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Internet
Commerce in the Subcontractor Selection process in the A/E/C
Industry:
Developing Electronic Models to Support the Bidding Process
for A/E/C Commerce on the Internet
| Principal
Investigator |
Hans
Bjornsson |
| Ph.D.
Students |
Andrew Arnold and Martin
Ekstrom |
| Project
Sponsors |
CIFE
and ITBoF (IT
Construction), Sweden |
| Project
Date |
10/1/98
to 9/30/00 |
| Description |
This
research investigates the requirements for models that
describe the content of a bid package so that this information
can be formalized, linked with detailed project design
and engineering information, and published on the Internet
i n an E-commerce system. Computer-interpretable models
for bid packages will support the automation of information
exchange for the mission-critical activities associated
with bid package generation and dissemination, and furnish
knowledge-based support fo r activities associated with
bid package interpretation and processing for cost estimation.
We will perform an information requirement study to understand
the modeling requirements for making the activities associated
with project bidding part of a virtua l product delivery
process. To test our understanding of the representation
issues, and to develop familiarity with the emerging Internet
technology for active web documents, we will define bid
information document models that will be used with a proof-of
-concept application to publish a mock-up bid proposal
as an active Web document (XML format). This project will
provide insight for further research to field prototype
electronic bidding services in a AEC E-commerce system. |
| Website |
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| Publications |
Martin
Ekstrom, John Taylor, Hans Bjornsson, Andrew Arnold, Developing
Electronic Models to support Internet Bidding, CIFE Technical
Report #116, June, 2000 |
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