A formalism for utilization of sensor systems and integrated project models for active construction quality control

B Akinci, F Boukamp, C Gordon, D Huber… - Automation in …, 2006 - Elsevier
Defects experienced during construction are costly and preventable. However, inspection
programs employed today cannot adequately detect and manage defects that occur on …

A generic feature-driven activity-based cost estimation process

S Staub-French, M Fischer, J Kunz… - Advanced Engineering …, 2003 - Elsevier
Understanding how the building design influences construction costs is a challenging task
for estimators. Estimators must recognize the design conditions that affect construction costs …

An ontology for relating features with activities to calculate costs

S Staub-French, M Fischer, J Kunz… - Journal of Computing in …, 2003 - ascelibrary.org
It is the cost estimator's task to determine how the building design influences construction
costs. Estimators must recognize the design conditions that effect construction costs and …

[BOK][B] Towards the implementation of building information models in geospatial context

U Isikdag - 2006 - search.proquest.com
The construction industry is very much fragmented and the concept of interoperability and
integrated model based engineering is now becoming an industrial need, to address the …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated and automated project processes in civil engineering: Experiences of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University

J Kunz, M Fischer, J Haymaker… - Computing in Civil …, 2002 - academia.edu
Abstract “It has often been said that a person really doesn't understand something until he
teaches it to someone else. Actually a person doesn't really understand something until he …

Semantic 3D CAD and its applications in construction industry–an outlook of construction data visualization

Z Shen, RRA Issa, L Gu - Advances in Visual Information Systems: 9th …, 2007 - Springer
In response to the need of using electronic design data directly in construction management
applications, many CAD developers have started implementing semantic data models in …

A formal approach for managing facility change information and capturing change history as part of building information models (BIMs)

A Akcamete - 2011 - search.proquest.com
This research specifically addresses two challenges associated with the current approaches
of maintaining facility information. First, records of the work done are incomplete and …

Formalisms and mechanisms needed to maintain cost estimates based on an IFC product model

S Staub-French, M Fischer - … in Civil and Building Engineering (2000 …, 2000 - ascelibrary.org
Current estimating software helps estimators take off quantities automatically and establish
an electronic link between a component in a 3D-product model and a cost item in a cost …

Feature-driven activity-based cost estimating

SA Staub-French - 2002 - search.proquest.com
This research extends the concept of product features that is used extensively in the
manufacturing industry to the domain of cost estimating for building construction. I represent …

[PDF][PDF] Concrete as component of the non-linear shaped structural “skin” in current architecture”

K Januszkiewicz, M Giedrowicz - 8th International Conference …, 2014 - researchgate.net
The paper is focusing on concrete, used as a component of nonlinear sha** of structural
“skin” in architecture. Buildings with curvilinear geometry force relationships between …