ABSTRACT
The optimization of the project communication and the rationalization of the project processes reveal a big potential to ensure the competitiveness of enterprises within the sector. This cognition is mirrored in the past and current developments of information technology-technologies for the A/E/C domain. On the basis of the requirements of the German steel construction companies, the specifications of an integrated project processing system are elaborated. The A/E/C domain is characterized by the required cooperation between partners from very diverse fields of activity, knowledge and terminology. The German steel construction industry considers the creation of integrated solutions which interconnect both all company actors and all project partners as well as their respective software one of the most important challenges. The latter should on one hand be able to represent the entire operational and organizational course of business in the company and handle all project-oriented processes centrally.
