In recent years, building information modeling has become a very active research area of construction informatics with investigation of ICT use within construction industry processes and organizations. The Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies addresses the problems related to information integration and interoperability throughout the lifecycle of a building, from feasibility and conceptual design through to demolition and recycling stages. Containing research from leading international experts, this Handbook of Research provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies within the field.
Jason Underwood is currently a lecturer in Construction ICT and Director of PhD Programme within the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford (UK) and Manager of Construct IT For Business - an industry-led not-for-profit making collaborative membership-based network, comprising leading edge organisations representative of the construction industry supply chain in addition to professional institutes and R&D/academic institutions, whose aim is to improve industry performance through the innovative application of IT and act as a catalyst for academic and industrial collaboration. Background is a combination of civil/structural engineering and IT with more than ten years research experience in the area of concurrent engineering, integrated and collaborative computing in construction, integrated project databases, product modelling, Building Information Modelling, process modelling through involvement in both UK and EU funded research projects. Other areas of research interest include organisational e-readiness, delivering strategic business value from IS/IT, BIM & Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) integration, Virtual Prototyping for Off-Site Manufacturing. Dr Underwood leads the IT Implementation & Innovation module on the MSc IT Management in Construction programme which delivers a new dimension to the course in the concept of measuring IS/IT success, organisational readiness gap, and maturity of organisations. In addition, he also lectures on the concept of integrated and collaborative computing in construction.
Umit Isikdag is currently a lecturer in Department of Management Information Systems at Beykent University (Turkey), he completed his PhD at University of Salford (in 2006) on the Integration of Building Information Models with Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), and MSc at University of Greenwich (in 1999) on Web Based Expert System Applications in Construction Industry. He holds a BSc (Hons.) in Civil Engineering from Balikesir University (Turkey). Dr. Isikdag is currently working in the areas of Construction Informatics, 3D GIS and Enterprise Systems Integration. His research interests include, Building Information Modeling, 3D Geospatial Modeling, Storage of 3D Geospatial Information Models, Integration of Building Information Models with Geospatial Information, Information and Software Integration, Service and Resource Oriented Architectures (SOA/ROA), ICT Strategies for Construction Industry, Enterprise Information Systems (including ERP), Enterprise Application Integration, Management Information Systems, System Development Techniques and Methodologies, Design Patterns, Patterns for Collaborative Working Environments, Object Databases, Model Mapping, Semantic Web, Process Mapping, E-commerce and E-learning.
