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Management of Information Technology for Construction

By: Krishan S. Mathur (Editor), Martin P. Betts (Editor), Wai Tham Kwok (Editor)

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A collection of papers presented at the First International Conference on the Management of IT for Construction in August 1993. The papers address issues related to the management of information technology at project, organization and national levels.

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Preface
Information Technology and the Construction Industry: Another Tower of Babel?	p. 3
Strategic Use of IT in Some European Construction Firms	p. 17
Technology Impact Grid: A Model for Strategic IT Planning for Competitive Advantage in Construction	p. 35
Organisation Structure, Management Style and IT: The Case of Hong Kong Chinese Building Companies	p. 51
The Nature of Managing IT and Its Managerial Challenges	p. 65
Management of Construction Information Technology	p. 75
A Case Study of a National Building Industry Strategy for Computer Integrated Construction	p. 85
Towards an Information and Decision-Support System for the Building Industry	p. 101
Construction Process Improvements in Market Networks	p. 113
Normalised Message Exchange in Building Industry	p. 125
Building Integrity: Classification Beyond Building Parts and Spaces	p. 135
Executive Information System for Construction Contract Bidding Decisions	p. 149
Counter-intrusion Strategies for IT Networks in the Building Industry	p. 167
Myth and Reality in the Use of IT and Computer Based Technologies in Construction	p. 183
New Knowledge-Based CAD Models of Design	p. 199
View Integration in Building Design	p. 209
Enterprise Integration of Future Building Design Systems	p. 223
Representation of Multiple Concepts of a Design Object Based on Multiple Functions	p. 239
Multi-Disciplinary Views for Integrated and Concurrent Design	p. 255
ASA, An Interactive Assistant to Architectural Designers	p. 269
Conceptual Models for Communicating Knowledge in the Building Industry - Implementation of the Cube System	p. 287
Learning Empirical Knowledge to Assist Preliminary Design	p. 301
The Representation of Design Cases in Building Construction	p. 319
Managing Construction Knowledge in Patterns: A Neural Network Approach	p. 331
A Dialectic of Process and Tool: Knowledge Transfer and Decision-Making Strategies in the Building Delivery Process	p. 345
Determining the Impact of CADrafting Tools on the Building Delivery Process	p. 357
Life Cycle Requirements for Building Product Models	p. 369
An Information Reference Model for Architecture, Engineering and Construction	p. 391
The SMART System Project: A Strategy for Management of Information and Automation Technology in Computer Integrated Construction	p. 407
Goals, Dimensions and Approaches for Computer Integrated Construction	p. 421
Capturing and Structuring the Meaning of Communication in the Building and Construction Industry	p. 435
Case-Based Reasoning in an Integrated Design and Construction System	p. 453
A Design Notification Scheme for Distributed AEC Framework	p. 467
Networking Construction: Electronic Integration of Distributed Information	p. 479
Integrating the Building Procurement Process Using Knowledge Based Technology	p. 495
Maintenance Information Management, Based on a Step-Related Building Product Model	p. 509
Object Oriented Communication with NICC (Neutral Intelligent CAD Communication)	p. 517
Design Decision Support from Informed Project Time-Cost Performance Simulation	p. 529
Resource Significant Models for Estimating, Planning and Control in Construction	p. 543
Modelling the Effects of Information Technology on Construction	p. 559
Practical Problems in the Development of Product Models	p. 571
IT in the Management of Design and Construction	p. 585
List of Reviewers	p. 595
Conference Organisation	p. 599
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