Home help
Article Abstract:
Software developers in the UK are now making available a wide range of independent plug-together modules covering all stages of the housebuilding process. However, housebuilders are proving reluctant to embrace latest information technology solutions, and some feel that many of the software systems include modules which are not necessary. This is not deterring software developers which have gained a reputation for expertise in a specific area from considering partnerships with other software concerns to create integrated systems.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Talks over
Article Abstract:
The National Economic Development Office (NEDO) CAD Data and Information Exchange Working Party was created in 1988 to devise protocols for the exchange of data in the construction industry. It has established an industry standard bsed on AutoCAD's DXF language and has formulated and verified international standards. However, the work of the group is threatened by the government's decision to abolish NEDO. An authorative, independent body is needed to take on the work but no suitable organisation exists in Britain.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Transfer deal: the exchange of data electronically is a notoriously complex area - and impossible if itechnology is not compatible. The Construction Industry Trading Electronically initiative hopes to consign communication problems to the wastepaper basket
Article Abstract:
Construction Industry Trading Electronically (CITE) is a group of contractors, suppliers and quantity surveyors who are aiming to standardise method of electronic data interchange between companies. It would mean the virtual elimination of paperwork between construction industry firms, speeding up communications and the elimination of errors occuring during manual data input.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Cut spending on military, not construction. Banking on a special Budget to produce growth. Lobbying pays off as ministers go for growth
- Abstracts: DIY tinkering is Russian roulette. Construction chaos theory eludes DOE. Contractual pain of contractor's design
- Abstracts: Dispatches from the front