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3 Information Technologies and the Architecture-Engineering-Construction Industry
Pages 14-18

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... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY Summary of a Presentation by Kenneth C Brown President, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP The architecture industry has structural problems that add to its business difficulties, but it has some potential advantages that could be quite useful in the new economy.
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From page 15...
... The building Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing for Andersen Consulting looks like it will be an efficient work environment where they are going to leverage technology, but architectural firms are not doing this for themselves. Much of the information technology work to be done in the near term involves expanding the use of technology beyond design processes to incorporate project management, human resources, finance, communications, and knowledge management.
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From page 16...
... But let's get them all together in the same network so we can access all that great special knowledge in a seamless system. Finally, information technologies can change the physical constraints of the way we work, from the way we work on machines to where we work, such as in our customers' offices or in a different environment entirely.
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From page 17...
... The various software applications used by these participants can transfer messages formatted according to the aecXML schema to coordinate and synchronize related project information. In addition, a standard aecXML specification will facilitate e-commerce among suppliers and purchasers of equipment, materials, supplies, parts, and services based on that same technical information.
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From page 18...
... Facility managers reported that e-commerce will significantly affect facility management practices. Although business-to-business e-commerce had not yet resulted in significant improvements in facility practices, facility managers expected this to change in the next two years, resulting in practices that lowered costs and reduced the time required to complete projects.
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  • energy research
  • andersen consulting
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  • robert johnson
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  • newly created

  • outside firms
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