We propose an agenda planning technique with a built-in incentive mechanism, based on the VCG (Vickrey-Clarke-Groves) method from game theory, to help project managers in the engineering construction industry create a more effective agenda. Preliminary results have shown an improvement in both instrumented and perceived meeting quality.

A construction schedule helps planners to identity potential construction problems prior to actual building construction. Planners must envision the sequence of construction, the workspace logistics, and utilization of resources and equipment in space and over time. This paper discusses methods of generating, visuaMng, and evahrating construction planning information with CAD based tools. We use a construction example to illustrate how feature extraction of 3D CAD models can help identify construction problems and evaluate the quality of a construction plan through 4D analysis and 4D annotation.

The models discussed are symbolic, explicitly describing concepts, parameters, and relations among concepts and parameters. They are formal in that they represent the design of the business and its processes as described by professional decision-makers. A methodology is presented for building such model-based systems, and some of the practical issues of building and validating models are discussed.>