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2012
Proceedings of the 2011 CIB W078-W102 Conference: Computer, Knowledge, Building
Knitting Patterns
Digital Ecologies: An emerging paradigm for construction?
Snagging: An Investigation of Location-based Services
Avatars at a Meeting
Considering Visual Aesthetics as a Part of the HCI Curriculum
Methodologies for Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Application Design
BIM Now and Forever
IT Defining the Future Workplace
2011
I think therefore i-Phone
Analysis of Reference IFC Models
CONSTRUCTION AIDs: Augmented Information Delivery
Kinect to Architecture
Beyond BIM - It's Not the End of the Road!
2010
The Impact of Qualification on the Application of Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Calculi
Technical Challenges for Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions in Civil and Building Engineering
An Open Repository of IFC Data Models and Analyses to Support Interoperability Deployment
Sketch, Click, Plug and Play: Accelerated Design of Virtual Environments by Integrating Multimedia and Sketch Content into Game Engines
IDDS Priority Theme Workshop Notes
Challenges for Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions
2009
Qualitative design support for engineering and architecture
H-complexity metric for qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning applications
Towards a theory of application for QSTR systems
Unit testing for qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning
Integrated data mapping for a software meta-tool
Virtual Reality User Interfaces for the Effective Exploration and Presentation of Archaeological Sites
Technical challenges for Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions
(Keynote) Technical Challenges for IDS
Integrated Design & Delivery Solutions
2008
Indexing the Java API Using Source Code
A Better BIM: Ideas from other Industries
A Framework for Applying Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
Sharing Building Information using the IFC Data Model for FDS Fire Simulation
Development Framework for Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Systems
Towards a second generation Topic Maps engine
2007
Document Management in Concurrent Life Cycle Design and Construction
A Decision Support Software Tool for Reasoning About the Subjective Impressions of a Lighting Installation
A System for Querying With Qualitative Distances in Networks
A Framework for Supporting the Application of Qualitative Spatiotemporal Reasoning
A Framework for Supporting the Application of Qualitative Spatiotemporal Reasoning
BIM in 2007 - are we there yet?
Generating Fire Dynamics Simulator geometrical input using an IFC-based building information model
International Workshop on Global Roadmap and Strategic Actions for ICT in Construction
2006
Usage Patterns of the Java Standard API
Utilisation of Qualitative Spatial Reasoning in Geographic Information Systems
Computer-Human Interaction Issues when Integrating Qualitative Spatial Reasoning into Geographic Information Systems
Testing Semantic Interoperability
Peer Teaching Extends HCI Learning
A Java Reuse Repository for Eclipse using LSI
Preservation of Meaning in Mapped IFCs
Integrating agent models and GIS: towards an extensible open source solution
2005
CHINZ 2005 - Making CHI Natural
Shared Design Space
Automated Classification of A/E/C Web Content
A Framework for Game Engine Based Visualisations
2004
Domain-Specific Visual Languages for Specifying and Generating Data Mapping Systems
Online Product Libraries: The State-of-the-art
Automated Data Mapping Specification via Schema Heuristics and User Interaction
eProduct Catalogues Using Web Services
Supporting standard data model mappings
2003
Design Critique Inside a Multi-Player Game Engine
An architecture for efficient, flexible enterprise system integration
E-Product Catalogues
Proceedings of the CIB W78 Conference on Construction IT Bridging the Distance
StringCVE: Advances in a Game Engine-Based Collaborative Virtual Environment for Architectural Design
2002
Ontology Specification for Design Communication
Information Technology for Construction: Recent Work and Future Directions
Mapping IFC Versions
Identification and Classification of A/E/C Web Sites and Pages
An Internet-based Building Simulation Quality Assurance System
A data mapping specification environment using a concrete business form-based metaphor
UDDI for a Manufactured Product Brokering Service
2001
Information Technology for Construction: Recent Work and Future Directions
Information Technology for Construction: Recent Work and Future Directions
Information Services to Enable European Construction Enterprises: An Overview of the I-SEEC European Union Project
I-SEEC: An Internet Gateway to European Construction Resources
The Evolving CONNET Gateway to European Construction Resources
A design proposal for an internet based Simulation Quality Control Tool
Misconceptions about Integrated Project Databases
I-SEEC: Information Services To Enable European Construction Enterprises
2000
Proceedings of UK National Conference on Objects and Integration for Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Architectural foundations of a construction information network
CONNET - Design Issues
External Product Library - An Implementation of the Industry Foundation Classes Release 2.0 Model
National Standards Details Library - An Electronic Library of Parametric CAD Details
Product Libraries - Technology Review
Misconceptions of an IPDB
The UK Technical Information Centre
CONNET: A Gateway to Europe's Construction Information
Electronic News Service for the European Construction Industry
(Keynote)Integrating Construction Information: An Old Challenge Made New
I-SEEC Data Representation and API Specification
CONNET: CONstruction information service NETwork
1999
ICAtect-II: A Framework for the Integration of Building Design Tools
A Survey and Analysis of Integrated Project Databases
CAD Interfaces to the ARROW Manufactured Product Server
CONNET Data Model and API
Integration - A Manager's Guide
Strategic Advice on the IPDB
Business Benefits of Standards for Information Exchange and Sharing
Overall Progress Review of the DETR Networks
ToCEE:WP-A:Design Process:Verification II
ToCEE:WP-B:Construction Process:Verification II
ToCEE:WP-G:Document Modelling:Documentation of the Server and Tools
Language for Describing Construction Knowledge
1998
Proceedings of the second European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry
Translation of Manufacturer's Product Data for the ARROW Product Search System
The Construction Information Gateway
A UK Survey of Integrated Project Databases
Obtaining Quality Manufactured Product Information Through ARROW
Concurrent Engineering Support with an Advanced DMS
The ARROW Data Model
The Building Construction Core Model
ToCEE:WP-A:Design Process:Verification I
ToCEE:WP-B:Construction Process:Verification I
1997
A Generalised Framework for the Design and Construction of Integrated Design Systems
A Concurrent Engineering IT Environment for the Building Construction Industry
A Framework for Concurrent Engineering - ToCEE
Product Models in Design and Engineering
Documents as an Enabling Mechanism for Concurrent Engineering in the Construction Industry
Conceptual Modelling of a Concurrent Engineering Environment
Project Control in an Integrated Building Design System
The ARROW Framework for Object Warehouses
The Future of the BREED Model
ToCEE:WP-G:Document Modelling:Concepts
1996
Adding a code conformance tool to an integrated building design environment
The UK Industry Knowledge Base Feasibility Study
Knowledge-Based Systems and the Internet: A Future Perspective
Support for constructing environments with multiple views
ToCEE Migration Perspectives
ToCEE:WP-G:Document Modelling:Requirements
Review of Capabilities of OLE for Design and Modelling Applications
A Process Model of BRE's Building 16
1995
Support for Collaborative, Integrated Software Development
Directions in Modelling Environments
A Framework for the Integration of Design Tools
A Review of Computerised Standards Support in New Zealand
A Declarative Approach to Inter-Schema Mappings
A Multi-Paradigm Mapping Method Survey
Mappings for Integrating Design Tools
Integrated Building Design Research at Auckland University
Keeping Things Consistent
A Comparison of Mapping Methods Available Within the Product Modeling Arena
An Integrated Building Design Environment
1994
Multi-Disciplinary Views for Integrated and Concurrent Design (jnl)
Mappings: The Glue in an Integrated System
Constraint Modelling
Collaborative, Integrated Software Development with Multiple Views
A Mapping Language for Views
1993
Multi-Disciplinary Views for Integrated and Concurrent Design (conf)
Multi-Disciplinary Views to an Integrated Simulation Environment
A Set Theoretic Exchange Executive
Integrating Design Tools for Total Building Evaluation
New Zealand Weather Data for DOE2 and SUNCODE-PC
The Creation of Weather Data Files to Fulfil the Simulation Needs of New Zealand
The Application of RADIANCE to Daylighting Simulation
COMBINE Project Windows Modelling Approach
1992
ThermalDesigner: an application of an object-oriented code conformance architecture
Integrating Design Tools: Model Flexibility for the Building Profession
Defining Multi-Disciplinary Views of a Computer Model of Buildings
Generic Models in the Design of Solar Commercial Buildings
1991
Integrating Design Tools: An Object-Oriented Approach
ThermalDesigner
1990
An Augmented Frame Representation for Building Designs
Integrating Design Tools for Building Design
Solar Modelling of Commercial Buildings
ICAtect: Integrating Design Tools for Preliminary Architectural Design
Standard Data Files for computer thermal simulation of solar low energy non-residential buildings
1989
Knowledge Representation for Integrating Design Tools
1987
A Line Drawing Modeler
Developing a Building Energy Data Base in SAS