The IFC standard - A review of history, development, and standardization

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-161

  Laakso, Mikael ^a   Kiviniemi, Arto ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BIM; Construction industry; IFC; Interoperability; Review; Standardization

Indexed keywords

BIM; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DATA STANDARDS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; GENERAL THEORY; GROWING DEMAND; IFC; INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES - IFC; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODUS OPERANDI; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; STANDARDIZATION PROCESS; TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEROPERABILITY; REVIEWS;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84862009953     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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