Luiten, G T and Fischer, M A (1998) Opportunities for computer-aided design for construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 5(2), pp. 127-136. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Many organizational approaches and technological opportunities are available or under development to improve the integration of design and construction. The opportunities offered by information technology are especially promising. Combining organizational approaches with state-of-the-art technologies in a systematic manner will allow firms to derive the full benefits of computer-aided design for construction. The present paper describes a framework that helps researchers and practitioners approach computer-aided design for construction systematically. The framework identifies six interactions between design and construction. It is based on frame-works for design for manufacture and on an analysis of current building practice. Design for manufacture has proven most effective when integrated into a cyclical product development process. The present framework serves as a road map for the building industry to formalize its information flows, to integrate design for construction into its linear facility delivery process and to approach a more cyclical delivery process.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | buildability; constructability; design-build; design; integration; project delivery; project management |
| Index terms: | state of the art, computer aided design, practitioner, integration, building practice, information technology, buildability, product development process, information flow, design and construction, design for manufacture, building industry, project management, project delivery, constructability, interaction |
| Subjects: | project management theory and practice, construction integration, manufacturing engineering, information systems, behavioral psychology, design efficiency, industry analysis, building construction, organizational analysis, innovation studies, computing systems, practitioner, research dissemination and communication, computational design, project delivery, contractual arrangements |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Procurement, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Business Strategy, Organizational Design, Design Practice, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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