DIVERCITY Review Meeting. Stakeholder Perspective

1. DIVERCITY Review Meeting. Stakeholder Perspective Per Christiansson, Aalborg University Yusuf Arayici, Salford University Mikko Soininvaara, EVATA, Finland Jens Ove Skjærbæk, COWI Yves Michel, Spie-Tondella, France 4th review meeting - September 20,2002, Helsinki, Finland. Stakeholder Perspective

2. The DIVERCITY PROTOTYPE and CONCEPT

3. BUILDING PROCESS CHANGE? Person/Team Organisation Collaboration environment Analyses/simulation tools Models access The DIVERCITY Framework Framework Information container Virtual Building

4. Virtual Building - Virtual Building environment. Product and process models with spatial temporal properties, partly redundant information, early decision support, …. Framework Virtual Building

5. Advanced Interface to Models - Higher realism in interaction with underlying models (VR, simulation tools, adapted views, cost/accessibility,...) Analyses/simulation tools Models access Virtual Building

6. New Workspace Properties Person/Team Organisation Collaboration environment Information container - Physical workspaces with new dimension (‘virtual’, augmented, immersive) and new collaboration tools. - Advanced administration tools (artefacts) for secure distributed personal, team, and project information repositories

7. Knowledge Management Support • - Participants; number of, type (persons, agents) • - Collaboration subject/context & Form of interaction; design, reviews, purchase, learning, brainstorm, negotiation, discussion, • - Communication content to support interaction; e.g. speech, sound, images, music, video, whisper, body language, 3D objects, control information;….. • - Meeting spaces and room definitions; physical, virtual, static, dynamic, mobile and combinations. • - Collaboration artefacts; communication channels, user applications, and information containers, ‘process managers’

8. Competence Collaboration Person/Team (client) Organisation - Competence collaboration in projects enabled (adopted communication, access to knowledge containers with experiences etc.) Information container

9. Changes in Process Organisation Higher quality processes & products Nb of important decisions Time Dramatic changes in procurement philosophies, as a result of the internet (partnering model). Partnering model showing the stakeholders joining a common project group with mutual goals (COWI A/S Denmark)

10. COLLABORATION IN PROJECT A) user requirements capture, user environment design and early prototyping; B) implementation of DIVERCITY and end user alpha test (done within the DIVERCITY consortium) of basic functionality of the DIVERCITY products (applications); C) continued implementation and end user beta tests/evaluations of basic functionality of integrated framework and DIVERCITY products; D) final end user evaluation of DIVERCITY, and prototype refinement. We have methodology for efficientuser requirements capture, user environment modellingand system development Socially very good environment

11. DIVERCITY- Stakeholder Perspective • Mikko Soininvaara, EVATA, Finland • Jens Ove Skjærbæk, COWI • Yves Michele, SPIE, France DIVERCITY contributes to enhance QUALITY on building process and end product! PC 14.4.2002

12. DIVERCITY FrameworkLaurent da Daldo E-viper client handles access to the workspaces and projects The Central eViper Server Source control stores different versions and keeps an history of all that happens on a project User profiling allows the server to identify people connected to, or trying to, connect to it and manage user access rights on projects. Security and integrity of informationis permanently controlled by the server. Messages management is one of the most important feature of eViper. It controls information exchanged between users and manages priorities. Thanks to this feature, developers using eViper can build not only distributed but also collaborative applications. This is an open mechanism allowing any third party to use data controlled by the server (as long as they are authorised). The Distribution Manager The distribution manager is the client (user) side of the communication layer of DIVERCITY. It can be included in an application (it in the case of Phooka, the DIVERCITY client application) or can be a stand alone application, controlling data exchange between the client and the central server. The distribution manager has been released in JAVA and C++ and it is platform-independent. In this way, developers will be able to work in their own environment. This interface provides all necessary entries to send and receive message from the server. It also provides a simple way to plug any third party application to the central server of eViper. DSL Data Structure Layer

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15. DIVERCITY - RESULTS • Applications integrated into a extendible framework (also loosely coupled application) • Framework based on Internet based client-server technology ( eViper). (Model and workflow driven) • Framework for building collaborative environments. • Methodology for efficient user requirements capture, user environment modelling and system development. • Early design support (explain, communicate ideas, solutions)

16. Future Virtual Workspace features • The future distributed workspaces will thus possess new features: • The advanced administration tools for distributed personal, team, and project information repositories; • accessibility to virtual building models and collaboration environments through wireless networked workspaces and low cost virtual reality environments; • appropriate security levels for sharing the information over the inter/intranets; • process and workflow management tools to support variations in working practices between different projects; • definition and design of new ICT tools to support collaboration and communication with end-user. • Applications integrated into a extendible framework; • Divercity has created a virtual workspace for construction, which includes some of the features listed above and forms a framework and concept for further development. PC 14.4.2002

17. Virtual Workspace Definition • 'The Virtual Workspace, VW, is the new design room designed to fit new and existing design routines. VW may well be a mixed reality environment. The VW will host all design partners from project start with different access and visibility (for persons and groups) in space and time to the project, and will promote building up shared values in projects. The VW thus acts as a communication space with project information support in adapted appearances. VW gives access to general and specific IT-tools '

18. The Virtual Building Model • The virtual building contains all documentation of the building including drawings, models, documents etc. It will normally contain redundant information and temporal information describing discipline models and sub models of the building over time.

19. DIVERCITY User Environment. Acoustics Thermal Analysis Virtual Workspace Virtual Workspace Collab. Collab. Collab. DIVERCITY Appl. Appl. Appl. DIVERCITY Data container -IFC+ Application data container Application data container Application data container Client briefing Application data container'CAD' Lighting Simulations Building Model (IFC,…) 4D building site

20. COWI EXPERIENCES • Divercity is an example on a end-user co-defined developed workspace and, to our knowledge, one of the most coherent at the moment and might be the future platform for further plug-ins. • The pro-active end user involvement have made significant modifications to the software architecture as well as to the individual products. • The end-user involvement in the preparation and the planning of test scenarios contributed in ensuring that the VE will meet the requirements of the industry. • The IFC-standard which is a core component in the Divercity framework is progressively been introduced to the Danish construction industry. At the moment COWI is participating in a test of the standard on the new head-quarters for the National Broadcasting Company (DR)

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22. DIVERCITY Review Meeting. Architect PerspectiveSEPARATE SLIDES • Mikko Soininvaara, EVATA, Finland

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24. DIVERCITY Review Meeting. Detailed Design Jens Ove Skjærbæk, COWI A/S, Denmark Cimbrergaarden Thulebakken 36 DK-9000 Aalborg jeo@cowi.com

25. Why is Divercity Interesting 1/2 • Divercity is an example on a end-user co-defined developed workspace and, to our knowledge, one of the most coherent at the moment and might be the future platform for further plug-ins. • The pro-active end user involvement have made significant modifications to the software architecture as well as to the individual products during the development

26. Why is Divercity Interesting 2/2 • The end-user involvement in the preparation and the planning of test scenarios contributed in ensuring that the VE will meet the requirements of the industry. • The IFC-standard which is a core component in the Divercity framework is progressively been introduced to the Danish construction industry. • The Divercity concept indicates need for new collaborative patches and organisational challenges

27. Re-organising the project stakeholders in new collaborative structures New procurement paths Strengthen collaboration Utilisation of com-mon experiences Organisational challenges

28. Benefits • Integrated products to use IFC standard • Visualisation of technical solutions. • Integration of multiple solutions in one distributed model. • Presentation of complex solutions in a visual and comprehensible form. • Improved mobility. • Basic structure for future developments

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30. DIVERCITY Review Meeting. Contractor PerspectiveSEPARATE SLIDES • Yves Michel, Spie Tondella, France

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