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Paper: w78-1993-2-357
| Paper title: | Determining the impact of CADrafting tools on the building delivery process |
| Authors: | Anadol Z, Akin O |
| Summary: | Computer aided design (CAD) is intended to change the way design and construction are carried out. At a minimum, this implies savings realized in terms of time spent and improvement of the quality of designs produced. To test this idea, we hypothesized that computer aided drafting and design operations may be instrumental in reducing the number of change orders issued and help control cost overruns by improving the accuracy of construction documents. We compared change orders in projects designed in the conventional media against ones developed with computers. We found that there is evidence supporting our hypothesis. Furthermore, in the process of investigating this question, we found that computer applications to improve the management of existing building information (as-built drawings, building system related information, and the like) represent even more critical needs than those that can reduce change orders through more accurate design drawings. |
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| Year of publication: | 1993 |
| Keywords: | drawing accuracy; change orders; design errors; as-built drawings; scope changes |
| Series: | w78:1993 |
| ISSN: | 2706-6568 |
| Download paper: | /pdfs/w78-1993-2-357.content.pdf |
| Citation: | Anadol Z, Akin O (1993). Determining the impact of CADrafting tools on the building delivery process. Mathur K S, Betts M P, Tham K W (editors); Management of information technology for construction; Singapore, August 1993 (ISSN: 2706-6568), http://itc.scix.net/paper/w78-1993-2-357 |
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