Program of the ECPPM’2000 Conference

Program Overview


Monday, 25th September

8h30 – 17h00

§         Registration and secretariat (Room: Caparica A)

9h00 – 10h00

§         Opening session  (Room: Caparica B)
 Adolfo Steiger-Garção; Raimar Scherer; Ricardo Gonçalves

§         Keynote 1:
   
Moving Construction towards the Digital Economy
   
Erastos Filos, European Commission

§         Keynote 2:
    SCADEC, a Japanese practical approach to CAD data exchange
in construction field

    Tatsuo Terai, Japan

10h00 – 10h30

§         Coffee Break (at Bar Jardim)

10h30 – 12h00

§         Parallel Session P11 - Concurrent Engineering and Cooperative Work (I)
 
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Warner Grützner

o       Requirements for Distributed Engineering
Abdul Samad Kazi, Matti Hannus; Finland

o       A Framework for Dealing with Dynamic Buildings
Jutta Muelle, Jens Nimis, Peter C. Lockemann, Manfred Hermann, Daniela Schloeber, Niklaus Kohler; Germany

o       Outsourcing of CAD production: the CaribCAD project
Meijnardt Scheers, Godfried Augenbroe, Valerio Curti,
Elisa Pandolfi; The Netherlands

§         Parallel Session P12 - Process Modeling and Management (I)
 Room: Almada; Chair: Parisa Godhous

o       Development of process modelling tools for the construction industry
Bo-Christer Björk, K. Karstila, V. Karhu; Sweden

o       The Development of a Process Mapping Methodology for Process Protocol Level 2
Andrew Fleming, Angela Lee, Rachel Cooper, Ghassan Aouad; UK

o       Process Protocol Toolkit, an IT solution for Process Protocol
Song Wu, Angela Lee, Ghassan Aouad, Rachel Cooper; UK

12h00 – 13h30

§         Lunch  (at Room Miramar)

13h30 – 15h00

§         Parallel Session P21 -Concurrent Engineering and Cooperative Work(II)
 Room: Caparica B; Chair: Bo-Christer Björk

o       Distributed structural design using CORBA-technology
Karlheinz Lehner, M. Baitsch, D. Hartmann; Germany

o       Global Engineering and Manufacturing in Enterprise Networks – GLOBEMEN
J
armo Laitinem, Martin Ollus, Matti Hannus, Maria Anastasiou,
Roel van de Berg; Finland  

o       ISBA, a Technical Information System for the Construction,
Service and Ageing Management of Nuclear Power Plants
and its Capabilities for Internet  Process Engineering

H. Schillberg, H. Drozella; Germany

§         Parallel Session P22 – Process Modeling and Management (II)
Room: Almada; Chair: P. Katranuschkov

o       Towards a Unified Specification Of The Construction Process Information : The PSL Approach
A. F. Cutting-Decelle, C.J. Anumba, A.N. Baldwin,
N.M. Bouchlaghem, M. Gruninger; France

o       A Usability Study of a Construction Related IDEF0 Model
Rikard Berg von Linde, Sweden

o       The Promote Project: Process Oriented Knowledge Management
Dimitris Karagiannis, R. Telesko; Austria

15h00 – 15h30

§         Coffee Break (at Bar Jardim)

15h30 – 17h00

§         Parallel Session P31 - Human centred Concurrent Engineering
 Room: Caparica B; Chair: Matti Hannus

o       Prototype Internet Desktop for Engineers
Ziga Turk, Tomo Cerovšek; Slovenia

o       Towards a Personalized Concurrent Engineering Internet Service Platform
R. Scherer, Germany

o       Testing of Building Structures in the Web towards Virtual Labs
Jan Cervenka, Radomir Pukl; Czech Republic

§         Parallel Session P32 - Virtual Enterprise and e-Business
 Room: Almada; Chair: Rasso Steinmann

o     Configuration Management in Large Scale Infrastructural Development
Robert Los, Theo van Rijn, Helga van de Belt; The Netherlands

o       CARUSO: Customer Care and Relationship Support Office
Hubert Baumeister, Piotr Kosiuczenko; Germany

o       Preparing Furniture Industry to be Competitive in the Advent of the Electronic Business
R. Gonçalves, R. Tavares, A. Steiger-Garção, M. Borràs, I. Gresa; Portugal


Social event with dinner

Buses leave at 17.45 from the Hotel Costa da Caparica's front door

 

Tuesday, 26th September

8h30 – 17h00

§         Registration and secretariat (at Room: Caparica A)

9h00 – 10h00

§         Plenary Session
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Ricardo Gonçalves

Development of the Methodology on Data Modeling for High Land Management

Takeya Isobe, Japan

10h00 – 10h30

§         Coffee Break (at Bar Jardim)

10h30 – 12h00

§         Parallel Session P41 - Product Modeling (I)
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Wolfgang Haas

o       Will the Use of IFC Change the CAD Landscape ?
Peter Muigg, Austria

o       A Proposed Extension of the IFC Project Model for Structural Systems
M. Weise, P. Katranuschkov, R.J.Scherer; Germany

o       Integration of Resources and Scheduling Information for Building and Construction, linking IAI/IFC and ISO 13584
R. Gonçalves, R. Tavares, A. Grilo, A. Steiger-Garção; Portugal

§         Parallel Session P42 - e-Business and e-Commerce
Room: Almada; Chair: Raimar Scherer

o       Electronic Communication in the Building-Construction Industry: What Will eConstruct Bring About?
David Leonard, Frits Tolman, Michel Bohms, Jeff Stephens; The Netherlands

o       E-Commerce: A New Frontier For Engineering Software And Services
Mauro Mangini, Byron Protopsaltis; Italy

o       Process Re-engineering and E-Business Models for Efficient Bidding and Procurement in the Tile Supply Chain
Jörg Zabel, Frithjof Weber, Peters Olaf, V. Steinlechner; Germany

12h00 – 13h30

§         Lunch (at Room Miramar)

13h30 – 15h00

§         Plenary Session
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Robert Los

§         Keynote 1:

o       STEP and its Application in the Construction Industry
Wolfgang Haas; Germany

 

§         Keynote 2:

o       Keynote on the latest IAI developments & live demonstration
Thomas Liebich; Germany

15h00 – 15h30

§         Coffee Break (at Bar Jardim)

15h30 – 17h00

§         Parallel Session P51 - Product Modeling (II)
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Thomas Liebich

o       STEP Based Application Protocol Under UML for a Specific Building Code
Inácio Almeida, Francisco Hernández-Rodríguez; Portugal

o       Virtual Product Model – A Concept for Better Information Management Process
Danijel Rebolj, Andrej Tibaut; Slovenia  

o       Integrated process simulation modeling system - a proactive decision tool for life cycle project management
H.K. Doloi, A. Jaafari; Australia

§         Parallel Session P52 – Application of Artificial Intelligence Methods
Room: Almada; Chair: Ziga Turk

o       Multi-Agents Architecture for Product Development Activities
Parisa Ghodous, M. Martinez, S Hassas, S. Pimont; France

o       Approach to a Knowledge-based Design Assistant System for Conceptual Structural System Design
R. J. Scherer, A. Gehre; Germany

o       A Model for Pre-qualifying Contractors Based on the Artificial Neural Networks Technique
Farzad Khosrowshahi, United Kingdom

17h00 – 17h30

§         Demo Session (Room: Caparica A)

o       Process to Procession: Visualising Construction Processes With Procession’s 3D Information Visualisation
Steve North, United Kingdom

Wednesday, 27th September

8h30 – 17h00

§         Registration and secretariat (Room: Caparica A)

8h30 – 10h00

§         Parallel Session P61 – Product Modeling (III)
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Peter Muigg

o       The LexiCon: An Update
Kees Woestenenk, The Netherlands

o       Product Libraries – Technology Review
James Nyambayo, Robert Amor, Ihsan Faraj; United Kingdom

o       Geotechnical Site Investigation: A Model Based Study
Hilary J. Kahn, Alan R Williams, Nick P. Filer; United kingdom

§         Parallel Session P62 – Modelling and Visualisation in Design
Room: Almada; Chair: Danijel Rebolj

o       Automation and Integration Of 2D and 3D Geometric Models Of Bridge Decks
Alcinia Zita, Alfonso Recuero; Portugal

o       Pros and Contras of the Use of the Virtual Reality in Architectural Design
Undine Kunze, Germany  

o       Exchanging IFC Content Information Using the XML Protocol
Thomas Liebich, Yoshinobu Adachi; Germany

10h00 – 10h30

§         Coffee Break (at Bar Jardim)

10h30 – 12h00

§         Parallel Session P71 – IT in the Early Phase of Construction Projects
Room: Caparica B; Chair: Kees Woestenenk

o       Entrepreneural Project Preparation of Building Investment - The Early Recognition of Pitfalls in a Project Limits Costs and Risks
Werner Grützner, Germany

o       Managing the Brief Effectively: The CoBrITe Approch
Yacine Rezgui, Dino Bouchlaghem, Mahmoud Hassanen, Simon Austin, Grahame Cooper, Peter Barrett; United kingdom

o       Modelling with Features and the formalisation of early design knowledge
Jos P. van Leeuwen, Bauke de Vries; The Netherlands

 

§         Parallel Session P72 – Modelling and Visualisation in Construction
Room: Almada; Chair: Gudni Gudnason

o       Integrated Construction Scheduling, Cost Forecasting and Site Layout Modeling in Virtual Reality
Jeffrey Mahachi, L. Chege, R. Gajjar; South Africa

o       Joined up Construction: CONCURing the Information Maze
David Leonard, Jeff Stephens, Maria Nikolaenko, H. Van de Belt; United Kingdom  

o       Information Services To Enable European Construction Enterprises - an Overview of The I-SEEC European Union Project
T. Cerovsek, M Groosman, G. Gudnasson, Z. Turk, D. Bloomfield, Iceland

12h00 – 13h30

§         Lunch (at Room Miramar)

13h30 – 15h00

§         Parallel Session P81 – Project Modeling and Management
Room: Caparica B; Chair: David Leonard

o       Approaches to Risk Assessments: A Pilot Study
Tom Andersen, Freddy Madsen; Denmark

o       Neutral Object Tree Support for Inter-discipline Communication in Large-Scale Construction
G. A. van Nederveen, Frits Tolman; The Netherlands

o       An Approach to Computer Aided Project Management (CAPM) in the Building Industry
Heinecke Siegbert, Germany

§         Parallel Session P82 – IT in Construction
Room: Almada; Chair: Jan Cervenka

o       Requirements for Navigation through Drawings on Wearable Computer by Using Speech Commands
Jan Reinhardt, R.J. Scherer; Germany

o       Activity Object-Oriented Simulation Strategy For Construction Simulation System
Hong Zhang, C.M. Tam, Jonathan J. Shi; Hong Kong

o       Information Technology Support for Dimensional Control in Building Construction
Rui Wu, G. Mass, F. Tolman; The Netherlands

15h00 – 15h30

§         Coffee Break (at Bar Jardim)

15h30 – 16h00

§         Closing Session (at Room Caparica B)