Integrating Design and Construction: A New Approach

This paper presents the issue of integrating design and construction in the context of Computer Integrated Construction (CIC). A new approach of a proposed strategic framework using the Modularised Approach is highlighted to overcome the complexity of integrating design and construction whereby such integrated environment need to share data via a central core. Such approach has been implemented by the AIC research group at the University of Salford, UK. A PC-based integrated environment prototype, SPACE has been developed which aims to integrate design and construction within the project?s life cycle.