Step Data Standards and the Construction Industry

Date

1996

Authors

Froese, Thomas M.

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Publisher

Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Abstract

Product and process model data standards are required to provide the unifying language through which integrated computer systems for architecture, engineering, and construction can converse. STEP, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data, is a large international effort to develop such standards throughout numerous industries. This paper introduces the STEP effort and provides an overview of the organizational makeup and the model development process. The paper then outlines STEP efforts within the building construction domain, highlighting the Building Construction Core Model project as a central unifying model for computing systems in construction.

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Keywords

STEP, Construction, Product Models, Process Models, Project Models, Standards, Computer Applications, Computer-Integrated Construction, Integrated Systems

Citation

Froese, T. (1996). Step Data Standards and the Construction Industry. Published in the Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, Edmonton, AB. https://csce.ca/en/publications/past-conferences/