS OF ONE OR MORE COMPLETED PROJECTS. PATHFINDER, INC. HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THIS CONCEPT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND INTENDS TO BUILD UPON WORK IN PROGRESS TO EXPEDITE A SUPPORTABLE, FEASIBLITY CONCLUSION. IF PHASE I RESULTS ARE POSITIVE, THIS INITIAL EFFORT WILL INCLUDE A DEFINTIVE PROGRAM FOR PHASE II. DURING PHASE II, WE WOULD EXPECT TO ADD QUANTIFICATION CAPABILITY TO THE PHASE I MODEL AND DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE COMMERCIAL COMPUTER PROGRAM. BASED ON PATHFINDER'S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WE BELIEVE WELL-DESIGNED PROGRAM OF THE TYPE BEING INVESTIGATED WOULD HAVE WIDESPREAD INTEREST AND COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE SUCCESS POTENTIAL OF MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.