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The construction sector has for some time been working in a virtual enterprise fashion but with little technological support. As pressures are increasing in the industry to improve on cost-effectiveness and quality there is a growing need for adequate process support. Currently available process support technologies tend to be difficult and time-consuming to set up to support such projects and are therefore not very practical despite their potential benefits. The paper reports on current research into a user operated process design approach that will allow the easy generation of process support tailored to a particular project and which will generate the infrastructure of a virtual enterprise for a given construction project and help manage the project execution phase.
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- Construction Project
- Construction Sector
- Process Support
- Virtual Enterprise
- Computer Support Cooperative Work
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Tsakopoulos, S., Bokma, A. (2001). Process Support for Virtual Projects in the Construction Sector. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H., Rabelo, R.J. (eds) E-Business and Virtual Enterprises. PRO-VE 2000. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 56. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35399-9_34
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