- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- CAD/CAE in the Construction Industry.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Publication 8-3, September 1989, 34 p.
- Keywords
- construction
- Identifiers
- Computer Aided Design (CAD); Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
- Abstract
- Computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided engineering (CAE) are important tools for today's construction industry. They are affecting the way our business is being done. The construction industry has accepted the use of computers in variety of ways. Management is concerned that the use of computers is less than cost effective. Largely because of this concern, the Design Task Force sponsored a study to evaluate the usage of CAD and CAE in the member companies of CII. The study led the Design Task Force to believe that: [1] CAD/CAE technology will overwhelmingly be the most important contributor to improvement among CII companies in project quality and efficiency in the foreseeable future; and [2] The industry is on the verge of an order-of-magnitude improvement in efficiency and benefits resulting from the utilization of computerization. The primary objective of the task force study was to collect information and to share lessons learned about the computerization efforts of CII member companies. This report will assist the industry in the task of computerization and point out some key elements of success. Opinions regarding computerization trends for the next five years have been identified and are contained in this report.