Modelling the life-cycle of sustainable, living buildings

Credit-reductions by banks, as a consequence of the global monetary crisis, will hit the construction industry for many years to come. There are however still financing opportunities for building projects that are perceived as less risky. Buildings that are not only sustainable, but also flexible and adaptive, are becoming attractive...

Metadata as a means for correspondence on digital media

Metadata derive their action from their association to data and from the relationship they maintain with this data. An interpretation of this action is that the metadata lays claim to the data collection to which it is associated, where the claim is successful if the data collection gains quality as a result of it. We assume that the design...

Econstruct: Expectations, solutions and results

The IST 10303 "eConstruct" project (eCommerce/eBusiness in the Building and Construction industry: preparing for the new Internet) is now (November 2001) in its second and final year. The objective of eConstruct is to develop, evaluate and demonstrate how the next generation Internet can be used to improve meaningful communications in the...

Neutral Object Tree Support For Inter-Discipline Communication In Large-Scale Construction

Communication between disciplines in building and construction can be improved significantly by the proper use of Information and Communication Technology. For that reason, many research groups have been trying to achieve such improvement, especially by using Product Data Technology and STEP, and more recently the IAI Industry Foundation Classes...