Owen, R; Amor, R; Palmer, M; Dickinson, J; Tatum, C B; Kazi, A S; Prins, M; Kiviniemi, A and East, B (2010) Challenges for integrated design and delivery solutions. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 6(4), pp. 232-240. ISSN 1745-2007
Abstract
A new approach of integrated design and delivery solutions (IDDS) aims to radically improve the performance of the construction industries. IDDS builds upon recent trends in the construction industries that have seen the widespread adoption of technologies such as building information modelling (BIM) and innovative processes such as integrated project delivery. However, these innovations are seen to develop in isolation, with little consideration of the overarching interactions between people, process and technology. The IDDS approach is holistic in that it recognizes that it is only through a combination of initiatives such as skill development, process re-engineering, responsive information technology, enhanced interoperability and integrating knowledge management, among others, that radical change can be achieved. To implement IDDS requires step changes in many project aspects, and this gap between current performance and that required for IDDS is highlighted. The research required to bridge the gaps is identified in four major aspects of collaborative processes, workforce skills, integrated information and knowledge management.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | automation; BIM; integrated design; process re-engineering; productivity; skill development |
| Index terms: | step-change, building information modelling, integrated project delivery, productivity, skills development, information and knowledge management, automation, construction industry, interaction, interoperability, knowledge management, information technology |
| Subjects: | knowledge management, contractual arrangements, computing systems, innovation studies, systems and processes, behavioral psychology, information systems, industry analysis, management, personnel development, professional development, automation and robotics |
| Topics: | Procurement, Business Strategy, Information Management, Research Practice, Digital Applications, Human Resources |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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