Enabling the construction virtual enterprise: The osmos approach

Ian Wilson*, Simon Harvey, Rémi Vankeisbelck, Abdul Samad Kazi

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    Abstract

    This paper gives a comprehensive overview of the findings and results from the OSMOS (IST-1999-10491) project. OSMOS aims to highlight and go some way to meeting the needs of the industry by providing a set of tools, models, APIs and techniques to support the construction "Virtual Enterprise" (VE). Key to the OSMOS approach is that the tools will allow companies (especially SMEs) to partake in a project-based VE quickly and at a low entry-level. Through a combination of IDEF0 and UML modelling, within an iterative and incremental project methodology, the OSMOS consortium has elaborated a generic process model for the set-up and structuring of the construction Virtual Enterprise, which has formed the basis for the technical implementation of the tools and API. The tools, once designed, built, and made available for testing, have been evaluated within construction based case scenarios by end-users, and subsequently refined and re-tested. The resultant solution being offered through the OSMOS approach will involve some potential process changes within the companies wishing to take part in the VE, and the project aims to provide a proposed migration path to this end.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)83-110
    JournalElectronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction
    Volume6
    Publication statusPublished - 2001
    MoE publication typeA2 Review article in a scientific journal

    Keywords

    • API
    • construction
    • Information modelling
    • internet-based services
    • virtual enterprises

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