Deployment of an AEC industry sector product model

Erratum to: "Deployment of an AEC industry sector product model [Computer-Aided Design 37 (12) 1214-1228]"

Providing the Model of Deployment of Smart Services in Iranian Health Sector: A Qualitative Study

Background and Aim: Due to the importance and position of the health sector in society and consideration of industry 4.0 during these days, we witness an increase in the spread of state-of-the-art (smart) technologies in various fields, on one hand, and an evolutionary development by integrating healthcare and technology, on the other hand. Thus, the application of smart technologies can help t...

Electronic Procurement Benchmarking Exercise in the Aec Industry Sector

In spite of recognising the potential of electronic commerce (e-commerce), a majority of the architecture-engineering-construction (AEC) industry participants still adopt a ‘wait-and-see’ approach in their investments of information technologies. Quantitative study and benchmarks can help the industry to have a better understanding and implementation of e-commerce. Research work that focuses on...

Integration of data and processes of AEC projects using the industry foundation classes

Integration trends in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry are increasing the demands for the implementation and deployment of integrated project systems. Much of the research throughout the last decade was driven by the need to develop integrated project systems and standard industry-wide data models to support their development. Standard data models are widely recog...

Migration from an Individual to an Enterprise Computing Model and Its Implications for Aec Research (white Paper Submitted to the Berkeley-stanford Ce&m Workshop: Defining a Research Agenda for Aec Process/product Development in 2000 and Beyond)

Some commentators have emphasised the 'structural' difference between construction and other industrial sectors (construction is low tech., one-off, other manufacturing industries can amortize R+D costs over long production runs, etc). Others have considered the organisational aspect of the industry, focussing on issues of discipline specialisation, organisational fragmentation and adversarial ...