CONCUR Project Tactical Approach

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CONCUR Project Tactical Approach

• Review Industrial Practice
• The partners rigorously examined the processes
  undertaken by commercial construction
  organisations when preparing a bid. The results
  were presented in the form of IDEF0 diagrams with
  notes. The processes include client brief,
  inception design, concept design, scheme design
  and preparing estimates.
• Implement File based Architecture for Tendering
• CONCUR prepared a mid-term demonstration which
  linked the software applications using file
  tranfers between the applications. The transfer
  files used comma separated variable, STEP
  Physical files (IAI-IFC). STEP Data Access
  Interface was also used. This demonstrated that
  interoperability was possible but was not
  commercially robust and flexible.
• Implement Client/server based Architecture for
  Tendering
• The second half of the project concentrated on
  using a web based IMS system to support realistic
  exchanges including an integration with a STEP
  database to provide a model server. Significant
  advances in using IFCs were also made. The
  results demonstration supported a realistic
  business scenario and is described in this web
  site.
• Implement Enhanced Production Software
  Applications
• The project encouraged the development of IFC
  translators by major software vendors to the
  industry, encouraged the enhancement of existing
  software to support the new ways of working
  required by the CONCUR partners, initiated the
  development of new commercial software
  applications to support the new ways of working
  and created prototype software for inception
  modelling and browsing IFC information models.
  New approaches for capturing and manipulating
  construction industry terms were also initiated.
  
• Deploy in Trials
• The CONCUR industrial showed a realistic exchange
  in a demonstration and are starting to implement
  the technology in their businesses. Taylor
  Woodrow are using the approach in their supply
  chain to integrate with architects, structural
  designers and steelwork fabricators Fortum
  Engineering are integrating their internal use of
  information and Skanska are implementing an
  integration of 3D modelling, cost estimation and
  time programming systems using information from a
  company database of resources.