Int. J. Internet and Enterprise Management, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2003 153 Copyright ' 2003 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Procession: a three-dimensional information visualisation tool for construction project statusing Steve North Manchester Centre for Civil and Construction Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK E-mail: steve@stevenorth.com Abstract: Construction project management traditionally uses two dimensional visualisation techniques to analyse project performance. In this paper, it is proposed that a more comprehensive performance measurement system might represent project progress as a three-dimensional data surface. A conceptual three-dimensional framework for the representation of non-physical construction industry data is outlined. This framework led to the development of Procession’, a three-dimensional information visualisation software tool. Procession uses a three-dimensional data surface as an abstract representation of the described framework. The target group for Procession was social housing project clients. Field experiments were undertaken to compare the information quality and usability of Procession, with the progress reporting methods believed used by construction clients. The most important finding was that clients were significantly more able to assess project status with the developed software, than with their traditional reporting methods. Keywords: 3D; construction; information visualisation; planning; progress reporting; project management; statusing. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: North, S. (2003) Procession: a three-dimensional information visualisation tool for construction project statusing, Int. J. Internet and Enterprise Management, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.153166. Biographical notes: Steve North recently completed his PhD at University College Londons Virtual Reality Centre For The Built Environment. Steve worked for nine years in social housing development. He obtained a first degree in Housing Solutions, followed by an MSc in Virtual Environments from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Steve then worked for several years as a software creative in the commercial sector. This included high profile virtual reality projects for clients such as Intel. He is currently a Research Associate on the VIRCON project, initially based at University College London and then at UMIST. He is also a consulting researcher and developer at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. His primary research interests are: the application of information visualisation and artificial intelligence to planning and scheduling across all domains, specifically the construction industry and spacecraft autonomy. An earlier version of this paper was presented to the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry (ECPPM) 2000 at Lisbon, Portugal on 25-27 September.