Building a Computable Facility Model
Abstract
The Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has been making a substantial effort over the past several years to create a standard facility modeling format that better enables their different software applications to work together. This emerging standard is known as the Industry Foundation Class (IFC). With the evolution of this facility modeling standard, the ability to capture criteria and requirements during planning and design and then reuse this data during the life cycle of the facility is now possible. Providing interoperability among planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance, and recycling software applications will reduce the time necessary to process information about the facilities. This research effort is part of the "Fort Future" program, the key objective of which is to develop a capability to model, simulate, assess, and optimize installation capability to support the Objective Force. Users of Fort Future, at the installation, regional, or national level will be able to set up planning scenarios, conduct dynamic analysis over a period of up to 30 years, and compare scenario results using a virtual installation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA408936
Entities
People
- Beth A. Brucker
- William J. Wolfe
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center