Systems integration and collaboration in construction: A review

Author

Shen, Weiming ; Hao, Qi ; Mak, Helium ; Neelamkavil, Joseph ; Xie, Helen ; Dickinson, John

Author_Institution

Inst. for Res. in Constr., Nat. Res. Council, London, ON

fYear

2008

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

22

Abstract

Rapid advancement of information and communication technologies has brought both challenges and opportunities to the construction industry. There have been significant research and development efforts on the application of systems integration and collaboration technologies in construction. This paper presents a research literature review on systems integration and collaboration in architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (AEC/FM), and discusses challenging research issues and future research opportunities.

Keywords

construction industry; production engineering computing; production facilities; research and development; construction industry; facility management; information and communication technologies; research and development; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Communications technology; Computer architecture; Construction industry; Costs; Environmental management; Project management; Research and development; Software systems; Collaboration; Construction; Facility Management; Interoperability; Systems Integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2008. CSCWD 2008. 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1650-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1651-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2008.4536948

Filename

4536948