Architectural Engineering & Construction

Project Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Improving the way a design is translated into the physical construction phase and the communication that supports this effort is one of the challenges facing the AEC industry. PLM is an approach and technology that supports this activity and provides the infrastructure upon which a robust engineering framework can be developed to deliver a project.

PLM has evolved from an extension of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools that have been around for many years and adds further technology that allows product visualisation, digital mock-up, knowledge capture, re-use, digital manufacture and collaboration, all of which is controlled and co-ordinated within an overall data management system.

> Building Information Management (BIMan)

> PLM Benefits

> Business Pressures

> PLM “Push or Pull”

> Can AEC benefit from lessons learnt in Auto and Aero?