Integrated project for production of buildings: a new methodology in project development

• Grant number: 01/13304-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: April 01, 2004
• End date: August 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering - Product Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Rita Cristina Ferreira
• Grantee: Rita Cristina Ferreira
• Company: DWG Arquitetura e Sistemas S/C Ltda
• City: São Paulo

Abstract

The integrated project for the production of buildings aims to meet the demand of the civil residential construction market for a unique and harmonized project. It addresses a growing concern among construction companies and administrators in the area of planning and product management, in relation to the need to reduce costs, guarantee quality and increase competitiveness among businesses. DWG Arquitetura gained significant experience in this market through the development of the Masonry Project, which as it unfolded revealed the existence of a demand for the evolution of the services offered. Thus, from the Masonry Project, DWG progressed to the Partitions Project, which included the integrated harmonization between various systems. At the same time the Masonry Project became consolidated as a Project for the Production of Partitions (for systems with block walls and plasterboard). With the present project it is intended to extend DWG’s experience in the development of research into the production of the other systems which make up the building, adding computational procedures for automation, project control and collaborative work between multi-disciplinary teams. The objective is to generate an increase in quality and efficiency in the planning and production of the building. The result of the methodology of the project combined with the computational tools will constitute the Integrated Project for Production of Buildings, in a systemic manner. The specific research procedures in this first phase are: the collection of data on tools presently available on CAD and databases, associated with internet resources which offer conditions for setting up collaborative tasks in three dimensions, and the gathering of information on construction techniques and systems practiced in civil residential construction. (AU)