Forecasting building element maintenance within an integrated constructionenvironment

Previous work has adopted various structured analysis techniques to model a n application, which aims to generate the building element maintenance fore cast valuation from the building design and project estimate, as an integra l part of an integrated construction environment. The Automation and integr ation in Construction (AIC) Research Group at the University of Salford has developed an integrated construction environment for the construction indu stry in the UK-the Simultaneous Prototyping for An integrated Construction Environment (SPACE). SPACE aims to incorporate various construction applica tions enabling project information to be shared between these applications and allowing the user to run them simultaneously. The purpose of this paper is to present the development of the MAINtenance ForeCASTing in an Integra ted Construction Environment (MAINCAST) application of SPACE. The implement ation of the resulting Express-G (static data) and IDEF phi (process) model s into SPACE and the development of the external remedy databases are descr ibed. Finally, through the aid of a case study project, the MAINCAST applic ation prototype is presented. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. A ll rights reserved.