We will study IT tools from a more personal and team oriented perspective in a separate course 'IT in the Building Process - IT-tools'.

We have divided the course in 6 parts;

• APPLICATION INFORMATION MODELS (/de facto/ standards,...)
• KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS in computers
• CONCEPTUAL MODELLING (expressing and communicating the overall relations)
• VIRTUAL BUILDING MODELS AND SYSTEMS (a system over view)
• THE DIGITAL CITY AND SOCIETY (social and technical aspects)
• THE INTELLIGENT BUILDING (IT support for building inhabitants, and operation and maintenance)

• control (economy, reources, time planning)
• analyses programs (large and small)
• document handling
• ordering/invoicing
• drawing (CAD)
• communication
• process control
• rental
• building documentation
• building visualzation
• please add a few more..........

Issues

• Relation between product-process (time).
• Virtual Building (end-result, functions, client, views, alternative soluations)
• Degree of formalisation (organisation, product, other industries)
• Parametric models and objects/components. Redundant models
• Form and function relation in design (moving spaces, free form design,...)
• IT fundamentally changes the building porcess (red lining, collaboration spaces,
• Driving forces for formalisation (public clients, component vendors, globalisation)
• Experience collection and knowledge management
• Existing systems functional relations
• Existing systems, competence and degree of IT implemnetation at companies.

• What are your expectations from this course?
• Have you identified special IT needs to describe your evolving product?
• Are you using IT now to support your project work. Any special needs identified?
• Tell us about how you believe IT will influence your future working place

References

• Phiri T, 1999, "Information Technology in Construction Design". Thomas Telford Ltd, London. (227 p.). (Extracts):
  
  Historic background reading 'Systems software. Application software' (pp. 12-18), 'Time and project management activities' (pp. 27-33), 'Data manipulation and mathematical analysis' (pp. 47-51), CAD/CAM/CAE and multi-media' (pp. 52-67). Case studies: 'Anthony Hunt Associates, Structural and Civil Engineers' (pp. 87 - 91), 'Battle McCarthy, Consulting Engineers' (pp. 97-100), 'BDP Ltd, Architects, Engineers and Surveyors' (pp. 101-108), 'DEGW, Architects, Space Planning and Management Consultancy' (pp. 122-127), 'Price & myers, Consulting Structural and Civil Engineers' (pp. 177-180),'Reiach & Hall, Architects' (pp. 181-184), 'Richard Rogers Partnership, Architects' (pp. 189-194), 'SOM, Architects' (pp.195-201).
  
  'Conclusions and future developments' (pp. 203-211). (TOTAL extract 88 pp.)
  
  
• Christiansson P, et.al. 1999, " SERFIN2 - Skadeförebyggande Erfarenhetsåterföring för Fastighetsförvaltare på Internet. ". (pdf-version) KBS-Media Lab, Lunds Universitet.
  
  
• Skjærbæk Jens Ove, 2000, "Forandringsledelse og intranet hos COWI" [from the semester 6 course].

http://dkbit.it.auc.dk/. Further WWW links.


• Appendix A: "Resa till Los Angeles och San Francisco, 3-14.11 1982" (pp. 39 - 59) from
  Christiansson P, et.al. "Datorstödd projektering. CAD i tillämpning". G13:1983. Byggforskingsrådet Stockholm. (59 pp.).
  
  
• Christiansson P, 1984, "Datorstödd projektering, Cad. Besök vid företag och Universitet USA hösten 1983." TVBK-3019, Lunds Tekniska Högskola. (29 pp.)
  
  Howard, R., Kiviniemi, A. and Samuelson, O. Surveys of IT in the Construction Industry and Experience of the IT Barometer in Scandinavia (page 45). http://www.itcon.org/1998/4/
  
  Mitchell William, 1977, "Computer-Aided Architectural Design". Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. (573 pp).
  
  "Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry - ECPPM '98". editor Robert Amor. Clowes Group, Beccles, Suffolk, England. BRE, Watford, England. (580 pp.)
  
  "Information Technology in Construction". (edited by Michael Lacasse, Dana Vanier). Durability of Building Materials and Components 8. Volume 4. The National ResearchCouncil of Cananda. 1999. (2954 pp.)
  
  Karlshøj, Jan, 1994, "Principper og metoder for opstilling af datamodeller til byggetekniske anvendelser". Afdelningen for Bærende Konstruktioner, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet. serie R, No 315. (295 pp.)
  
  Estlander Lars, 1997, "Designteori för plan-, bygg- och förvaltningssektorn". TRITA-ARK-Forskningsrapport 1997:10. ISSN 1400-2930. ISRN KTH/ARK/FR-97:10-SE. (161 pp.)
  
  Automation in Construction. An International Journal for Construction Professionals. Elsevier Scence. Amsterdam.
  
  Center for Integreret Design. http://www.c-i-d.dk/
  
  "Computer and Building Regulations". VTT Symposium 125. Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo, 1991. (259 pp).
  
  http://whatis.com. An IT dictionary.
  
  

Questions (examples):

• Give some examples on digital models we can build for the building process.
• Why do we build digital building process/product models?
• What is a digital Virtual Building model?
• Give some exaqmples on services we can implement in an office intranet.
• How can digital models help us communicate with product/component manufacturer?
• What is IT?