An evaluation of current collaborative prototyping practices within the AEC industry

Yeomans, Steven G.; Bouchlaghem, NM; El-Hamalawi, Ashraf

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2005.02.011

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“…Virtual Prototyping tools can effectively support co-design and other collaborative activities. Yeomans et al state that Collaborative Prototyping practices supported by ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) to share information present several benefits for the AEC fields, creating better team-working environments, reducing conflicts and enhancing confidence regarding the projects' outcomes, improving coordination and efficiency [28]. Despite these advantages, according to their evaluation, the AEC industry has invested very little in the development of Collaborative Prototyping tools in the past years, compared to other collaborative working tools.…”

Section: Related Work: Collaborative Virtual Prototyping Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participated Planning of Large Water Infrastructures through Virtual Prototyping Technologies

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Abstract:The design of large dams is a collaborative activity with relevant social and political implications. Planning such large infrastructures requires involving all the interested stakeholders, making shared decisions, tracing the design process. There are currently not many Virtual Prototyping tools to support this collaborative design process. In this paper, we propose a participated planning support system based on mobile and Augmented Reality technologies which allows different stakeholders to take part in the review of a large dam project through an application that automatically acquires information available online, allows all stakeholders to share information, and finally records everything for a subsequent analysis. The development of the application, as well as its use in two case studies and a user study, are described in the paper.

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Section: Related Work: Collaborative Virtual Prototyping Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participated Planning of Large Water Infrastructures through Virtual Prototyping Technologies

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“…The case studies and especially the survey findings cited (Yeomans et al, 2006) make it clear that implementing collaborative working inevitably involves human and social as well as technical issues. Several of the case descriptions, particularly the FAA Southern Region Disaster Management Team, Airbus and Bechtel, reveal that the evolving supporting infrastructures for collaborative working are not simply technological ones but, to varying degrees, are also social, human and organizational ones.…”

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“…Discovering the extent of active use of collaboration technologies is not straightforward given the tendency (noted by Yeomans et al, 2006) of companies to exaggerate such usage. The NCCTP survey report notes the considerable variation in the degree of experience that respondents had in using the technology:…”

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Collaborative Working—The Elusive Vision

Damodaran

Shelbourn

2006

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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Recent decades have seen high levels of investment, especially by the European Commission, in research and development projects to generate advanced information and communications technologies (ICTs) for the construction industry. The vision for these and many other related technological developments is that they offer powerful capabilities to the construction sector to enhance performance, reduce waste and improve competitiveness. There is growing recognition that to exploit the potential of ICT-enabled capabilities requires not just implementation of new technologies but the development of new ways of working. These new ways of working involve individuals, often in teams, developing patterns of communication and interaction to enable them to work collaboratively -overcoming the constraints of geography and of time. DEFINITION OF COLLABORATIVE WORKINGCollaborative working has been defined in a variety of ways. At one end of the spectrum, it is seen as: the creation and use of information, stored within a model, by a project team to enable them to work closely together to achieve benefits such as the efficient development of design solutions, integrated cost planning and installation scheduling, defect-free construction, and so on. (Avanti, 2006) ICT from this perspective is seen as:enabling the development and maintenance of a single repository and source of data representing the asset -a 'common data environment ' -which contains data that is created with the use of CAD systems, analysis and simulation tools, planning tools, and so on, and input to or extracted from the model through an interface such as an extranet. (Avanti, 2006) Further, there is recognition that collaborative working involves more than data transfer: 'Collaboration is more than the ability to transfer data to one another in electronic form. Collaboration is a business process that engages the total project delivery team ' (Avanti, 2005) Avanti is an approach to collaborative working on projects that enables construction partners to work together effectively. The principles of collaborative working the Avanti way are: early access to all project information by all partners; early involvement of the supply chain; and sharing of project information, drawings and schedules, in an agreed and consistent manner. (Avanti, 2005) In the mechanistic approach adopted by Avanti, the focus is upon information management and the importance of standardization. Human interactions, social and cognitive activities are not identified as component parts of the collaborative process.A broader definition of collaborative working offered by Wilkinson (2005) VISION FOR FUTURE USE OF ICTRecognition of the imperative to establish new ways of working in order to exploit information and communications technologies as collaborative working tools was articulated in 1998. Kikermo and Getty (1998) described their vision for the future as comprising the following elements:• coordination and alignment of work processes, organizational structures, and technology • in...

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“…However, to achieve a greater business re-engineering prompt attention is given to modelling new business processes around the implemented IT systems [59] [40]. [60] expressed the need for certain project teams to provide extra effort towards achieving collaboration, however, in Malaysia current literature is void of which project team members should with the advent of BIM engage more for a push towards effective collaboration.…”

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Measurement of Theoretical Relationships in Building Information Modelling Adoption in Malaysia

Enegbuma¹,

Aliagha²,

Ali³

2014

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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An evaluation of current collaborative prototyping practices within the AEC industry

Cited by 21 publications

References 6 publications

Participated Planning of Large Water Infrastructures through Virtual Prototyping Technologies

Participated Planning of Large Water Infrastructures through Virtual Prototyping Technologies

Collaborative Working—The Elusive Vision

Measurement of Theoretical Relationships in Building Information Modelling Adoption in Malaysia

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