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NRC Publications Archive Archives des publications du CNRCThis publication could be one of several versions: author's original, accepted manuscript or the publisher's version. / La version de cette publication peut être l'une des suivantes : la version prépublication de l'auteur, la version acceptée du manuscrit ou la version de l'éditeur. For the publisher's version, please access the DOI link below./ Pour consulter la version de l'éditeur, utilisez le lien DOI ci-dessous.http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.aei.2009.09.001 Advanced Engineering Informatics, 24, 2, pp. 196-207, 2009-09-01 Systems integration and collaboration in architecture, engineering, construction and facilities management: a review Shen, W.; Hao, Q.; Mak, H.; Neelamkavil, J.; Xie, H.; Dickinson, J. K.; Thomas, J. R.; Pardasani, A.; Xue, H. The material in this document is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission. For more information visit http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showtdm/cs/C-42Les renseignements dans ce document sont protégés par la Loi sur le droit d'auteur, par les lois, les politiques et les règlements du Canada et des accords internationaux. Ces dispositions permettent d'identifier la source de l'information et, dans certains cas, d'interdire la copie de documents sans permission écrite.
IntroductionDue to rapid changes in technology, demographics, business, the economy, and the world, we are entering a new era where people participate in the economy like never before. A new business rule for competitiveness is to "collaborate or perish" [71]. This applies to all societies and industries including the construction industry, or the AEC/FM (architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management) industry.
1According to an industrial survey on the Canadian construction IT industry [20], "the most frequently identified issue is related to collaboration (including communications, document management, and interoperability)." It is considered to be the most important "opportunity for improvement to the Canadian construction industry." From the same survey on a question related to "the trends in information technology that will be important for the construction industry over the next 10 years", the strongest response was for "Web-based collaboration and project management systems" (67%) followed by "integration of software tools across the project lifecycle" (43%). Surveys conducted in other countries showed similar results [16,29,60,89, 92].Because of the complexity of the construction industry, the multiple phases of the construction project lifecycle,...