Integrated Construction Information

by Nfa; Martin Betts

• ISBN13: 9780419203704
• ISBN10: 0419203702
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135819996
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-05-30
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

The construction industry is an information-intensive sector and low levels of productivity are often blamed on inadequate integration of information. This book shows how the differenct types and sources of information can be integrated to benefit individual construction projects, construction companies and in the construction industry at world-wide level.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Foreword
The Field of Integrated Construction Information: An Editorial
Overview
The purpose and definition of integration	p. 3
Managerial issues affecting integration	p. 19
The role of data transfer	p. 37
Integrating different views of integration	p. 53
An integrating interface to data	p. 70
Integrated construction information efforts since 1945	p. 101
Logical structure of classification systems	p. 117
Construction integration - from the past to the present	p. 137
Construction integration - from the present to the future	p. 148
Product models and beyond	p. 159
Integration of design and construction knowledge	p. 173
Design systems in a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) context	p. 194
Software environments for integrated construction	p. 213
A building server for a construction industry client	p. 233
Integrating points of view through information modelling	p. 251
A process support environment for design management	p. 262
From modelling to applications	p. 279
Information management of construction projects	p. 291
Multi-agent collaboration in integrated information systems	p. 316
Integrated document management	p. 326
Environmental design of buildings	p. 343
Project historical information system	p. 355
Index	p. 378
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