Automated Construction Management System and Interaction Register

ACS Construction and Register of Construction

Unified digital contour of the industry

General

The modern construction industry is characterized by high complexity, multiple participants, distributed processes and a significant amount of data, which in the current state are scattered, unsynchronized and often inaccessible in real time.

For the transition to a managed, transparent and efficient construction system, a single digital circuit based on integration is formed:

• Register of construction - as a system of accounting, identification and digital representation of objects and participants;
• Automated management system (ACS) of construction - as a system of coordination, control and management decision-making.

The joint work of the Register and the ACS ensures the transition from fragmentary control to a systematic, observed and managed architecture of the construction industry.

Role of the Register of Construction

The construction register serves as a single source of reliable data on the construction system. It provides:

• identification of construction objects;
• registration of participants;
• fixing the stages of the life cycle;
• storage of documents;
• registration of events;
• risk management;
• Building connections between entities.

Each object in the Register is presented in the form of a digital passport, including:

• unique identifier;
• status;
• stage;
• participants;
• documents;
• communications;
• history of change.

The register forms a digital model of the reality of the construction industry.

The role of construction

Automated control system (ACS) of construction performs the function of the control circuit of the industry. ACS provides:

• monitoring of project implementation;
• dispatching of processes;
• control of terms and stages;
• management of tasks;
• Deviation management;
• coordination of participants;
• formation of management decisions;
• forecasting of risks;
• analytical support.

ACS does not work with abstract data, but with the current digital model formed in the Register.

Register and ACS communication

The registry and the ACS are integrated into a single system through constant two-way data exchange.

Data flow from the Registry to the ACS

The registry provides ACS:

• data on objects;
• information about the stages;
• information about participants;
• documents;
• contracts;
• risks;
• events and history of changes;
• graph of connections.

This data is used by the ACS for analysis and management.

Data flow from ACS to Registry. ASU returns to the Registry:

• updated statuses of objects;
• results of tasks;
• Changes in Stages;
• management decisions;
• recording of deviations;
• new events;
• Closing or Escalating Risks

Thus, the Register is constantly updated and becomes a living system that reflects the real state of the industry.

Principled model of interaction

The relationship between the Registry and the ACS can be expressed through a basic management model:

• The register records the current state of the system;
• ACS determines the target state;
• ACS forms management impacts;
• the results of actions are returned to the Register;
• The cycle repeats.

This forms a closed loop of control.

The integration model

The interaction of the Register and the ACS is carried out through an event-driven architecture model.

Main types of events:

• creation of the object (project.created);
• stage change (project.stage_changed);
• add a member (company.added_to_project);
• conclusion of a contract (contract.created);
• risk (risk.created);
• violation of deadlines (deadline.violated);
• task execution (task.completed);
• status update (project.status_updated).

Working principle:

• The register records the event;
• the event is published in the system;
• ASU reacts to the event;
• management action is formed;
• The result is recorded back in the register.

Functional integration

The Register and the ACS are linked at the function level.

The Register shall provide:

• identification;
• accounting;
• traceability;
• storage of history;
• Data connectivity.

ACS provides:

• time management;
• management of tasks;
• resource management;
• risk management;
• coordination;
• monitoring of implementation.

Levels of management. The integration of the Registry and the ACS works on three levels.

Operational level

• management of a specific object;
• monitoring of deadlines;
• management of tasks;
• reaction to deviations.

Tactical level

• Project portfolio management;
• analysis of contractors loading;
• risk management;
• redeployment of resources

Strategic level

• management of construction programs;
• analysis of regions;
• planning of development of territories;
• Formation of public policy.

The architectural model. In platform architecture:

• Register of construction - data module (data layer);
• ACS construction - control module (control layer);
• The graph of connections is a module of structural connectivity (graph layer);
• Analytics and AI - forecasting module (intelligence layer);
• The digital operator is the integration layer.

Technological integration. Communication is implemented through:

• API (REST / GraphQL);
• event bus (Kafka / RabbitMQ);
• common identifiers (ID of objects);
• synchronization of data;
• graph model of connections (Neo4j);
• Single directories.

Effects of Integration. The integration of the Registry and the ACS provides:

• full transparency of the construction industry;
• elimination of information gaps;
• Increased speed of decision making;
• reducing risks and losses;
• Increasing the responsibility of participants;
• transition to real-time control;
• formation of a base for AI and predictive analytics.

A place in the Crystal of Construction. In Crystal architecture:

• The register is the basis of identification and observation;
• ACS is a mechanism for management and coordination;
• their bundle forms the core of digital construction management.

Formulation for the document. The integration of the Register of Construction and Automated Management System (ACS) provides the formation of a single digital contour of the industry, in which the Register acts as a source of reliable data on the state of objects, participants, stages and events, and the ACS is a tool for monitoring, coordination, control and management decision-making. Such architecture provides a transition to a transparent, manageable and predictive model of development of the construction complex.

A brief formula. The register captures reality. ASU manages this reality.

Strong management formula. Register + ASU = managed construction industry.

. INTERACTION SCHEME

Register — ASU — Graph — AI

Central logic of the scheme. The scheme is built on layers (this is important):

[ EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ]

        ↓

[ REGISTER ]

        ↓

[ GRAPH (LINKS) ]

        ↓

[ ACS ]

        ↓

[ AI / ANALYTICS ]

        ↓

[ ADMINISTRATION ]

        ↓

[ REGISTER UPDATE ]

It's a closed loop.

Layer 1 - External environment. Data sources:

• construction sites
• Participants
• documents
• IoT / Sensors
• State systems

Reality is born here.

Layer 2 - REGISTER (Data Layer). It's the foundation.

What it holds:

• objects
• Company
• Stages
• documents
• contracts
• Events
• Risks

What he does:

• records the facts
• Creating digital passports
• Keeps History

This is the only version of the truth.

Layer 3 to GRAPH (Relationships). This is what distinguishes the system from the usual CRM. What he does:

• It connects everything and shows:
• Who is related to whom
• through what is connected
• Where is the gap

Examples:

• Object → Contractor
• Contractor → Contract
• Contract → Risk

This is the structure of the crystal

Layer 4 is ASU (Control Layer). It's management.

What he does: