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This paper explores how to effectively integrate building specifications into a BIM process. This research found that all the software that claims to include specifications in a BIM process are actually specification drafting software and are not very useful for contractors and subcontractor who needs to use specifications in mobile contexts such as production or construction sites. A new approach to integrating specifications into a BIM-based collaboration process has been proposed. A collaborative process has been formalized, with three levels of integration. One of these levels is prototyped and shows how it is possible to give access to construction specification from mobile devices on a construction site. Both the process and the prototype are evaluated with practitioners.
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Bédard, J., Boton, C. (2018). Integrating Construction Specifications and Building Information Modeling. In: Luo, Y. (eds) Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering. CDVE 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11151. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00560-3_12
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