VDC

Virtual Design and Construction.

The use of multidisciplinary performance models of design-construction-operation projects, including the product (i. e., facilities), organization of the design-construction-operation team, and work processes, to support explicit and public business objectives.

Ref. 1: Fischer, M. & Kunz, J. (2004). THE SCOPE AND ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION. Journal of Construction, Management and Engineering, No. 763/VI-63, 1-18.

Ref. 2: Center for Integrated Facility Engineering of Stanford University.

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