State of the art of construction site application integration
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Application integration nowadays, means communication between applications through the use neutral product models. Product modeling, or product data technology (PDT) is the key technology for success. Although, the Building and Construction (B-C) Industry discerned the importance of open and meaningful communication between applications based on open industry standards, current efforts to produce such a standard are not very successful. Unlike other industries, like the Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Industry, where industry standards that describe products through their life cycle are emerging, the B-C research community is mainly focussing on solutions for the design.
Although existing design models not only describe the data of the designed product, but also include information about activities, resources and such, these models are not suitable to support meaningful communication on the construction site.
This paper focuses on construction site application integration through the use of neutral product models. We assume that there are three relevant product models for site communication: (1) a design model, (2) a pre-construction model and (3) a construction model.
After an analysis of the current state of the art of IT on the construction site, the paper discusses the questions: (1) how can a standardized design model support construction site application integration, (2) what are the requirements for the two other models (3) what are the current modeling efforts
Although existing design models not only describe the data of the designed product, but also include information about activities, resources and such, these models are not suitable to support meaningful communication on the construction site.
This paper focuses on construction site application integration through the use of neutral product models. We assume that there are three relevant product models for site communication: (1) a design model, (2) a pre-construction model and (3) a construction model.
After an analysis of the current state of the art of IT on the construction site, the paper discusses the questions: (1) how can a standardized design model support construction site application integration, (2) what are the requirements for the two other models (3) what are the current modeling efforts
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