Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455721

Funded Activity Summary

Life Cycle Measures of Cost Effectiveness for 4 D CAD in Design and Construct Projects across Industry Sectors. The effective and efficient delivery of complex construction projects will be transformed by the increased application of virtual design and construction technologies, including 4D CAD. By combining a 3D computer model of a design with the time dimension of the construction schedule, 4D CAD enables risks and opportunities to be better managed during the design phase and hence avoid costly issues during construction. However this requires addition design costs which currently represent a barrier to the uptake of this transforming technology. This project will overcome this by developing a flexible framework that allows the benefits gained across the life cycle of a project through using 4D CAD to be set against the additional costs and thus make this emerging technology more attractive to industry. Significantly this research will be based on comparative cases studies across different industry sectors including civil, building, and process engineering.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-09-2004

End Date: 16-09-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $75,168.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Design Management And Professional Practice | Design Studio Practice | Design Practice and Management | Construction Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other | Civil | Civil

Other Keywords

Civil | Construction Engineering | Design Management And Professional Practice | Design Practice and Management | Design Studio Practice | Other

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