Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 9 Issue 3

Architectural design management within the digital design team

Ad F. den OTTER, MATTHIJS PRINS

In this paper, the possibilities for implementing modern Internet‐based ICT tools for the management of architectural design teams are explored. The theory of Davenport on…

Mapping the design process during the conceptual phase of building projects

SEBASTIAN MACMILLAN, JOHN STEELE, PAUL KIRBY, ROBIN SPENCE, SIMON AUSTIN

This paper reports the outcome of a 2‐year research project that set out to provide a process map of the concept stage of building projects. From a literature review, comparison…

Collaborative design planning networks

JOHN L. HEINTZ

Network planning is not often used in architectural design projects, partly because no actor has a realistic overview of the entire project. Despite having a relatively good idea…

Managing the selection of energy saving features in building design

PIETER DE WILDE, GODFRIED AUGENBROE, MARINUS VAN DER VOORDEN

This paper discusses how project management styles and methods impact on energy conscious design decisions by building design teams. Within the broad field of energy conscious…

A distributed process management system for collaborative building design

AYCA TUZMEN

This paper presents a research study conducted for evaluating the effectiveness of a conceptual model of a distributed process management environment in the establishment of a…

Coordinating and customizing design information through the internet

AHMED H.M. MOKHTAR

The presence of incompatibility errors in design information is a major problem for the construction industry. An analysis of the generation and documentation process of this…

Managing e‐commerce in construction — revolution or e‐business as usual?

STEPHEN R. LOCKLEY, RICHARD WATSON, SAMEH SHAABAN

This paper examines how the adoption of e‐commerce will influence the processes of dissemination, communication and management of information in the AEC industry. We argue that…

The strategic implications of e‐commerce for the design and construction industry

ROBERT JOHNSON, MARK CLAYTON, GE XIA, JEONG‐HAN WOO, YUNSIK SONG

In this paper we discuss the impact of e‐commerce on the design and construction industry, with specific reference to how information technology will affect competition and…

Improving building design through integrated planning and control

SIMON A. AUSTIN, ANDREW N. BALDWIN, JOHN L. STEELE

The construction industry is acutely aware of the need to improve the integration, planning and control of its design and production processes. A number of projects undertaken…

Project web sites with design management extensions

GODFRIED AUGENBROE, HANS VERHEIJ, GERHARD SCHWARZMÜLLER

Web hosted project spaces offer dedicated collaboration and information sharing functions to dispersed members of design, engineering and manufacturing teams. During the recent…

Creating usable models for re‐usable data — managing electronic project specification information

RICHARD WATSON, STEPHEN R. LOCKLEY, SAMEH SHAABAN

Small architectural firms (those that employ less than six people) account for an estimated 4525 or 74% of the total number of practices in the UK (RIBA, 2000), and market…

Managing work flow on design projects: a case study

GLENN BALLARD

Project management has neglected production. Its theory and techniques are devoted for the most part to the formation, award and administration of contracts. Production management…