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Preliminaries
1	CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
1.1	Inventive Design in Structural Engineering: Evolutionary Computing Approach T. Arciszewski, K. De Jong and H. Vyas	1
1.2	M-RAM: An Artificial Intelligence Distributed System to Support the Conceptual Phase of Structural Design L. Soibelman and F. Pena-Mora	11
2	NOVEL DESIGN TECHNIQUES
2.1	Technical Building Design as Practised: A Description of Typical Tasks T. Andersen and S.C. Hartvig	21
2.2	Online Algorithms Supporting Emergence in Distributed CAD Systems B. Feijó, P.C.R. Gomes, S. Scheer and J. Bento	25
2.3	Cooperative Networked Workspaces for Structural Design J. Wang and C.-W. Chao	33
2.4	A Task and Software Independent CAE Course B. Raphael, K. Shea and I. Smith	39
2.5	A Framework for Supporting the Design of Highway Bridges J. Corte-Real Andrade and J. Bento	47
3	DETAILED DESIGN
3.1	Utilising Graphics Packages Capabilities for Processing of Generic Provisions in Design Standards M.K. Badrah, I.A. MacLeod and B. Kumar	59
4	VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS
4.1	Design-For-Safety-Process (DFSP) Utilizing Virtual Reality as a Representation Tool B.H.W. Hadikusumo and S. Rowlinson	63
4.2	Virtual Construction for Constructability Improvement A. Waly, W. Thabet and Y. Beliveau	71
4.3	A Virtual Reality Model for Site Layout A.H. Boussabaine, B. Grew, S. Cowland and P. Slater	77
5	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT
5.1	Towards Intelligent Information Retrieval for the Construction Industry J. McKechnie	83
5.2	Information Management in Construction Project Management G.D. Karageorgos and A.P. Chassiakos	93
6	CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
6.1	UPDATERTM: A Schedule Updating Tool using Palmtop Computing Technology W. Thabet, J. de la Garza and E. Yan	99
6.2	Contractor Prequalification Expert System for Design-Build Projects E. Palaneeswaran and M.M. Kumaraswamy	103
6.3	Development of an Intelligent Decision Support System for Cost Escalation in the Heavy Engineering Industry N. Dawood and W. Bates	113
6.4	A Distributed Object-Oriented Database for Storing and Managing Collaborative Architectural Designs F. Marir, M.J. Jackson and G. Aouad	127
6.5	A Case-Based Design Brief Development and Design Plans Generation for Construction Projects F. Marir and M. Alshawi	135
6.6	Computer-Aided Searching for the Optimal Time of a Technological Process Realised with Production Resources of Fixed Type M. Hajdasz and A. Marlewski	141
6.7	Developing a Construction Project Risk Knowledge Management Software Environment V. Carr and J.H.M. Tah	153
6.8	Sharing and Exchanging Project Information in a Modularised Integrated Construction Environment C.W.F. Che Wan Putra and M. Alshawi	163
6.9	Development of an Intelligent Methodology for Integration of Communication and Construction Processes A.O. Akinsola, N.N. Dawood, B. Hobbs and R. Harrison	173
7	GEOTECHNICAL AND GROUNDWATER ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
7.1	Development of an IT-Based Ground Modelling System for Optimising Earthwork Activities P. McMahon, N.N. Dawood and B. Hobbs	181
7.2	A Spreadsheet-based Decision Support System for Excavation Groundwater Control I.E.G. Davey-Wilson	189
8	WATER AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPLICATIONS
8.1	A Constraint based Hierarchy for the Control of Water Supply Systems T. Challis, J.C. Miles and C.J. Moore	197
8.2	An Original Real Time Expert Model for the Operation and Control of the Water Supply Aqueduct of the Greater Athens Area, using Fuzzy Reasoning and Computer Assisted Learning L.S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia and H. Giovanopoulos	205
9	TRAFFIC ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
9.1	An Object-Oriented Traffic Simulation Model for Intersection Signal Control P. Agarwal, R.-L. Cheu, W.-T. Chan, E.-P. Chew and C.-J. Ong	215
9.2	Identification of Sites for Road Accident Remedial Work by Bayesian Statistical Methods: An Example of Uncertain Inference B.G. Heydecker and J. Wu	223
9.3	Artificial Intelligence Techniques in the Development of Expressway Incident Detection Systems X. Jin, R.-L. Cheu, D. Srinivasan, K.-C. Ng, Y.-L. Ng and K.-H. Lee	235

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