Table of Contents

Part 1: nD Modelling: The Concept 1. nD Modelling: The Background 2. Engineering Design 3. Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Conceptualizing, Developing, Introducing and Using nD BIMs Part 2: nD Modelling: The Scope 4. Planning and Scheduling Practices in the UK 5. Construction Scheduling: A Latin American Perspective 6. nD in Risk Management 7. Construction Safety 8. Automated Code Checking and Accessibility 9. Acoustics in the Built Environment 10. nD Modelling to Facilitate Crime Reduction 'Thinking' within the Project Briefing Process Part 3: nD Modelling: The Application 11. Data Classification 12. Management of Requirements Information in the nD Model 13. Information Management in nD 14. Data Visualization 15. Legal Issues of nD Modelling 16. Interactive Experimenting of nD Models for Decision Making 17. Technology Transfer 18. The Role of Higher Education in nD Modelling 19. Designing Fit-for-Purpose Schools: The nD Game Part 4: nD Modelling: The Future 20. nD Modelling: Where Next? 21. An Ontology to Integrate Building and Urban n-Dimensional Data 22. Modelling Cities 23. nD in 2D. Concluding Remarks