Journal of Information Technology in Construction
ITcon Vol. 8, pg. 247-262, http://www.itcon.org/2003/18
Development and implementation of advanced IT in the North American precast concrete industry
submitted: | March 2003 | |
revised: | May 2003 | |
published: | July 2003 | |
editor(s): | Björk B-C | |
authors: | Charles Eastman, Professor
College of Architecture and College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology email: chuck.eastman@arch.gatech.edu http://dcom.arch.gatech.edu/chuck Rafael Sacks, Ph.D. Lecturer, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology email: cvsacks@techunix.technion.ac.il http://techunix.technion.ac.il/~cvsacks Ghang Lee College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology email: ghang.lee@arch.gatech.edu http://dcom.arch.gatech.edu/glee | |
summary: | We report on a large-scale effort to integrate advanced design and engineering information technologies (IT) in the North American precast/prestressed concrete industry. The effort has been undertaken by a consortium of precast producer companies formed specifically for the task. The effort involved significant process modeling work, using a unique method and set of tools. It led to the development of a specification for an advanced precast concrete design and engineering parametric application platform, which is currently being implemented by a major building modeling software company. The problems and lessons learned are reported. The project reported is on-going. With the first phase now well established and underway, the groundwork for the second phase – development of a Precast Building Product Data Model – will soon begin. | |
keywords: | parametric modeling, precast concrete, information technology, design system, engineering system, product model | |
full text: | (PDF file, 4.525 MB) | |
citation: | Eastman C, Sacks R and Lee G (2003). Development and implementation of advanced IT in the North American precast concrete industry, ITcon Vol. 8, pg. 247-262, https://www.itcon.org/2003/18 |