Abstract: Computer-integrated construction (CIC) and concurrent engineering for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) require data standards or common information models through which computer systems can exchange project ...

Abstract: Integration of data and knowledge among project participants and their computer applications promises to improve the quality and efficiency of the project-delivery process in the architecture, engineering, and construction ...

Abstract: Integrated project systems hold the promise for improving the quality while reducing the time and cost of architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) projects. A fundamental requirement of such systems is to support the ...

Abstract: Understanding the history of the construction engineering and management discipline in Canada can perhaps shed light on where the future of the discipline may lay and on external perceptions of the discipline. In its current ...

Abstract: Existing project management practices underemphasize the interrelationships between individual work tasks and other project components. This leaves the interdependencies under-recognized and under-managed, and promotes a ...