Authors: Owen, Robert; Amor, Robert; Palmer, Mark; Dickinson, John; Tatum, Clyde B.; Kazi, Abdul Samad; Prins, Matthijs; Kiviniemi, Arto; East, Bill

Source: Architectural Engineering and Design Management, Special Issue: Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions , pp. 232-240(9)

Publisher: Earthscan

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Abstract

A new approach of integrated design and delivery solutions (IDDS) aims to radically improve the performance of the construction industries. IDDS builds upon recent trends in the construction industries that have seen the widespread adoption of technologies such as building information modelling (BIM) and innovative processes such as integrated project delivery. However, these innovations are seen to develop in isolation, with little consideration of the overarching interactions between people, process and technology. The IDDS approach is holistic in that it recognizes that it is only through a combination of initiatives such as skill development, process re-engineering, responsive information technology, enhanced interoperability and integrating knowledge management, among others, that radical change can be achieved. To implement IDDS requires step changes in many project aspects, and this gap between current performance and that required for IDDS is highlighted. The research required to bridge the gaps is identified in four major aspects of collaborative processes, workforce skills, integrated information and knowledge management.

Keywords: Automation; BIM; integrated design; process re-engineering; productivity; skill development

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3763/aedm.2010.IDDS1

Publication date: 2010-11-01

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