Systemic integrated method as the basis for high-quality planning of construction production

The construction production technology of a large-scale investment project is an integrated process that involves diverse contracting organizations each with its own mechanical equipment, managers, engineers and workers. Operations of hundreds of participants are interrelated. These interrelations give rise to multiple factors of various nature and frequency that introduce substantial changes in the construction technology due to disruption of the preset progress rate. Multiple diverse factors affecting the behavior of a construction system call for appropriate research in this area and developing adequate managerial tools in order to achieve the project’s quality targets. It should be noted that a contracting organization is an important structural subdivision of a construction system. In this connection, there is a need for setting integrated scientifically complex tasks and holding appropriate research with a view to developing models and tools of integrated operational management of a construction project. Before a management system for construction of buildings and structures is designed, information should be collected about external and internal factors affecting a structural subdivision of a construction project. An integrated nature of a construction subdivision is among the critical indicators in this regard. Having analyzed and weighted each factor, a certain tool should be developed to identify the dependence of the integration indicator of the construction subdivision on these factors. It implies the development of an algorithm and models based on a mathematical approach with subsequent experiments, description of the findings and increasing the flexibility of the management system being developed. This research will apply a systemic approach based on system engineering that involves the study of characteristics of a project as an integrated whole, a unified system proceeding from the idea that the integrated whole has some qualities that are extrinsic to its constituent parts. Consistent and predicted results are achieved more efficiently and successfully when operations are coordinated, and all processes are interrelated and focused on attaining a common objective. It is important to note a prevailing problem of combining various professionals in a single team tackling a shared engineering task. Understanding an organization’s environment is a process. This process involves a number of factors that affect the intention, objectives and sustainability of construction companies.