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IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage

The conceptual stage of building design is where the most important decisions are made, for example, in determining the choice of structural elements such as floors. However, decisions made at this stage, particularly those involving costs and speeds, are often based on subjective judgement, rules o...

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Main Authors: Idrus, A, Newman, J
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Published: Emerald 2003
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QA76 Computer software
Online Access:http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5346/1/IFESS__construction_innovation.pdf
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spelling my.utp.eprints.53462017-01-19T08:27:38Z IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage Idrus, A Newman, J QA76 Computer software The conceptual stage of building design is where the most important decisions are made, for example, in determining the choice of structural elements such as floors. However, decisions made at this stage, particularly those involving costs and speeds, are often based on subjective judgement, rules of thumb and familiarity. This paper reports on the development of a computer spreadsheet tool that employs a more objective and systematic procedure in selecting concrete floors at the conceptual design stage, in which costs and speeds are quantitatively evaluated using, respectively, the method of elemental estimating and a simple bar chart technique, but in conjunction with a specially developed “lead-in index”method. The results of the evaluation are then tabulated and systematically ranked to facilitate selection of the best floor system. The tool would thus assist engineers to make a more well-informed and rapid choice of floor systems at the early design stage Emerald 2003 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5346/1/IFESS__construction_innovation.pdf http://www.emeraldinsight.com Idrus, A and Newman, J (2003) IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 3 (3). pp. 127-143. ISSN 1471-4175 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5346/
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Idrus, A
Newman, J
IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
description The conceptual stage of building design is where the most important decisions are made, for example, in determining the choice of structural elements such as floors. However, decisions made at this stage, particularly those involving costs and speeds, are often based on subjective judgement, rules of thumb and familiarity. This paper reports on the development of a computer spreadsheet tool that employs a more objective and systematic procedure in selecting concrete floors at the conceptual design stage, in which costs and speeds are quantitatively evaluated using, respectively, the method of elemental estimating and a simple bar chart technique, but in conjunction with a specially developed “lead-in index”method. The results of the evaluation are then tabulated and systematically ranked to facilitate selection of the best floor system. The tool would thus assist engineers to make a more well-informed and rapid choice of floor systems at the early design stage
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author Idrus, A
Newman, J
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title IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
title_short IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
title_full IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
title_fullStr IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
title_full_unstemmed IFESS: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
title_sort ifess: a computer tool to aid structural engineers at the conceptual design stage
publisher Emerald
publishDate 2003
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5346/1/IFESS__construction_innovation.pdf
http://www.emeraldinsight.com
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5346/
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