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A Journey to the Future of Capital Projects

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Dr. Jorge A. Vanegas

�Director�Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) �School of Architecture (SOA)

Other:

Professor�Department of Architecture (ARCH)�School of Architecture (COA)

Professor�Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CVEN)�College of Engineering (COE)

Research Professor�Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

Contact Information:

3137 TAMU

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas 3137

Mobile: 979.204.2577�Email : jvanegas@tamu.edu

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Point of Departure, Context, and Drivers

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We live in one World,

with one Race, one Life, and one common Future for all…

The Journey to the Future begins with a fundamental premise...

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Natural

Built

Virtual

Social

In that World, �Humanity lives in four�Environments...

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Quality of�Life

Quality�of�Place

Quality�of�Human�Endeavor

People

... With aspirations to have...

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One current approach to achieve this is...

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Environmental, Social, and Governance

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Source: United Nations – http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

The Journey to the Future – Ecosystem of Potential Destinations (1a)

(1a) Potential Destinations –�The U.N. Sustainable Development�Goals

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Source: International Science Council– https://council.science/publications/a-guide-to-sdg-interactions-from-science-to-implementation//

(1b) Synergies –�Among the�U.N. Sustainable Development�Goals

The Journey to the Future – Synergies (1b)

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Capital Projects Industry

Source: United Nations – http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals /

(1c) Enablers – �Of the�U.N. Sustainable Development�Goals

The Journey to the Future – Enablers of the UNSDGs (1c)

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The Capital Projects Industry delivers Facilities (e.g., commercial, institutional, industrial, & residential), as well as Civil Infrastructure Systems (e.g., energy, water, mobility, communications, & waste), which together form the foundation that enables the UNSDGs...

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However, in the delivery of a Capital Project for Facilities & Civil Infrastructure Systems, the Capital Projects Industry needs to overcome several challenges...

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A first challenge is that a Capital Project resembles a...

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Capital�Project

Actors

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...since in the delivery of a given Capital Project a wide and diverse range of Actors come together under a wide range of contractual agreements, each playing a different complementary role and having different complementary responsibilities...

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A second challenge is that the Actors “speak” different “languages,” which many times creates a need for...

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A common “language”...

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...And a universal “translator”...

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A third challenge is that the Actors live in “Silos” created by individuals and their disciplines, by groups or teams, by communities, and/or by public or private organizations or institutions, which offer a set of common values and a sense of shared identity and belonging...

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... which creates a need to connect them in various ways...

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Windows…

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Doors...

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Bridges…

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Stairs…

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Tunnels…

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… And in addition, identify among them: Interrelationships, Interdependencies, Synergies, Dysergies, Redundancies, & Gaps

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Destination

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One way to overcome these challenges is:�

FORMATION

...which has two connotations...

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ASSEMBLE & FORM

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FORM & FLY

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So, Accelerated Capital Projects Formation is a framework for the delivery of CAPEX that is less wasteful and more effective and efficient (from Planning & A/E Design, through Procurement & Construction, to Commissioning, Startup, & Turnover), and of OPEX (in Operations & Maintenance)...

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... And higher levels of the Triple ROI:

Return On Investment
Return On Impact
Return On Influence

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The Accelerated Capital Projects Formation Framework

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Cornerstone (1a) for the Journey – A Collaboratory for Accelerated�Capital Projects Formation

(1a) Collaboratory

A simplified definition describes a collaboratory as an environment where participants make use of computing and communication technologies to access shared instruments and data, as well as to communicate with others. Other definitions describe a collaboratory as:

“A center without walls, in which the nation’s researchers can perform their research without regard to physical location, interacting with colleagues, accessing instrumentation, sharing data and computational resources, [and] accessing information in digital libraries.” (Wulf, 1989)
“A system which combines the interests of the scientific community at large with those of the computer science and engineering community to create integrated, tool-oriented computing and communication systems to support scientific collaboration.” (Bly, 1998)
“An experimental and empirical research environment in which scientists work and communicate with each other to design systems, participate in collaborative science, and conduct experiments to evaluate and improve systems.” Rosenberg (1991)
“More than an elaborate collection of information and communications technologies; it is a new networked organizational form that also includes social processes; collaboration techniques; formal and informal communication; and agreement on norms, principles, values, and rules.” (Cogburn, 2003)

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Cornerstone (Ib) for the Journey – A Cyberinfrastructure for Accelerated Capital Projects � Formation

(1b) Cyberinfrastructure

A simplified definition describes cyberinfrastructure as a research environment that supports: �

Advanced data�acquisition
Data storage
Data management
Data integration
Data mining
Data visualization
Other computing and information processing services distributed over the Internet beyond the scope of a single institution.

In scientific usage, cyberinfrastructure is a technological and sociological solution to the problem of�efficiently connecting laboratories, data, computers, and people with the goal of enabling derivation of�novel scientific theories and knowledge.

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Cornerstone (2) for the Journey* – A Main Focus on Reducing the Principal Sources of Transactional � Waste

* SOURCE: Construction Industry Institute (CII)

(2) Formation�Main�Focus

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Cornerstone (3a) for the Journey* – Accelerated Capital Projects Formation Roadmap