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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 31
DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MODELLING FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper II.1

Collaboration Models for Building Engineering

R. Fruchter and T. Khedro

Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
R. Fruchter, T. Khedro, "Collaboration Models for Building Engineering", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Developments in Computer Aided Design and Modelling for Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 15-23, 1995. doi:10.4203/ccp.31.2.1
Abstract
This paper discusses collaboration models and technologies which support the work of multi-disciplinary building design teams. The thesis of this study is that: each mode of collaboration among project participants, i.e., work in face-to-face meetings, and distributed collaborative work requires different models of computer support to facilitate communication and negotiation. The paper emphasizes issues and needs of collaboration models and technologies. We present two collaboration frameworks Interdisciplinary Communication Medium (ICM) and Federation of Collaborative Design Agents (FCDA) tested in a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented, project-based course. The paper concludes with preliminary observations and lessons learned from the experiments.

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