Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering - CIFE
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Professional Development |
| Discipline(s): |
Architectural Engineering Civil Engineering Construction Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Community - General |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Martin Fischer |
| Description: | The CIFE mission is to be the world's premier academic research center for Virtual Design and Construction of Architecture - Engineering - Construction (AEC) industry projects. Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is the use of multi-disciplinary performance models of design-construction projects, including the Product (i.e., facilities), Work Processes and Organization of the design - construction - operation team in order to support business objectives. The theoretical basis of VDC includes: * Engineering modeling methods: product, organization, process * Analysis methods (model-based): including schedule, cost, 4D interactions and process risks * Visualization methods * Business metrics and focus on strategic management * Economic Impact analysis (i.e., models of both the cost and value of capital investments) Specifically, CIFE objectives include: · Research - to develop and test innovative new ways to model, visualize, analyze and evaluate the multidisciplinary performance of design-construction projects, and · Education - to increase awareness of the value and costs of Virtual Design and Construction for practitioners and Stanford students. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(k) Use modern engineering tools in engineering practice |
| Use of Resource: |
Good site for both resarch and educational resourcdes associated with integrated architectural, structural engineering and construction management associated with large-scale facilities. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Medium |
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| Publication Date: | March 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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