Sustainable Engineering Practices in a Digital Economy

Traditional civil engineering practice methods are focused on publishing analog construction documents to support project delivery. Even with most internal processes being fully digital, most of the time and energy spent in engineering is consumed by the preparation of analog plans and specifications instead of the design itself. These documents then have to be reverse-engineered by digital-capable contractors for estimating, bidding, layout, and construction. A 2004 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report estimates that 40-60% of all engineering effort is consumed managing noninteroperable analog information. To produce a truly sustainable built environment, engineers need to be able to simulate multiple design options within traditional budgets. This requires eliminating the cost of producing traditional analog documents and delivering digital design information directly to contractors and other stakeholders. This paper focuses on the need for, and recent prototyping of, new practice philosophies that support engineering management and project delivery in a fully digital world.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413197.035
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  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Kahler, Danny L
• Conference:
  • Second Conference on Green Streets, Highways, and Development
  • Location: Austin Texas, United States
  • Date: 2013-11-3 to 2013-11-6
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 442-450
• Monograph Title: Green Streets, Highways, and Development 2013: Advancing the Practice

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil engineering; Construction projects; Documents; Information dissemination; Plans (Drawings); Project management
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01499962
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413197
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 25 2013 10:00AM