Detailed Input data Source for Construction Process Simulation Approach to connect different data source for discrete-event simulation

Abstract- Process simulation is an established tool to support planning process. In construction business, process simulation is not gained acceptance for work planning. The reason therefore is the complex development of simulation models because of the lag of comprehensive input data in a suitable form. For meaningful results of process simulation a reliable input data is very important. In construction business scheduling and cost calculation depends in different planning phases on different data source. Developments in object-orientated construction design software offering possibilities to take this information about the object and combine these with process data delivered by dynamic construction data source. This paper presents an approach to integrate the dynamic construction data for input data in a very high level-of-detail. The presented approach is implemented in a discrete-event simulation framework. The objective is a tool for decision support in scheduling and calculation in construction management. Keywords-simulation; level-of-detail; process modeling; input data; construction management; scheduling. I