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Stimulating Concurrent Engineering in Construction The EAPPM aims and motivations

Learn about the European Association on Product and Process Modelling and how it promotes concurrent engineering in the construction industry. Explore the history of product modelling and the challenges faced in implementing concurrent engineering. Discover the benefits of collaborative and simultaneous engineering, as well as electronic commerce in the construction sector.

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Stimulating Concurrent Engineering in Construction The EAPPM aims and motivations

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  1. Stimulating Concurrent Engineering in Construction The EAPPM aims and motivations Raimar J. Scherer scherer@cib.bau.tu-dresden.de Ricardo J. Goncalves rg@uninova.pt Rainer Wasserfuhr wasserfuhr@ptech.de

  2. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modellingin the Building Industry founded in Dresden 1994 by members of the European R&D Projects : ATLAS, COMBI & COMBINE

  3. 19941999 In Research: FromProduct Modelling toConcurrent Engineering In Industry FromProprietary Models toProduct Models

  4. ResearchIndustry FromProduct Modelling toConcurrent Engineering 1994 Product Model - STEP CAD + inhouse interfaces CAD layer standards 1995 CORBA 1996 Process Model STEP AP 225 Draft 1997 Concurrent Engineering IFC Draft 1998 Virtual Enterprise IFC Version 1.x / STEP AP 225 1999 CEC 99 IFC 2.x / AP 225 as products

  5. (II) VIRTUAL/ EXTENDED ENTERPRISE VIEW “collaborative” (I) PROCESS VIEW “parallel/simultaneous” (IV) MARKET VIEW “value adding” (III) PEOPLE & ORGANISATION VIEW “cooperative” Engineering in the Information Society Concurrent Engineering Ó Filos - Fan - Scherer, Internal EU workshop on Concurrent Engineering, June 1998.

  6. Co-operative engineering • The synchronized engineering of one and the same part of the product by different experts • It requires a virtual product model that allows different data views of one and the same part of the product and moreover needs functionalities for data management, such as transformation consistency checking, monitoring, control and modifications of the different engineers, to guarantee a conflict-free synchronized design and manufacture.

  7. Collaborativeengineering the collaborative engineering of physically distributed teams working on one and the same product as if working at a round table, which is made possible by an IT infrastructure.

  8. Simultaneous engineering at any time of the design process each product life state is taken into consideration, applying the appropriate concerned expert knowledge by means of forecasting, prognosis and simulation.

  9. Electroniccommerce • Building construction products are assembled by other products, which are supplied by other players on the global market place. These are usually not one-of-a-kind products, i.e. they are mass-production articles. • An initially chosen product can easily be replaced by another similar product or another supplier can deliver the same product. • Customers and suppliers should be brought together in very early phases in order to optimise their businesses.

  10. Brief History of Product Modelling in the Building Construction Industry

  11. Interopera- bility Modelling of the Engineering World Process Model Product Model Document Management

  12. Workflow centered integration of the technical engineering world Process Model Document Product Model Model Team Activity • CAD files • geometry Model Model • contracts • material • persons • goals • tenderings • topology • teams • history • specifications • time • enterprises • activities • costs • roles • events • contracts • access rights generate ... FE mesh send cost instantiate calculation floorplan ... instantiate ... bearing system Workflow

  13. Applying Workflow systems for Concurrent Engineering requires additional functionalities: Organisational structures which are project specific Allow ad hoc workflows and workflow modifications embedded mechanisms for revisions, notification and versions embed classical project management software Workflow vs. Engineering Workflow

  14. Motiva DesignGroup Nemetschek Allaska SDRC IDEAS SiFrame Emerging Products

  15. Trends in IT in AEC (German Market) IFC 2.xx E-Commerce EDMS Engineering Workflow EDMS Engineering Workflow STEP AP 225 • Concurrent Engineering • depends on • Document Management • Product Models (IFC,STEP) • Workflow + Process Models • Electronic Commerce

  16. Many SMEs hesitate to introduce complex IT environments into their everyday work Software houses and internet providers start to offer web-based thin-client services. Data management (installation, backup, recovery, maintenance) is done on the provider side. organisational change remains an open problem Application OutsourcingAn Alternative?

  17. 100 Organisations 15 countries 75 % Industry members funStep Interest Group

  18. Standard-based integrated environment to assist electronically furniture commerce

  19. Validate product and process models against existing applications and legacy data compare and integrate A/E/C process models with generic product & process models from other domains, e.g. WfMC / SWAP (Workflow) aecXML CORBA Challenges

  20. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling • Objectives: • Promote the development and application of computer science and Information Technology methods in the building construction industry • Provide an information and communication environment for their members by • organizing conferences • providing a web-server • newsletter • internet discussions • supporting journals

  21. EAPPM Topics • Product Modelling • Process Modelling • Project Modelling • Concurrent Engineering • Contract Modelling • Construction Manag. • Document Management • Business Process Manag. • Version Management • Conflict Management • Risk Management • Engineering Workflow • Information Logistics • Electronic Commerce • Artifical Intelligence • Intelligent CAD • Computational Design • Client Server Systems

  22. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling Chairman: Raimar Scherer Present Vice-chairman : Ricardo Goncalves Past Vice-chairman : Robert Amor Steering Committee: one from each EU country Supporting Journals: ITcon the electronic Journalon Information Technology in Construction CIDAC the International Journalon Computer Integrated Design and Construction

  23. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling • EAPPM on the Web:http://wwwcib.bau.tu-dresden.de/EAPPM • A web site is under construction with • member homepages and related organizations • publications • conferences, etc. • EAPPM on e-mail: EAPPM @cib.bau.tu-dresden.de

  24. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling Past Coferences: 1. ECPPM Dresden, Germany October 1994 Organizer: Raimar J. Scherer Techn. Univ Dresden 2. ECPPM London, UK October 1998 Organizer: Robert Amor BRE at Watford

  25. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling Next Conference: 3. ECPPM Lisboa, Portugal 25-27 September 2000 Organizer: Ricardo Goncalves http://wwwcib.bau.tu-dresden.de/ECPPM

  26. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling • Membership is FREEIt is a self-organizing association • for membership registration please e-mail • your interest • your address and affiliation • your areas of interest • your areas of offered expertise to • >>>EAPPM@cib.bau.tu-dresden.de <<<

  27. Building a European Knowlegde Basewith sample data from real projects in all relevant aspects CAD files cost calculations and cost data data of project management software data of specialized fields (geotechnics, earthquake, ...) Allows researchers and software developers to validate their models and define standardized benchmarks and conformance tests for PPM based software Proposal for EAPPM initiative

  28. EAPPM European Association on Product and Process Modelling • EAPPM on the Web:http://wwwcib.bau.tu-dresden.de/EAPPM • EAPPM on e-mail:EAPPM@cib.bau.tu-dresden.de • 3rd EAPPM conference: ECPPM 2000, 25-27 september, Lisboahttp://wwwcib.bau.tu-dresden.de/ECPPM

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