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The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium (1994)
Federal Facilities Council (FFC)

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css

SUMMATION WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED–WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

William Aley

U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories

GENERAL

  • Is the computer valid for planning? Yes!

  • The computer “empowers” us

  • First graphic display—now we want attached textual data for planning

TYPES OF PLANNING

  • Spatial planning:

    • 3D environmental planning

    • installation overlays

  • Facility and master planning

  • Environmental planning

TECHNOLOGIES/DEVELOPMENTS

  • Hypermedia

    • NAVFAC E1 system

  • Modular development

    • allows software release quicker

    • automatic user group

  • Resourcing and analysis

    • time and money

    • build or buy?

COMPUTERS AND USES

  • Preliminary DOS based requirement

  • Strong request for CADD, less for GIS (but GIS has highest predicted growth)

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css SUMMATION WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED–WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE William Aley U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories GENERAL Is the computer valid for planning? Yes! The computer “empowers” us First graphic display—now we want attached textual data for planning TYPES OF PLANNING Spatial planning: 3D environmental planning installation overlays Facility and master planning Environmental planning TECHNOLOGIES/DEVELOPMENTS Hypermedia NAVFAC E1 system Modular development allows software release quicker automatic user group Resourcing and analysis time and money build or buy? COMPUTERS AND USES Preliminary DOS based requirement Strong request for CADD, less for GIS (but GIS has highest predicted growth)

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css Must be user friendly Networks needed to link existing databases STANDARDS/DATA Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)—Multiple standardization efforts on-going U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station (WES) and Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (CERL) CADD/GIS/Environmental Database standards Standards are real and will guide our data development efforts Software independent development USE YOUR RESOURCES List of task group members Contact today’s speakers Use federal and Department of Defense labs FCC task group survey Use of contracting mechanisms (CAD2, etc.) Penny Capps and the FGDC Clearinghouse for Data.

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