Initial Selection of Building Industry Sectors

1. Initial Selection of Building Industry Sectors

2. Introduction • Students propose sectors • Goals Revisited • From 2-D drawings to 3-D models • Review of sectors • Initial Criteria • Shortlist sectors • Student selections

3. Students propose sectors • ????

4. Goals Revisited To consider conversion of the industry from the use of • isolated and largely 2-D applications with minimal data transfer between them (with little potential for design or fabrication automation), to • knowledge-rich 3-D applications, with fully integrated data exchange based on product models.

5. What are the Implications of Drawings vs. 3D Models? Support manual design process, manual checking, manual production Only people can read drawings Rendering, spatial conflict and other checks, generation of production instructions, (surface cutting, welding, assembly, robotics) People and machines can read structured parametric 3D model

6. Review of sectors • Characteristics of each • Classifications / Groupings

7. IT Strategies in Building Not consistent across specialties or building sectors Each building sector has a different context, with different opportunities: Level of design and engineering within the sector Potential for automation (in design and/or fabrication) Value added by the sector Capitalization within sector Existing level of IT already being used Human resources

8. Building Industry Sectors Suppliers and Fabricators General contractors Specialist contractors (by facility type) Factories Sub- contractors Clean rooms Transit facilities Architectural practitioners Curtain walls Elevators Hospitals Specialist architects (by building type) Cast in place concrete HVAC School designers Design consultants Mechanical systems Roofing systems Transit station designers Hospital designers Residential designers Ceiling systems

9. Initial Criteria • Economics: Turnover / Value-added / Capitalization • Market share and competition with related sectors? • Design and Engineering Added-Value? • Accessibility – human resources? • Process change – potential for automation in • Design? • Fabrication? • Existing IT systems? • Strong national trade organization? • Prefabrication off-site vs. production on-site

10. Consideration for each sector That affect its likely moves toward advanced IT Level of design and engineering within the sector Value added by the sector Potential for design automation Competition within sector or with related sectors Strong national trade organizations Potential for fabrication automation Capitalization within sector Off-site production vs. on-site Existing level of IT already being used

11. Possible Sectors 1-6 • Architects - in 'niche' building markets • Engineering consultants (structural, mechanical, electrical, etc.) • Construction project managers • Institutional clients and facility managers • Design-build contractors • General contractors Structural Steel Precast Concrete

12. Possible Sectors 7-17 • Elevators and escalators • Curtain-wall systems • HVAC ducts and systems • Mechanical and Plumbing • Electrical • Cast-in-place concrete • Concrete formwork • Timber frame and truss construction • Roofing contractors • Ceiling systems (lighting, acoustic, etc.) • Security and communications systems

13. Possible Sectors 18-21 • Steel trusses • Prefabricated metal buildings • Sheet metal • Kitchen cabinets and carpentry

14. Selections