Building information modeling (BIM) tools are increasingly present in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. This software tool chain not only requires new knowledge on the level of technology, but moreover, a new knowledge of people related skills and re-configuration of the process. There is hope that BIM tools will increase the degree of process integration and suppor...

health policy has been termed a ‘chameleon concept’, referring to its ability to take on different forms of disciplinarity as well as different roles and functions. this paper extends paton’s analysis by exploring the paradox of health policy as a field of academic inquiry—sitting across many of the boundaries of social science but also marginalised by them. it situates contemporary approaches ...

Two vehicle chassis design tasks were solved by decomposition-based multi-disciplinary optimisation (MDO) methods, namely collaborative (CO) and analytical target cascading (ATC). A passive suspension system was optimised applying both CO ATC. Multiple parameters of the spring damper selected as variables. The discomfort, road holding, total mass spring–damper combination objective functions. A...