Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks Information Technologies for Construction 2

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 2 Introduction What are the generic functions using IT in construction? What kinds of information technologies are available? –Demonstrations. The functions – technologies matrix

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 3 Construction Functions Design, Visualization, Licensing, Analysis, Simulation, Detailing, Specification, Estimating, BOM, Tendering, Contracting, Accounting, Fabrication, Production, Planning, Procurement, Erection, Control Commissioning, Operation, Maintenance, Disposal, etc. Archiving

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 4 Available Technologies CAD / CAAD –Drafting and 3-D Modeling Rendering, Animation and Virtual Reality, Structural Analysis, Building System Design, CAM and Robotics Manufacturing, ERP, Scheduling Contracting B2B, collaboration portals

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 5 CAD / CAAD Rendering, Animation and Virtual Reality Drafting –AutoCAD, Bentley Microstation, Nemetschek…AutoCADBentley Microstation 3-D Modeling –ArchiCAD, Revit, Solidworks, Tekla ….ArchiCADRevitSolidworksTekla Rendering and Animation –3D-Studio Fundamental difference between Drafting to Modeling

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 6 Structural Analysis and Building System Design Structural analysis including Finite Element Analysis –GT-STRUDL, STAAD, RAM, COSMOS/M, MSC Nastran, ANSYS, West Point Bridge DesignerGT-STRUDLWest Point Bridge Designer Member design and detailing –RC programs, LEAP (precast), etc. Thermal, acoustic, traffic analyses Purpose-specialized software.

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 7 Fem Result

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 8 CAM and Robotics CNC production –rebar, GFRC façade panels, precast mold productionrebar On-site construction robotics –TAMIRTAMIR Remote control –Earth-moving equipment, tower cranes (e.g. using sensors and GPS) Require data integration for economy

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 9 TAMIR

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 10 Company Management Enterprise resource planning (ERP): financial, assets, inventory, real estate, workforce, procurement, order, manufacturing….. management. –J.D.Edwards, SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle, etc.J.D.EdwardsSAPPeoplesoft Wide variety of sophisticated solutions

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 11 Planning Critical Path Method (CPM), including resource leveling –Primavera Project Planner, MsProject, SuretrakPrimavera Project PlannerMsProject No continuity constraints, no spatial resources, no variability, no risk analysis Simulations Many research projects, no widespread production software

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 12 Contracting Quantity take-off and Estimating –Dodge, mc 2, RSMeans Costworks Estimator,DodgeRSMeans Costworks Estimator Specifications generators Contract administration –Primavera ExpeditionPrimavera Expedition Automation of routine operations

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 13 Dodge Plan View

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 14 B2B and construction collaboration portals Project collaboration –Constructware, Buzzsaw, Citadon, Tender and Procure –BuildOnlineBuildOnline Information: Licensing, commercial, etc. –PermitWorks, Engineering News RecordPermitWorksEngineering News Record Communication, Collaboration, Document management, Workflow, information retrieval Increasing use of ASP (Application Service Provider)

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 15 Functions vs. Technologies

Strategies for IT Adoption in the Building Industry © 2002 Prof. C.M. Eastman & Dr. R. Sacks 16 Summary Wide variety of IT available Little integration - many ‘islands’ of automation exist Inefficiencies (waste) in information workflows