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Virtual Futures for Design, Construction & Procurement [198056]

  £75.00
from around the world to discuss the likely future of information and communication technologies for the construction industry.


It addresses a range of innovative developments, state of the art applications, research work and theoretical arguments with regard to the use of virtual technologies in design, construction and procurement. From a future oriented perspective, the book presents what can be expected from the next generation of these technologies.

Contents:

Note on editors page

List of contributors

Note on Think Lab

Acknowledgements

Foreword - Virtual worlds, virtual prototypes, and design

Introduction - Virtually there. . . ?

PART 1 DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES

1 Emerging paradigms and models in digital design - Performance-based architectural design

2 Algorithmic design optimization

3 VR or PR: Virtual or physical reality?

4 Digital affordances: Emerging knowledge and cognition in design

PART 2 CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION: FROM VIRTUAL THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION

5 One Island East, Hong Kong: A case study in construction virtual prototyping

6 The virtual building: A designer's perspective

PART 3 CHALLENGES FOR VISUALIZATION AND SIMULATION

7 Planning and scheduling in a virtual prototyping environment

8 Reshaping the life cycle process with virtual design and construction methods

9 Virtual prototyping from need to pre-construction

10 The need for creativity enhancing design tools

PART 4 CHALLENGES FOR INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MODELLING

11 Context-aware virtual prototyping

12 nD modelling, present and future

13 Interoperable knowledge: Achievements and future challenges

14 Knowledge management systems in the future

PART 5 OTHER CHALLENGES: AGENT TECHNOLOGIES, SECURITY, REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

CONTROL

15 Future agent-driven virtual prototyping environments in construction

16 The nature of virtuality and the need for enhanced security in the virtual world

17 The future of virtual construction and regulation checking

18 Virtual prototyping of financial flows as a form of management control

PART 6 VISIONS, ROADMAPS AND FUTURE SCENARIOS

19 VR - Roadmap: A vision for 2030 in the built environment

20 Future collaborative workspaces for the construction industry

21 The future organization: Sustainable competitiveness through virtual prototyping

Index
Virtual Futures for Design, Construction & Procurement
Author:  Brandon, Peter|Kocaturk, Tuba
Date Published:  April 2008
Document Type:  Books
Format:  Hardback
ISBN:  1405170247
ISBN13:  9781405170246
Pages:  344
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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