Gtb. Luiten et Fp. Tolman, AUTOMATING COMMUNICATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, Journal of construction engineering and management, 123(2), 1997, pp. 113-120
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Construcion & Building Technology","Engineering, Civil","Engineering, Industrial
Currently building companies are focusing many development efforts on
improving information transformation processes. However, daily-life pr
actice is characterized by islands of information. Budding information
normally resides in diverse and distinct sources, such as the heads o
f experienced engineers, literature, building codes, computer applicat
ions, drawings, and databases. Connecting these islands, e.g., by auto
mating communication, is a major challenge. This paper presents an app
roach to open, high-level, computer-interpretable communication betwee
n project participants. ''Open'' means independent of the participants
and their computer systems, ''high-level'' means that no human interp
retation is required for handling information and knowledge, and ''com
puter-interpretable'' means that no human interaction is needed for da
ta transfer. The (STEP) product-modeling approach provides a basis for
this kind of communication. The writers extended this approach to pro
ject modeling and more scope layers. They applied their approach to th
e integration of design and construction of precast concrete structure
s.