Defining a vision for nD-enabled construction

Marshall-Ponting, AJ; Aouad, GF

Abstract

With ever increasing numbers of construction professionals and end-user stakeholders participating in the design and construction processes, the more difficult it becomes to develop a building solution that satisfies every stakeholder’s requirements. The From 3D to nD Modelling project aims to develop a holistic model which allows the impacts of various parameters to be visualised in a 3D computer model. However, the different and potentially conflicting interests and epistemological approaches brought to the design will cause a number of problems which will need to be managed and resolved if the final model is to be of reliable and valid use as a decision-making tool. This paper presents the outputs of three workshops, which together have aimed to define the vision for the project and consequently for the industry as a whole. It then puts these findings into context with previous findings on multi- and inter-disciplinary working and discusses some of the problems of what Gibbons et al (1994) have described as a ‘mode 2’ way of working.

Citation

Marshall-Ponting, A., & Aouad, G. Defining a vision for nD-enabled construction. Presented at 3rd International Postgraduate Conference in the Built and Human Environment., ESAI, Lisbon, Portugal

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 3rd International Postgraduate Conference in the Built and Human Environment.
• Conference Location: ESAI, Lisbon, Portugal
• End Date: Apr 4, 2003
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2003
• Deposit Date: Feb 7, 2014
• Keywords: Interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, nD modelling, ‘e-science’, participation
• Publisher URL: http://www.academia.edu/613733/Conference_Proceedings_-_1st_International_Postgraduate_Research_Conference_on_the_Built_Environment_3rd_-_4th_June_2010._ISBN_978-9988-1-3859-2
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference; Funders : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Projects : From 3D to nD Modelling