Call for Papers
Automation in Construction
special issue on "Interoperability in Construction (AEC-FM)"
(Impact Factor: 0.792, Journal Citation Reports®
2007, published by Thomson Scientific)
Guest editors: Prof. António Grilo (New Univ of
Lisbon, Portugal), Prof. Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves
(UNINOVA, New Univ Lisboa – Portugal)
Rationale
Modernisation of the workplace has been a topic
for research and innovation for long. Although –
apart from few companies – Europe has not a
strong industry sector developing technologies
and solutions, there is a strong tradition in
multi-disciplinary research in this area. Main
challenge is to realise real innovation and
change in workplace, and cope with the many
obstacles – human, organisational, societal, and
technological – through learning and
experimentation. [The Future Workspaces Book].
These so-called next generation collaborative
workspaces will be achieved through enhanced
human communication, innovative visualisation,
knowledge support and natural interaction and aim
to transform current practice to more
competitive, productive and creative collaboration-driven work patterns.
Considering AEC-FM domains, innovation of the
workplace is of major importance, as practice is
intrinsically collaborative, within
knowledge-rich multi-functional working
environments. Such team-work exists in all
key-phases of life-cycle: from Planning, e.g.
where planners interact with Public Authorities
to develop zone plans; to Design, e.g. where
architects interact with engineers and owners to
develop the construction project; to Build, e.g.
where many contractors for many purposes
cooperate towards the goal of building the
structure, and with owners to report on progress
status; to Facilities Management, where operation
& maintenance personnel rely on information made
available after project conclusion, to, along
with technology be effective and efficient in their tasks.
Combining the workspace dimension in the
collaborative process with other performance
boosters like interoperability (e.g.
data-exchange based on Building Information Model
- BIM), integrated business processes (internally
and/or externally to organization) and enhanced
analysis techniques (e.g. nD-modelling) one gives
birth to the next-generation VBE (Virtual
Building Environment) where both workers and
businesses exploit technologies to perform superiorly.
Goal is to uphold, among researchers and users,
the workspace aspect of the collaboration process
supported by interoperable BIM, associated
technologies, requirements and constraints to
foresee the collaborative working environments of
the future in AEC-FM domain, that enable those
involved to achieve the intended benefits which are worth the investment.
Special Issue Focal Topics
· Reference architectures, methodologies
and tools to support BIM-based Collaborative Workspaces
· Innovative design and approaches
Virtual Building Environments based on BIM and Interoperability
· Case studies of relevant applications
of BIM and Interoperability to support VBE
Target Audience
· Researchers on BIM, Interoperability,
VBE and CWE focused on the AEC-FM sector
· AEC industrial managers with interest
in the latest research, innovation and practices
· ICT vendors related with the AEC
industry with interest to support advanced collaboration capabilities
Important Dates
· Email the guest editors by return your
Expression of interest on submitting a paper,
including a description of scope and contents and
the date you intend to submit the full-paper.
Submissions
Submit your expression of interest and then your
full-text paper to guest editors at: [log in to unmask] , [log in to unmask]
Note: The submissions will be reviewed according
to the Automation in Construction Journal standards.
Automation in Construction is an international
journal for the publication of original research
papers. The journal publishes refereed material
on all aspects pertaining to the use of
Information Technologies in Design, Engineering,
Construction Technologies, and Maintenance and
Management of Constructed Facilities. The scope
of Automation in Construction is broad,
encompassing all stages of the construction life
cycle from initial planning and design, through
construction of the facility, its operation and
maintenance, to the eventual dismantling and
recycling of buildings and engineering structures.
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