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HSI 2001: The Human Society and the Internet Internet-Related Socio-Economic Issues pp 225–236Cite as

Challenges in Building Design and the Construction Industry: The Future of Design and Construction in the Internet Age

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This paper aims at reviewing the changes in building design and the construction industry brought by the Internet and also addressing the challenges for the future of design and construction in the Internet age. A review on the industry reveals that there were a number of remarkable changes in building design and the construction industry in terms of its organizational structure and knowledge representation. The former includes facilitation of horizontal and virtual business organizations, and shortened value chain while the latter is about the change in means of communications. These changes provide a good opportunity for those in the construction industry to meet clients’ demands for consistency in quality, standardized process management and effective control of time and other resources.

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  1. Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-750, Korea

    Sanghyun Lee

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  1. Cyber Database Solutions, Inc., 3445 Executive Center Drive, Suite 256, Austin, TX, 78731, USA

    Won Kim

  2. Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117543

    Tok-Wang Ling

  3. Department of Computer Science, KAIST, 373-1Yusung-Ku, Taejon, 305-701, Korea

    Yoon-Joon Lee

  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seodaemun-Ku, Seoul, 120-750, Korea

    Seung-Soo Park

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Lee, S. (2001). Challenges in Building Design and the Construction Industry: The Future of Design and Construction in the Internet Age. In: Kim, W., Ling, TW., Lee, YJ., Park, SS. (eds) The Human Society and the Internet Internet-Related Socio-Economic Issues. HSI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47749-7_18

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