Publications / 1990 Proceedings of the 7th ISARC, Bristol, United Kingdom
Total control over the design, management and construction of a building eludes most project teams. The magnitude of the resolved prevent it happening. Certainty is sought but rarely achieved because of the ill-defined nature of the design problem. Rekindled interest in component-based modular building systems provides a timely oppurtunity to explore ways of reducing uncertainty through better control over a building design from inception to handover. Powerful desk-top computers and software tools are now available to aid the intelligent design, management and construction of a building. With these developments in mind, a master Project Coordinating Program is proposed and described. Its aim is to provide, on a modular basis, a set of tools that will help clients, designers, managers and constructors to achieve total project control.