Virtual generative BIM workspace for maximising AEC conceptual design innovation

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by 549148 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector is one of the largest industrial employers, representing 9.8% of a countries' Gross Domestic Product, and employing over 7.1% of the workforce (Business Watch, 2005). However, the fragmentation of the AEC industry is well recognised -the consequences of which have led to well-documented problems relating ostensibly to failures in communication and information processing (Egan, 1998;Latham, 1994). These failures have contributed to the proliferation of adversarial nature of the different parties involved in a project (Forcade et al., 2007), which has also affected the veracity of design information (Cera et al., 2002;Fruchter, 1998) within the project lifecycle. In essence, the nature and complexity of communication within AEC projects has changed significantly over the last ten years, especially with advances in technology, and the increased prevalence, of web-based project collaboration technologies and project extranets. Within the AEC sector, Information and Communication Technology has revolutionised production and design (Cera et al., 2002), which has led to dramatic changes in terms of labour and skills (Fruchter, 1998). However, it is also important to acknowledge that the capabilities of such applications (and implementation thereof) in predicting the cost and performance of optimal design proposals (Petric et al., 2002) should enable design engineers to compare the quality of any one tentative solution against the quality of previous solutions. This was reinforced by Goulding and Rahimian (2012), regarding the ability to experiment and experience decisions in a 'cyber-safe' environment, in order to mitigate or reduce risks prior to construction. Consequently, the success of AEC projects is highly dependent upon the 'type', 'level' and 'quality' of the innovative communication exchange of various disciplines involved in the design and implementation phases.One of the key debates with respect to advanced technology adoption to the AEC industry is the level of automation throughout the project lifecycle (Frohm et al., 200...

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