12 nD modelling, present and future

Abstract

This chapter describes the concept of nD modelling and combines the findings of five workshops to form an nD roadmap of the future. The roadmap has contributed to the ongoing debate on the value of nD modelling and, as such, presents a research and a technology framework. The authors anticipate that the roadmap will be used to formulate agendas towards global nD-enabled construction. nD modelling is now a concerted idiom associated with ICT (information and communication technologies) in the AEC/FM (architectural, engineering, construction and facilities management) industry. This chapter discusses current and future work.

Keywords: nD modelling ,nD roadmap, communication technologies