Building Management Simulation Center

B. de Vries, S. Verhagen,

A.J Jessurun

What is the BMSC

• Training Center

• Construction Management

• User Interaction

• Full Scale Model

BMSC

Construction Management Changes

• More emphasis on planning instead of controlling

• More pre-active instead of re-active construction management

Construction Management Training

• Not adequate for the new type of construction manager

• On the building site

• Dependent on the project and on the trainer

• Difficult to measure acquired knowledge and expertise

Course System:Project data

Project

ScoreRule

ExercisesTransitionType

Activity

Transitions

• Transition types (7) : Project dependent• Activities (100) : Project independent• If All(Activity) = Fulfilled then

Transition = OK• If Activity(i) = Fulfilled then

Activity(j,k,..)=OK• Scores : Ranges

Course System:Trainee data

ScoreRule

Trainee SessionLogRecord

System Requirements

• Minimal data entry effort

• Maximal data reliability

• Maximal data accuracy

• Minimal trainer’s interference

BMSC course system

• Building site

• Site hut

• Control room

BMSC floor plan

User interaction

• Communication console (PC)

• VR model on parabolic screen

• Actors: role play of truck driver, etc.

Student interface

Teacher interface

• Log record of trainees’ actions

• Scenario for actors

• Television monitors

Training evaluation

• Transition types > Activities

• Evaluation aspects: Time, Cost, Quality, organization, Information > Scores

• Construction knowledge > Expert

• Management knowledge > Expert

First Experiences

Pro• High level of

realism• Intense courses• Toolkit is very

generic

Con• Communication

console in no substitute for phone

• Unforeseen actions are missing

To Conclude