@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00001046,
 author = {Yabuki, Nobuyoshi},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 issue = {1},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been attracting much attention in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) for several years. Virtual Construction (VC) is a kind of BIM design, in which architectural, structural, and facility design, cost estimation, and construction planning are integrated and done in a short period, employing a standardized product model named Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). VC has already been adopted for actual design and construction of a number of building projects worldwide. On the other hand, VC has not been adopted in design and construction of infrastructures such as bridges, roads, tunnels, dams, river structures except some special cases. The 5th Asia Construction Information Technology (IT) Round Table Meeting was held in August 2009 in Tokyo by Japan Construction Information Center (JACIC) and the Committee on Civil Engineering Informatics of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), and in a half-day special session, thirteen experts in IT in construction were invited from Asian countries and discussed the following agenda: 1. Why is the infrastructure domain slower in adopting VC than building industry? 2. Is VC necessary for the infrastructure domain, or not? Are there any merits? 3. What would hinder the promotion and adoption of VC in the infrastructure domain? 4. What is needed to promote and employ VC in the infrastructure domain in terms of research and practice? Each participant gave short presentation for each agenda, followed by discussion. Although some differences were found from country to country, most participants agreed with the difficulty in adoption of VC for infrastructure domain because of its public characteristics and at the same time they confirmed the importance and necessity to promote and employ VC in the infrastructure domain.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {Toward Adoption of Virtual Construction in the Infrastructure Domain},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2010}
}