ABSTRACT
This chapter describes an ongoing research to develop an ontology-driven change management model in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industry. To support different perspectives and personal needs on the changes, ontologies are supposed to act as the backbone and enable different applications of different professions to work together in order to fulfill the desired goals. The chapter explains a framework consisted of ontologies, intelligent agents and customized interface is proposed to implement the change identification and propagation. An example of ontologies is also developed to demonstrate how ontologies can help to manage information changes in the AEC industry. The development in knowledge management and intelligent agents are trying to create computing tools capable for semantic interpretation of information in a rational manner. With the support of information technology, information generated in the process can be integrated and subsequently reusable across disparate disciplines throughout the project lifecycle.
