TY - JOUR
T1 - Cloud-Marketplaces: Distributed e-procurement for the AEC sector
AU - Grilo, António Carlos Bárbara
AU - Jardim-Gonçalves, Ricardo Luís Rosa
N1 - The authors would like to thank the Vortal company for partially funding the research work. In particular, we would like to thank Miguel Soares, and Abilio Mendes. The research project is also partially funded by IAPMEI and the European Funds QREN, which provide the research grants of Ricardo Ferreira, Goncalo Castro, and Sudeep Ghimire. We also acknowledge the European Commission, for funding the ENSEMBLE and UNITE projects, and Fundacao da Ciencia e Tecnologia for funding our research units.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - The development of web-based collaborative platforms, BIM, and transactional e-marketplaces has been changing the way companies in the AEC sector work. However, due to interoperability issues, the main problems of distributed data and information management across AEC companies and projects are yet to be overcome. This paper presents the Cloud-Marketplace concept, which expands on earlier developments combining BIM, SOA, Cloud Computing, and e-marketplaces in order to create interoperable communities of e-platforms. The Vortaway case study is described to demonstrate the validation of the concept in simple AEC e-procurement processes.
AB - The development of web-based collaborative platforms, BIM, and transactional e-marketplaces has been changing the way companies in the AEC sector work. However, due to interoperability issues, the main problems of distributed data and information management across AEC companies and projects are yet to be overcome. This paper presents the Cloud-Marketplace concept, which expands on earlier developments combining BIM, SOA, Cloud Computing, and e-marketplaces in order to create interoperable communities of e-platforms. The Vortaway case study is described to demonstrate the validation of the concept in simple AEC e-procurement processes.
KW - Electronic marketplaces
KW - Building information modeling
KW - Cloud-Marketplaces
KW - Service-oriented architecture
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Building information modeling
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Cloud-Marketplaces
KW - Electronic marketplaces
KW - Service-oriented architecture
U2 - 10.1016/j.aei.2012.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.aei.2012.10.004
M3 - Article
SN - 1474-0346
VL - 27
SP - 160
EP - 172
JO - Advanced Engineering Informatics
JF - Advanced Engineering Informatics
IS - 2
ER -