Preface

Editorial

Part 1 Process modelling and business process reengineering

A cooperation model for architectural design: The virtual cooperative project
Mohamed BOUATTOUR, Gilles HALIN, Jean-Claude BIGNON

Coordination of design using loops and peergroups
Michael CUMMING

Bridging the gap between design and use processes: Sector-based problems of a CRM oriented approach
Kerem ERCOSKUN, Alaattin KANOGLU

Automation of effective tracking and locating precast components at a storage yard
Esin ERGEN, Burcu AKINCI, Rafael SACKS

Information flow automation and related security aspects in public construction projects
Yasemin NIELSEN, Francis T. EDUM-FOTWE

City Administration System (CAS): Flood crisis management
Ahmad RAFI, Mohd FAZIDIN

E-business in supporting supply chain activities in the Malaysian construction industry
Paul STEPHENSON, Teck Leong CHUAN

Process integration in building design using the parameter-based design structure matrix
Sule TASLI PEKTAS

Part 2 Information and product modelling

E-Product catalogues
Robert AMOR, Wolfgang KLOEP

Conceptual modelling of generic building elements
Murat AYGÜN, Ikbal ÇETINER

The integrated construction site of the future
Edwin DADO, Reza BEHESHTI, Eddy KOENDERS

Combining reality capture technologies for construction defect detection: A case study
Chris GORDON, Frank BOUKAMP, Daniel HUBER, Edward LATIMER,Kuhn PARK, Burcu AKINCI

Image indexing vocabulary in architecture: Taxonomic hierarchy and categorisation
Sabrina KACHER, Jean-Claude BIGNON, Gilles HALIN

Towards a virtual platform for e-materials
Eddy KOENDERS, Edwin DADO

Object version control for collaborative design: Characteristics of the concept-modelling frameworkJos P. VAN LEEUWEN, Sverker FRIDQVIST

Interactive building product information in the context of e-commerce world
Salih OFLUOGLU

Part 3 Knowledge modelling and soft computing

A knowledge based system for selection of building floor covering
Cemal ALTUNAY, Abdulrezak N. MOHAMED

Bi-directional attribute relations in design by knowledge modelling
Ozer CIFTCIOGLU, Saban Suat OZSARIYILDIZ, Sevil SARIYILDIZ

Applications of artificial neural networks and their potential uses for building construction industry: A review
Sevgi Zeynep DOGAN, Husnu Murat GUNAYDIN

The management of proprietary knowledge in the architectural firm: An argument for e-support
John Linke HEINTZ

Information, communication and knowledge technology in the building sector
Sevil SARIYILDIZ, Ozer CIFTCIOGLU, Rudi STOUFFS, Bige TUNÇER, Saban Suat OZSARIYILDIZ

An expert system for earthquake resistant designs: Torsion effect
Sinan M. SENER, Esra IDEMEN