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Aranda-Mena, Guillermo, Chevez, Agustin, Crawford, John R., Wakefield, Ron, Froese, Thomas, Fraze... more Aranda-Mena, Guillermo, Chevez, Agustin, Crawford, John R., Wakefield, Ron, Froese, Thomas, Frazer, John H., Nielsen, David, & Gard, Stefan (2008) Business drivers for building information modelling. ... Official URL: http://www.construction-innovation.info/index.php?...
The current approach to undergraduate engineering education provides graduates with the knowledge... more The current approach to undergraduate engineering education provides graduates with the knowledge and skills required to address many technical challenges posed by sustainability. This education can be furthered through a number of degree offerings at the graduate level such as a Masters degree in Sustainable Water Management or Clean Energy Engineering. However, there is a growing need for engineers educated with a global perspective regarding the role of the engineer to facilitate change and with leadership skills. This aspect of engineering education for sustainability is consistent with the American Society of Civil Engineering's Book of Knowledge, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board Program criteria, and the University of British Columbia's (UBC) learning goals. To address the need for engineers able to facilitate change, a Cohort-based Master of Engineering in Engineering Leadership for Sustainability program, modelled after the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development offered at the University of Cambridge, is being designed and developed at The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. The students will live at a college on the UBC campus to foster community building and facilitate social change. The constructively aligned curriculum will consist of active learning opportunities embedded within coursework, a seminar series, a summer project course and added value sessions; including field trips, opportunities to work with UBC staff to enhance sustainable operations on campus, international and/or local service learning, retreats/workshops and academic exchange. The program will utilize on-line collaborations and optional travel exchanges with the University of Cambridge to enhance the students' course-based learning experiences. This paper discusses the program development and provides details of the program structure designed to enable the development of leadership for engineers. The constructively aligned curriculum focuses on active learning and community projects. Novel characteristics of the program are described with regards to meeting the program learning outcomes and developing the five key competencies required for sustainability problem solving
The paper describes a project undertaken to investigate the business case and drivers for Buildin... more The paper describes a project undertaken to investigate the business case and drivers for Building lnformation Modeling (BIM) in an Australian context. In a semi-structured approach, many key personnel from five case study projects were interviewed in detail to help ascertain which, if any, crucial factors appear to be driving and/or inhibiting the successful adoption of BIM amongst Australian architectural, engineering, construction and facility management organisations. The results of the case studies showed that there are variations in the business case for BIM from one project to another, and no single, consistent business case could be produced. The business case is far too specific in terms of the individual projects, companies and technologies for a universal business case to be meaningful. However, the results did offer significant value to organisations desiring to analyse their own business case for BIM implementation by ; advancing a framework that can be used to assemble business cases for future BIM implementation initiatives; by providing much information and opinion that will help readers make more informed predictions of their business case outcomes; and by indicating the degree of consensus around BIM business case issues through comparison of the results or all the case studies, the cross-study analysis evaluated the extent of agreement for a wide range of theoretical propositions.
Integration has been at the forefront of research agendas of universities and restructuring effor... more Integration has been at the forefront of research agendas of universities and restructuring efforts of companies in the past few years. However, we are still lacking a common understanding of what integration is. Maybe more importantly, there is little discussion and evidence of the value integration adds to a project. Integration is generally seen as good per se. However, the somewhat slow transformation from the current fragmented project delivery process to a more integrated process seems to belie that assumption. This paper identifies current ways of organizing projects, the traditional value adding process, and accounting systems in place today as the major barriers to the implementation of more integrated project delivery systems. If we are not able to overcome these barriers it will be difficult to measure the value and justify the adoption of integration technology in the AEC industry.
Infrastructure Asset Management, 2014
Infrastructure organisations own, operate and manage infrastructure systems to provide uninterrup... more Infrastructure organisations own, operate and manage infrastructure systems to provide uninterrupted services to various communities. To manage infrastructure systems (composed of a set of interrelated and interconnected tangible capital assets (TCAs)), infrastructure organisations use a range of computer and paper-based information systems. Municipal infrastructure organisations find it difficult to exchange the TCA data with other agencies as part of the reporting requirements due to some issues: heterogeneity of data format, lack of formal descriptions of various classes of data and lack of component-wise aggregation of data. To address these issues, an ontology of TCAs was developed using an eleven-step approach. The tangible capital asset ontology (TCA_Onto) represents knowledge in the facility and four infrastructure sectors: transportation, water, wastewater and solid waste management, which was used to formalise message templates for the asset inventory and condition assessm...
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2012
Information exchange processes (referred to as transactions) in the AEC/FM (architecture, enginee... more Information exchange processes (referred to as transactions) in the AEC/FM (architecture, engineering, construction and facility management) industry are mostly manual and performed on an ad hoc basis. There is a growing trend towards computer-based exchange of information. This allows for more extensive, rapid, and error-free exchange of information, but it requires more formal specifications and agreements to govern these data exchanges. This research focuses on the development of an ontology-supported protocol for formalizing these data exchanges. As part of the development effort, this paper describes a taxonomy of transactions and messages. The knowledge represented in the ontology is evaluated and potential areas of application of the ontology are identified using an industry IT survey.
9th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, Apr 3, 2002
Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Conference of the …, 1996
CIB REPORT, 1992
Computer-Supported Integration This paper focuses on computer integration, which encompasses elec... more Computer-Supported Integration This paper focuses on computer integration, which encompasses electronic information sharing and inter-process communication among project participants' computer systems. Computer integration is necessary at many levels: to link the various ...
... GenCOM shares with this section's other models the consistency a... more ... GenCOM shares with this section's other models the consistency among the high-level object types that motivated the IRMA work. ... IRMA, An Information Reference Model for AEC Several conclusions can be drawn from the preliminary IRMA work presented in this paper. ...
J. Inf. Technol. Constr., 2009
A strategic planning initiative was undertaken to advance innovation in the Canadian construction... more A strategic planning initiative was undertaken to advance innovation in the Canadian construction industry. A preliminary step in this strategic planning process was to carry out an inventory of the current state of research relating to the construction process that was conducted within Canadian Universities. It was found that this type of current research inventory was not often included in strategic planning initiatives, but has proven to be a valuable contribution to the process.The paper describes the research inventory initiative and briefly summarizes the resulting picture of the construction research landscape in Canada. This methodology involved collecting summaries of over 100 individual research projects, mainly through direct interviews, and deriving a series of research classifications through a clustering analysis of the results. The projects were classified according to the three dimensions of application area, technology, and innovation lifecycle phase forming a fra...
This dissertation addresses the field of computer integrated construction (CIC), which encompasse... more This dissertation addresses the field of computer integrated construction (CIC), which encompasses interoperability among architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (AEC/FM) computer systems for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness in the A E C / F M industry. It focuses on model-based integrated total project management (PM) systems: a class of computer systems that include a suite of applications that support a wide range of P M functions and can flexibly and openly contribute to and draw from a shared pool of project information (referred to as a unified project object model) irrespective of the type of environment. Over the past two decades, many CIC projects have worked towards developing the basic building blocks of CIC; i.e., the formalization and standardization of A E C / F M project information. While the results are encouraging, they have not yet reached the level of richness and comprehensiveness required by CIC. Among the major...
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), 1989
Future intelligent construction machines must harness considerable knowledge to plan and control ... more Future intelligent construction machines must harness considerable knowledge to plan and control autonomous tasks in spite of the fact that they will be limited in their own pre-defined knowledge. This paper first describes the need to discover and formulate a general core of theory and software for such machines so that they can access and communicate with knowledge sources in their environment. It next describes current research to simulate characteristics of the knowledge environment for robot agents. An example will illustrate an early implementation effort that uses object-oriented programming for such a simulation. This research will provide a theoretical base for the knowledge environment to sustain automation research for autonomous robots working in real and very challenging field conditions.
Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2015
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2013
Summary form only given. Building Information Models (BIM), and related developments in informati... more Summary form only given. Building Information Models (BIM), and related developments in information and communication technologies are making headway in their adoption and, some would say, transformation of the construction industry. This presentation reviews these technologies from the perspective of technology adoption trends. It reviews the history that has brought us to the current technological capabilities, provides an overview of the current levels of adoption of these technologies, and presents a few observations about what the near future may hold in store for the adoption of BIM.
Aranda-Mena, Guillermo, Chevez, Agustin, Crawford, John R., Wakefield, Ron, Froese, Thomas, Fraze... more Aranda-Mena, Guillermo, Chevez, Agustin, Crawford, John R., Wakefield, Ron, Froese, Thomas, Frazer, John H., Nielsen, David, & Gard, Stefan (2008) Business drivers for building information modelling. ... Official URL: http://www.construction-innovation.info/index.php?...
The current approach to undergraduate engineering education provides graduates with the knowledge... more The current approach to undergraduate engineering education provides graduates with the knowledge and skills required to address many technical challenges posed by sustainability. This education can be furthered through a number of degree offerings at the graduate level such as a Masters degree in Sustainable Water Management or Clean Energy Engineering. However, there is a growing need for engineers educated with a global perspective regarding the role of the engineer to facilitate change and with leadership skills. This aspect of engineering education for sustainability is consistent with the American Society of Civil Engineering's Book of Knowledge, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board Program criteria, and the University of British Columbia's (UBC) learning goals. To address the need for engineers able to facilitate change, a Cohort-based Master of Engineering in Engineering Leadership for Sustainability program, modelled after the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development offered at the University of Cambridge, is being designed and developed at The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. The students will live at a college on the UBC campus to foster community building and facilitate social change. The constructively aligned curriculum will consist of active learning opportunities embedded within coursework, a seminar series, a summer project course and added value sessions; including field trips, opportunities to work with UBC staff to enhance sustainable operations on campus, international and/or local service learning, retreats/workshops and academic exchange. The program will utilize on-line collaborations and optional travel exchanges with the University of Cambridge to enhance the students' course-based learning experiences. This paper discusses the program development and provides details of the program structure designed to enable the development of leadership for engineers. The constructively aligned curriculum focuses on active learning and community projects. Novel characteristics of the program are described with regards to meeting the program learning outcomes and developing the five key competencies required for sustainability problem solving
The paper describes a project undertaken to investigate the business case and drivers for Buildin... more The paper describes a project undertaken to investigate the business case and drivers for Building lnformation Modeling (BIM) in an Australian context. In a semi-structured approach, many key personnel from five case study projects were interviewed in detail to help ascertain which, if any, crucial factors appear to be driving and/or inhibiting the successful adoption of BIM amongst Australian architectural, engineering, construction and facility management organisations. The results of the case studies showed that there are variations in the business case for BIM from one project to another, and no single, consistent business case could be produced. The business case is far too specific in terms of the individual projects, companies and technologies for a universal business case to be meaningful. However, the results did offer significant value to organisations desiring to analyse their own business case for BIM implementation by ; advancing a framework that can be used to assemble business cases for future BIM implementation initiatives; by providing much information and opinion that will help readers make more informed predictions of their business case outcomes; and by indicating the degree of consensus around BIM business case issues through comparison of the results or all the case studies, the cross-study analysis evaluated the extent of agreement for a wide range of theoretical propositions.
Integration has been at the forefront of research agendas of universities and restructuring effor... more Integration has been at the forefront of research agendas of universities and restructuring efforts of companies in the past few years. However, we are still lacking a common understanding of what integration is. Maybe more importantly, there is little discussion and evidence of the value integration adds to a project. Integration is generally seen as good per se. However, the somewhat slow transformation from the current fragmented project delivery process to a more integrated process seems to belie that assumption. This paper identifies current ways of organizing projects, the traditional value adding process, and accounting systems in place today as the major barriers to the implementation of more integrated project delivery systems. If we are not able to overcome these barriers it will be difficult to measure the value and justify the adoption of integration technology in the AEC industry.
Infrastructure Asset Management, 2014
Infrastructure organisations own, operate and manage infrastructure systems to provide uninterrup... more Infrastructure organisations own, operate and manage infrastructure systems to provide uninterrupted services to various communities. To manage infrastructure systems (composed of a set of interrelated and interconnected tangible capital assets (TCAs)), infrastructure organisations use a range of computer and paper-based information systems. Municipal infrastructure organisations find it difficult to exchange the TCA data with other agencies as part of the reporting requirements due to some issues: heterogeneity of data format, lack of formal descriptions of various classes of data and lack of component-wise aggregation of data. To address these issues, an ontology of TCAs was developed using an eleven-step approach. The tangible capital asset ontology (TCA_Onto) represents knowledge in the facility and four infrastructure sectors: transportation, water, wastewater and solid waste management, which was used to formalise message templates for the asset inventory and condition assessm...
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2012
Information exchange processes (referred to as transactions) in the AEC/FM (architecture, enginee... more Information exchange processes (referred to as transactions) in the AEC/FM (architecture, engineering, construction and facility management) industry are mostly manual and performed on an ad hoc basis. There is a growing trend towards computer-based exchange of information. This allows for more extensive, rapid, and error-free exchange of information, but it requires more formal specifications and agreements to govern these data exchanges. This research focuses on the development of an ontology-supported protocol for formalizing these data exchanges. As part of the development effort, this paper describes a taxonomy of transactions and messages. The knowledge represented in the ontology is evaluated and potential areas of application of the ontology are identified using an industry IT survey.
9th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, Apr 3, 2002
Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Conference of the …, 1996
CIB REPORT, 1992
Computer-Supported Integration This paper focuses on computer integration, which encompasses elec... more Computer-Supported Integration This paper focuses on computer integration, which encompasses electronic information sharing and inter-process communication among project participants' computer systems. Computer integration is necessary at many levels: to link the various ...
... GenCOM shares with this section's other models the consistency a... more ... GenCOM shares with this section's other models the consistency among the high-level object types that motivated the IRMA work. ... IRMA, An Information Reference Model for AEC Several conclusions can be drawn from the preliminary IRMA work presented in this paper. ...
J. Inf. Technol. Constr., 2009
A strategic planning initiative was undertaken to advance innovation in the Canadian construction... more A strategic planning initiative was undertaken to advance innovation in the Canadian construction industry. A preliminary step in this strategic planning process was to carry out an inventory of the current state of research relating to the construction process that was conducted within Canadian Universities. It was found that this type of current research inventory was not often included in strategic planning initiatives, but has proven to be a valuable contribution to the process.The paper describes the research inventory initiative and briefly summarizes the resulting picture of the construction research landscape in Canada. This methodology involved collecting summaries of over 100 individual research projects, mainly through direct interviews, and deriving a series of research classifications through a clustering analysis of the results. The projects were classified according to the three dimensions of application area, technology, and innovation lifecycle phase forming a fra...
This dissertation addresses the field of computer integrated construction (CIC), which encompasse... more This dissertation addresses the field of computer integrated construction (CIC), which encompasses interoperability among architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (AEC/FM) computer systems for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness in the A E C / F M industry. It focuses on model-based integrated total project management (PM) systems: a class of computer systems that include a suite of applications that support a wide range of P M functions and can flexibly and openly contribute to and draw from a shared pool of project information (referred to as a unified project object model) irrespective of the type of environment. Over the past two decades, many CIC projects have worked towards developing the basic building blocks of CIC; i.e., the formalization and standardization of A E C / F M project information. While the results are encouraging, they have not yet reached the level of richness and comprehensiveness required by CIC. Among the major...
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), 1989
Future intelligent construction machines must harness considerable knowledge to plan and control ... more Future intelligent construction machines must harness considerable knowledge to plan and control autonomous tasks in spite of the fact that they will be limited in their own pre-defined knowledge. This paper first describes the need to discover and formulate a general core of theory and software for such machines so that they can access and communicate with knowledge sources in their environment. It next describes current research to simulate characteristics of the knowledge environment for robot agents. An example will illustrate an early implementation effort that uses object-oriented programming for such a simulation. This research will provide a theoretical base for the knowledge environment to sustain automation research for autonomous robots working in real and very challenging field conditions.
Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2015
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2013
Summary form only given. Building Information Models (BIM), and related developments in informati... more Summary form only given. Building Information Models (BIM), and related developments in information and communication technologies are making headway in their adoption and, some would say, transformation of the construction industry. This presentation reviews these technologies from the perspective of technology adoption trends. It reviews the history that has brought us to the current technological capabilities, provides an overview of the current levels of adoption of these technologies, and presents a few observations about what the near future may hold in store for the adoption of BIM.