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A survey of CAD and virtual reality within the house building industry

J. WHYTE (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK)
N. BOUCHLAGHEM (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK)
ANTONY THORPE (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK)
RON MCCAFFER (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK)

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

ISSN: 0969-9988

Article publication date: 1 April 1999

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Abstract

A survey of computer use in the British house building industry was conducted by means of a postal questionnaire to 100 house builders followed‐up by in‐depth interviews. The research shows widely variant levels of computer use and expertise in different house building companies amongst both regional developers and the nationwide volume builders. Some housing developers have sophisticated information technology strategies and are well placed to successfully implement advanced techniques whilst many have very little or no computer use for design and visualization and rely more on traditional competitive strategies.

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WHYTE, J., BOUCHLAGHEM, N., THORPE, A. and MCCAFFER, R. (1999), "A survey of CAD and virtual reality within the house building industry", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021125

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