ABSTRACT

This chapter analyses one important stage of the implementation of Concurrent Engineering (CE) in construction, with the elaboration of a common product and process representation of the design and construction information. This development of a common product and process model is done through the description of a project on which the authors have worked. This integrated model proposed in the project defines some fundamental bases on which CE concepts can be developed, since it provides the common elements of the information exchanges among the actors of the construction process.