CONFERENCE THEMES AND/OR TOPICS
Papers are invited on the following sub themes:
Integration and collaboration
> How BIM affects the role of the building participants
> Knowledge integration in case of integrated and PFI contracts
> Cultural differences in international projects
> Professional ethics and integrated procurement
> Collaborative working in Construction
> Past Performance in construction
> Legal aspects of integrated and PFI contracts
New roles
> New roles for clients, architects, contractors and advisors in integrated and PFI contracts
> Changing role of design and engineering within construction
> Global construction and its effects on construction firms
> The architect and its effects on construction firms
> Total engineering
> Information and knowledge management in architectural and engineering design
> Collaborative architectural design (integration between architectural and engineering
design, construction and use)
> Multi-architect design collaboration
> The contractor as main designer in case of integrated PFI contracts
New challenges
> Does integrated and PFI contracting lead to integrated building solutions?
> Cost quality evaluation of integrated and PFI contracts
> Creating value through design or creating value through contracting?
> How to define and measure better building delivery
> Integration for sustainability, clients value and architectural value
Supply chain integration
> The crisis crunch as driver to innovate and implement lean supply chain integration in practice
> Integration the supply chain by means of collaborative design
> Optimizing the supply chain by means of integrated and PFI contracts
> Supply chain integration through strategic alliances and other long time collaborations
> The system integrators role in case of supply chain management
Adaptable futures (read more...)
> Case studies: successful past attempts at procuring change-ready buildings of various kinds
> Accommodation capacity scenarios for various building use types
> Implications for stakeholders involved, design & construction process, facilities management knowhow
> Base building architecture: interior public space and facades as architectural issues
> An Infill industry: a new business entity to meet the demand for variable fit-out
> Incremental housing in developing societies: Working with inhabitants
> Education for an open architecture: how do we escape the trap of functionalist thinking?
> Change-ready hospitals open building in the healthcare sector