E-Business in Construction.

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Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Context; 1.2 Structure of the book; References; 2 Fundamentals of e-Business; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 e-Business and e-commerce definitions; 2.3 Taxonomy for e-business; 2.4 The four faces of e-business; 2.5 e-Business models; 2.6 e-Business in construction; 2.7 Summary and conclusions; References; 3 e-Business: The Construction Context; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 e-Business and the construction business processes; 3.3 e-Business applications and end-user construction companies; 3.4 Summary; References

4 Organizational Readiness for e-Business4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology for e-readiness; 4.3 Review of readiness assessment models; 4.4 Verify end-user e-readiness using a diagnostic tool; 4.5 Verdict: System architecture and operation; 4.6 End-user case study; 4.7 Conclusions and future work; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 5 Integrated Multi-Disciplinary e-Business Infrastructure Framework; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Integrated construction e-business infrastructure framework; 5.3 The importance of e-construction infrastructure; 5.4 Summary and status of e-construction challenges

5.5 ConclusionsNote; References; 6 The Role of Extranets in Construction e-Business; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Defining construction collaboration technologies; 6.3 Uptake of construction collaboration technologies; 6.4 Benefits of construction collaboration technologies; 6.5 Human aspects of collaboration; 6.6 Moving beyond collaboration; 6.7 Conclusions; References; 7 Agent-Based Systems: The Competitive Advantage for AEC-Specific e-Business; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The current context; 7.3 Understanding agent-based systems; 7.4 A roadmap of agent-based systems in e-business

7.5 APRON: An agent-based prototype system for AEC-specific e-business7.6 APRON's conceptual design; 7.7 The implemented APRON architecture; 7.8 Discussion and conclusions; References; 8 The Role of e-Hubs in e-Commerce; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 e-Hub concept; 8.3 e-Hubs' services; 8.4 Engineering e-Hub; 8.5 Engineering services; 8.6 Problems and challenges; 8.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 9 Web Services and aecXML-Based e-Business System for Construction Products Procurement; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The need for e-procurement of construction products

9.3 Existing e-business systems for construction products procurement9.4 Limitations of existing e-business systems; 9.5 The E-Union concept; 9.6 Standardization of construction products information; 9.7 The Web Services model of interoperable construction products catalogues; 9.8 The E-Union Web Services prototypical implementation; 9.9 Conclusions; References; 10 Using Next Generation Web Technologies in Construction e-Business; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The construction context; 10.3 The need for the Semantic Web; 10.4 The Semantic Web

10.5 Evolution of the Semantic Web in the construction sector

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