ROADCON

ICT Roadmap for Construction

Strategic Roadmap towards Knowledge-Driven Sustainable Construction
EU project, IST-2001-37278 June 2002 July 2003

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Alain ZARLI

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The ROADCON strategic roadmap

Acronym Title Partners Duration

ROADCON
Strategic Roadmap towards Knowledge-Driven Sustainable Construction

France, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, UK June 2002 July 2003

Effort

32.2 person-months

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Action Line IST 2002: II.1.2 Strategic roadmaps for applied research
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ROADCON Support Group

~300 stakeholders, 30 countries
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Positioning of ROADCON
Prepare future large-scale RTD activities, based on information & experience from various parts of the Construction community Develop consensus on RTD challenges, their roadmaps, constituencies & implementation models Bring together key actors (ICT-oriented) Moto: Open, Model-based and Object Oriented Domain Information & Company Knowledge & Project Information Reuse and Sharing over the Web
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FP6
(~IST KA2)

1.1.3.iii New production processes

(~GROWTH KA1)

1.1.2.i Applied IST for work, business, etc.

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Construction sector

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ROADCON Map & main outcome

Impacts

The ROADCON Roadmap

Integration of views from different target groups Consensus on bridging "what to do" with "what to obtain" Prioritised list of RTD actions Assessment of anticipated impacts Measures / tools for implementing the roadmap:
Instruments: European projects (IP, NoE, SSA & CA), National RTD projects (Sara in Finland, EPSRC in UK, etc.), International activities (standardisation, IMS, etc.) Identification of key actors / participants (profile) in future RTD Organisation & management for future RTD integrated activities
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Actions in FP6

ROADCON

IP mgt procedures Roadmap

Vision

Industry requirements
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Opportunities by ICT

Construction Industry in Europe

One of the most geographically dispersed sectors with marked regional differences. Highly project oriented. Any ICT used within a project must be deployable and profitable to all / several partners. Each construction project is a one-of-a-kind prototype. Highly regulated. Regulations & standards are more rigorous in construction than in most other sectors of economy, with the involvement of several levels of governments (local, provincial, national). Relatively low entry-level for new companies Very labour intensive, with high mobility of the workforce and growing skills needs as construction technology becomes more sophisticated. The duration of contracts is often linked to the length of the site construction phase. Business relationships are temporary & often short-term, bringing together partners who may never work together again.
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Current ICT Situation (1/3)

Wide use and adoption of office automation tools. ICT tend to be application centric, dedicated to specialized engineering functions. Limited knowledge sharing: project best practices and know-how reside in the mind of individuals, and are available, at best, in the form of documents stored / archived on company intranets. Access to project and company information is enabled via Local and Wide area networks as well as the Internet. Information is usually conveyed using documents, which promote the creation and sharing of human-interpretable information.

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Current Situation (2/3)

Data exchange between different applications and companies is available at file level based mainly on proprietary formats at low semantic level. Business process is driven by lowest cost. There is a growing awareness of customer perceived value, which is not yet supported by prevailing business models. The support for teamwork between distributed experts in participating companies is, at best, limited to the use of web-enabled document management systems (project web sites). Construction products and components provide little added-value.
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Current ICT Situation (3/3)

Applications are dedicated to specific engineering functions and project / building life cycle stages. Customised ICT to meet varying needs of users is tailor-made for new situations and requires manual maintenance, configuration and support. Products & Components have little added value Experience and previous solutions are available in personal and departmenal archives but new solutions are regularly re-invented in every project.

Teamwork between distributed experts in participating companies is supported by web-enabled document management systems (project web sites).
Business process is driven by lowest cost. There is a growing awareness of customer perceived value which is not yet supported by prevailing business models.

Current ICT in construction

Information access to company and project data is available via LANs and web.

Document based ICT augments the creation and sharing of human-interpretable information.

Data exchange between different applications and companies is available at file level based mainly on proprietary formats at low semantic level.
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Invasive Technology users constantly to adapt proven and emerging technologies

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ICT meeting industry priorities

WHY ? Industry priorities Project cost Delivery time Product quality Value to customer Sustainability

WHAT ? Evolving business processes HOW 1 ? Required support: ICT applications & systems HOW 2 ? Enablers: ICT standards & technologies

Knowledge re-use

Virtual teams

Performance driven process

Whole Life Cycle support

Decision support

Collaboration support

Application functionality & intelligence

Ambient access & services

Simulation, Visualisation & Databases

Flexible & secure interoperability

Model & object based ICT

Standards, Web, Mobility, Wireless

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The ROADCON Cube

EU policy view

Evolving sustainable values in the Knowledge Society

Economic Social & cultural Environmental

Construction sector view

Strategic goals
Industrial & societal impacts Business processes ICT applications ICT infrastructures

Industry
V i s i o n
Requirements
Research view

WHY WHAT HOW

Roadmap
Emerging Research Development Take-up

Solutions
Enablers
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ICT developer view

Technologies & standards

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Trends in Business & ICT

Strgy level
Values
~ Expected impacts

Trends
Values: Shift towards intangible values like customer & society perceived value and environmental sustainability beyond the tangible economic values like cost, quality and time. Knowledge re-use: Enhanced use of past experience and best practice. Performance driven: Systematic compliance of technical solutions to whole life requirements. Collaboration: Distributed virtual teams combine best competences

Business processes
~ Process support

Applications
~ User support

Functionality: Applications really targeting and supporting the end-user in the work context. Intelligence: Integration of Processes & Information in Objects with behaviour. Generic tools: Robust sector-independent (generic) solutions.
Information sharing: All building info available, over the whole life cycle, accessible via the most appropriate device, anywhere, anytime in the latest version from one logical source. Web: The Internet will be the information infrastructure backbone for all communication. Embedded ICT: Intelligent products, buildings and infrastructures. Chips everywhere. Model based: smarter software, less manual interpretation and re-entry. Open integration: Rapidly integrated ICT solutions built up from multi-vendor components. Adaptive systems: Self-learning" from their own use and user behaviour.
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Infrastructure
~ Ambient access

Technologies & standards

~ Enablers

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ICT-based Framework
Change Level Impacts Why ? Business Processes What ?
Life-cycle (eBusiness) Supply-chain (eCommerce)

ICT Solutions How ?

ICT Architecture ICT Applications ICT Infrastructure Middleware WWW Intra-, Extra-, Internet

} (Value-Chain)
ICT Architecture blueprint

ICT Enablers With What ?

Standards and Technologies

ICT Applications

ICT Infrastructure glue

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ICT Opportunities
Impacts
Sustainability Coverage Globalisation

Business Processes
Industrialisation (Prefab, IFD, Building Factories) Service Orientation Knowledge Reuse (over/beyond project or even company boundaries) Performance Driven

Key Trends Key Opportunities

ICT Solutions ICT Architecture

Collaboration: Web Places, Workflow Mgnt, Document Mgnt, Transaction Mngt Enhanced Functionality: Model-based 3D CAD, 4/5/nD Modelling, Simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), ... Middleware (Data/Application Services, APIs) Intra-, Extra-, Internet (Base Infrastructure: Ethernet, TCP/IPv4/6, SMTP, FTP, HTTP(s), URI, (X)HTML) Model-based: Semantic Web, Information Sharing: Application Programming Interfaces (SDAI, XPath, IFC API), smart merging Object Orientation: Web Services Flexibility: UML, Java, Ontologies, Adaptive Systems, Embedded ICT

ICT Applications ICT Infrastructure

ICT Enablers
Open Standards: ISO STEP, ISO/DIS PAS 16739 IFC 2x Platform specification, IAI IFC 2x 2nd Edition, ISO/DIS PAS 12006-3, IAI XM7 Project, eConstruct/eCognos bcXML Web-based: XML, XSD, XSL(T), SOAP, WSDL, SVG/X3D, UDDI, RDF(S)/OWL, BPEL4WS Ambient Access: GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, WiFi, Satellite, Gigabit Ethernet, ADSL, Cable, Firewire-800, GPS Generic Tools: EAN-UCC, ebXML, RDIF, GDL, OpenDWG
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Outlining the future ICT:

Target ICT ref.architecture

Human interface

Project ~
Virtual Enterprise
In-house model DB Model based applications

User interfaces: 2D 3D 4D nD Context awareness Mobile & ubiquitous access Visualisation / simulation In-house knowledge DB Examples: Bidding CAD, CAE CRM Decision support ERP Facility mgt MIS

Applications, systems & data repositories Extra-enterprise links & interfaces Inter-enterprise communication standards

Company X Company Y

Company Z

Transaction management

bcXML, IFC, Internet, SOAP, ... Examples of services: Best practices Collaboration support Document mgt e-Commerce Learning support Legal support: authentication, authorisation ... Model checking Negotiation Partnering Product data libraries Workflow support Optional web services e.g:

Basic inter-enterprise collaboration platform

Inter-enterprise services Shared data & knowledge repositories

Document server

Trusted third party

Acces control, inter-enterprise coordination

API

API

API

Model server

Trust service

Example:

Product catalog Intelligent re-usable objects

Documents & files

Product/ project model

Evidence + rights

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Towards an ICT Vision

Service performance, reliability, quality, new and existing stock Total Life Cycle Applications is supported by user-friendly, are dedicated to specific functional applications and persistent engineering functions and data ensuring holistic decision project / building life cycle stages. making Societal responsibility transparency, explicit, corporate responsibility, Intelligent Products & Products & Components safety and health Buildings have little added value from low to high value components Experience Knowledge re-use and previous solutions are available in relies on industry-wide sharing of personal and departmenal archives experiences and fundamental underbut new solutions are regularly standing of complex system re-invented in every interactions at all levels project.

Adaptive systems Customised ICT learn from theirneedsuseusers tobehaviour, meet varying own of and user tailor-madeand newable to adapt is for are situations to new situations without manual andmaintenance, configuration requires manual maintenance, configuration and support. and support.

Virtual teams Teamwork combine distributed competences between distributed experts in via global collaboration environments participating companies is supported that support cultural, linguistic, by web-enabled document social and legal transparency management systems (project web sites).
Business process Performance driven process is driven by lowest cost. There is a assures compliance of customer growing awareness to clients perceived value which is not on requirements and emphasis yet customer perceived value supported by prevailing business models. Data exchange Flexible interoperability between different applications and between is available at ICT systems companies heterogenous file level based will enable seamless interaction mainly on proprietary formats between semantic level. at low all stakeholders

Vision for Currentin ICT ICT in construction construction

Ambient access anytime, anywhere is provided by Information access industry-wide communications infrato company and project data is structure, distributed and embedded available via LANs and web. systems, ambient intelligence and mobile computing
Model based ICT Document based ICT enables context-awareness, augments the creation and sharing of automation, simulation and human-interpretableon computer visualisation based information. interpretable data Human-Centered Invasive Technology new design and build paradigms users constantly to adapt proven promoted by ICT that enhance the and emerging technologies social condition of individuals in the society
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Sustainability 24 criteria, life cycle engineering

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Example: Model-based ICT

Semantic Richness Paper Fax Document Time Cost Shape Representation (Drawings) + Time + Cost Model-based noD 0D 1D 1D 1D 2D & 3D 4D 5D nD

improving information sharing reducing human interpretation

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Strategic RTD roadmap for ICT in construction

Vision & Mission
Work

Strategies
Emerging R&D Take-up

Use

Roadmap

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ROADCON Innovation phases

Emerging concepts, technologies Research
Vision, Mission & Roadmap Trends Requirements (Problems & Needs) Opportunities & Barriers Strategies (The Roads chosen)

Development & Integration Take-up

Dissemination & Marketing Deployment (roll-out, decision to use) Consolidation (i.e. standardization)

Use, Maintenance & Exploitation

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Roadmap for Construction ICT: notations

Alternative paths (roads towards different parts of the vision. All roads will need to be traversed to address the full vision).

Target state

The vision. Not fully achievable in the foreseeable future. Different routes tend to merge when the technologies mature. Explore opportunities and RTD needs for potential solutions.

Emerging > 10 years

Research 6-10 years

Research and prototyping is required to find the optimum way forward.

Develop 3-5 years

Development of clearly definable and directly usable results.

Take-up 0-2 years

Adopt, demonstrate & deploy existing technologies. Solutions are already commercially available and used by industry leaders.
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Use
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Roadmap for Construction ICT: Top-level roadmap (partial)

Vision for ICT in construction

Adaptive systems RTD Ambient access

Collaborative virtual teams

Knowledge re-use

Performance driven process

Flexible interoperability

Model based ICT

Total Life Cycle support

Customised ICT solutions Current state LAN and web

Project web sites

Re-invention in every project File based data exchange

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Cost driven process Document based ICT Stand-alone applications

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Roadmap for Construction ICT: Example of Ambient Access

Digital Site

Ambient access

Smart buildings

Emerging

Self organising semantic based & context aware systems Advanced identity management Context aware systems Semantic based content integration
Integration of high precision localising technologies

Ubiquitous & realtime network

Adaptive Multi-Modal Interfaces

Research

Network reconfigurability

Natural Language

Use of wearable appliances

Intelligent products & devices

Develop

Secure mobile applications

Secure access to distributed informatio n

Seamless interconnectivity

Integratio n of advanced interfaces

Use of Network Integrated devices

Product tagging

Take-up

GPS-based services

use of wireless network

use of multimedia interfaces / devices

use of remote controlled devices

Logistics management

Use

LAN, Web (Internet), Mobile phones & PDAs, GPS

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ROADCON: main public results

1.1.3.iii New production processes
(~GROWTH KA1)

Management Procedures for an Integrated Project ICT Requirements of the European Construction Industry: the ROADCON Vision

FP6D2
(~IST KA2)

D3
ROADCON

1.1.2.i Applied IST for work, business, etc.

D4

D52 Construction sector

ROADCON Construction ICT Roadmap

ICT-Related Trends & Opportunities for the Construction Industry Sector

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Conclusion: some expected benefits to stakeholders

Improved whole life cycle performance of buildings
(improved durability, adaptability and recycling)

Improved value to customers

(e.g. enhanced building flexibility, smart homes...)

Building owners

Improved product quality Reduced costs

Enhanced & adapted IS for maintenance and FM

(typically based on Product life cycle data)

ICT vendors
Larger market and higher value of software products

Win Win Win

Designers Contractors Suppliers

Improved process efficiency

(e.g. supply chain management)

Improved interoperability & functionality

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