Physics of the management process at the stages of organizational and technological design and construction production of the life cycle of capital construction facility

The purpose of the research is to find new approaches to explaining the management processes of capital construction facilities at the stages of organizational and technological design and construction production of their life cycle from the perspective of flow theory. The flow concept of the functioning of construction processes is based on the theory of transformation-flow-value, which allows us to consider construction processes as dynamic systems with continuous movement of material, financial and information flows. The research methodology is based on the analysis of foreign regulatory documents regulating the management of organizational and technological design and construction production, as well as scientific publications on the results of research on flows in construction. The methods of analysis, abstraction and analogy are used to identify the specifics of the flow behavior in the construction system and to formulate conclusions about the impact of individual flows on the overall reliability of the construction site. The results obtained reflect the current state of management at the stages of organizational and technological design and construction production, identify trends in their development and present a new interpretation of construction processes from the point of view of the flow concept. It is concluded that it is necessary to integrate inter-flow interactions into the control process, since the stability of an individual flow is determined not only by its internal reliability, but also by the nature of its interrelationships with other elements of the system. Traditional deterministic management methods are insufficient to meet the requirements of the modern construction industry, requiring the development of a fundamentally new approach — the physics of the management process. This approach combines classical 
concepts of construction processes with modern views on the behavior of flows, providing a deep under
standing of the internal structure and increasing the efficiency of organizational and technological design 
and construction production. 

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