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SUMMARY:The Future of Construction and Infrastructure Information:  BIM\, 
 the Death of the Document\, the Importance of Information Retrieval and Fu
 ture-proofing in Design - Peter Demian (Loughborough University)
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CONTACT:Rengarajan
DESCRIPTION:As more and more civil engineering work becomes digital\, the 
 amount of information that engineers need to handle is growing exponential
 ly.  While this presents opportunities for supporting design decision-maki
 ng\, reusing design information and increasing productivity\, there remain
 s the challenge of navigating around huge repositories of digital content.
   This presentation outlines a research line spanning over a decade in Inf
 ormation Retrieval to manage civil engineering design and construction con
 tent\, such as drawings and building models.  The field of Information Ret
 rieval is concerned with systems that help users to fulfil their informati
 on needs.  Common examples of Information Retrieval systems include web se
 arch engines and library catalogues.  The basic aim of the research presen
 ted here can therefore be expressed informally as “to develop search eng
 ines for civil engineering design content”.  However\, in the case of ci
 vil engineering applications of Information Retrieval\, systems can exploi
 t the inherent structure of engineering/construction project information (
 the CoMem and Needles research projects) and the links to the 3D artefact 
 being designed (the 3DIR research project)  The emergence of Building Info
 rmation Models (BIM) in recent years adds some urgency to this line of res
 earch.  The presentation will argue for the importance of Information Retr
 ieval concepts\, even if\, in the era of BIM\, “documents” are no long
 er central.  It will conclude by setting a research agenda for exploring t
 he opportunities to support design decision-making that are afforded by th
 is additional information being managed.  Can the information being modell
 ed be used to guide the designer on how to future-proof the design?
LOCATION:Seminar room 3\, Institute for Manufacturing\, Cambridge
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