Asst Professor, Civil Engineering Department, B.S Abdur Rahuman University, Chennai, India
Online published on 26 September, 2013.
In this ever changing world, nothing is permanent. New discoveries and technologies are making its way out every day and in every possible form. These changes make life easier and complicated at the same time. Therefore, it is important to have an open mind and to experiment around.
It would not be wrong to say that The Construction Industry is affected and also benefitted with these ongoing changes around. If we hear about credit crunch some day, we also hear about upswing in market another fine day; it's become that unpredictable. Hence, it is the need for having proper planning and precise thinking for future.
The word PROCESS is defined in dictionary as “a systematic series of actions directed to some end” with operations and changes taking place in a definite manner. Planning the process of working in the project is an important issue. In recent years so many processes have been introduced around. All processes are developed with the essence to captures best in the construction industry, i.e. to achieve cost, quality and time objectives and also sustainability nowadays. Selection of right process has become vital in construction industry as it highly determines the end result of the project, whether it would be declared a success or a failure.
