Collaborative Construction Information Management

Andrew Baldwin, Professor of Construction Management and Director of Innovative Manufacturing and Construction Research Centre (IMCRC), Loughborough University, UK. Peter Brandon, Director of Salford University Think Lab and Director of Strategic Programmes, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK. Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Chair Professor of Construction Management, and Head of Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

• Introduction: collaborative construction information management – evolution and revolution 1 Collaboration: a technology or human interface problem? 2 Potential obstacles to using BIM in architectural design 3 Collaboration using BIM: results of Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation projects 4 Process modelling for planning, managing and control of collaborative design 5 Combining 3D models and simulations to meet the design challenges of the twenty-first century 6 Digital design collaboration: from BIM to BKM –enhancing human creativity 7 Towards a multi-agent approach for knowledge-based virtual construction 8 Update on the Swire Properties Hong Kong One Island East Tower BIM success story 9 IKEA pattern and revolution of the construction industry 10 Improving information delivery 11 Applying process rigour to the use of BIM in building design teams: a review of three technologies 12 Building information modelling in material take-off in a Hong Kong project 13 A data-centric, process-orientated model for effective collaborative working 14 Supporting collective knowledge creation in digitally mediated collaborative environments 15 The use of 3D computer visualisation methods in value management briefing and design studies: the case for rapid prototyping and the impact on industry structure 16 Accelerating collaboration: soft system imperatives for mobilising hard system developments 17 The construction game 18 A group support system for collaborative working in a value management workshop environment