Projects / Programmes
Structures and Construction Information Technology
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 2.01.00 |
Engineering sciences and technologies |
Civil engineering |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| T220 |
Technological sciences |
Civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, offshore technology, soil mechanics |
| T230 |
Technological sciences |
Building construction |
| T121 |
Technological sciences |
Signal processing |
| T125 |
Technological sciences |
Automation, robotics, control engineering |
| spaj |
Social sciences |
spaj |
Researchers (9)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Construction industry is looking at information technologies (IT) in order to optimise and integrate its business processes. The subject of the research in the group is the use of information technologies (a) in the construction industry in general and (b) in the filed of structures in particular.
In the field of general construction IT, the groups is working towards computer integrated construction (CIC) thus integrating the processes, product data and the actors involved. Technologies deployed include product and process modelling and communication technologies.
In the filed of structures the group is developing CA (computer aided) technologies for the design of structural elements of buildings and bridges; the use of artificial intelligence, computerisation of building codes and the use of the above in collaborative on-line environments. In the area of construction the group is studying and developing technologies for the robotised manufacturing of structural components. Special care is given to the problems of quality assurance and corresponding international standards.
The transfer of state-of-the art research and best practice to the industry is considered very important. The group is therefore developing and applying on-line and distance learning tools both to University level education as well as to continuing engineering education.
Group's work in the field of structures involves research of methods for the design of structures, the development of computer programs including their transfer into practice, design projects involving the fields of the non-linear analysis of structures and, finally, industrial processes.
Computer integrated construction (CIC) was systematically researched since late 1980s. The group has been actively participating in the work of the CIB's working group W78 on CIC and the corresponding group WG6 of IABSE. They have also been studying the computerisation of building regulations, the electronic technical document management, integrated information systems, and object-orientated data-bases.
In 1993 the group was among the firsts in the field to start publishing on the Internet and the WWW and studied the role of communication media, such as the Internet, on construction industry's practice. A number of frequently visited services were prepared, aimed at the international community of researchers and scholars. Since early 1990s the groupd has been participating in the research frameworks of the European Union, such as Tempus, Esprit and IST.
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