Contract furniture which is manufactured depending on the client&amp / #8217 / s design or specification requirements on a contract basis is executed in small and medium sized furniture companies in Turkey. This one-of-a-kind production organization provides component manufacturing opportunity to furniture SMEs via subcontracting. In this study, the use of design consultancy is investigated to understand how it should be used in the current organization, in order to implement this production system efficiently. This study also examines contract furniture production to have foresight for the development of furniture SMEs in Turkey. In a literature review, the generic context of contracting activities in relation to design activity is investigated. Methods of design consultancy use in product development processes are searched. Design consultancy in construction industry is examined Data about design and production capabilities of Turkish furniture SMEs is collected. Production planning processes of a contract furniture company was investigated and discussed in a case study. These two groups of data were compared in order to drive conclusions.

Seit nunmehr über einem Jahrzehnt arbeiten die beiden Sonderforschungsbereiche 528 und 532 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) an der Verwendung technischer Textilien im Bauwesen. An der RWTH Aachen (SFB 532) wurde in erster Linie der innovative Verbundwerkstoff „Textilbewehrter Beton“ untersucht, wobei das Ziel dünnwandige und hochbelastbare Betonbauteile waren. An der TU Dresden (SFB 528) wurde in erster Linie die Verwendung von technischen Textilien für die Verstärkung und Instandsetzung von Stahlbetontragwerken oder Holzbauteilen erforscht, um eine wirtschaftlich und technisch attraktive Alternative für die aktuellen Herausforderungen im Bauwesen anbieten zu können. Das 6. Kolloquium zu textilbewehrten Tragwerken (CTRS6) ist Teil einer Serie von Kolloquien, die seit 2001 von den beiden Sonderforschungsbereichen 528 (Dresden) und 532 (Aachen) abwechselnd organisiert werden. Das gemeinsame Abschlusskolloquium der beiden Sonderforschungsbereiche nach dem Ende der Förderung durch die DFG ist das sechste in dieser Reihe und wurde vom Dresdner SFB 528, allerdings diesmal zentral gelegen in Berlin, organisiert. Die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der beiden Sonderforschungsbereiche stellten ihre aktuellen Ergebnisse vor, wobei diese von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern aus den einzelnen Teilprojekten präsentiert wurden. Ergänzt wurde das Programm durch Vorträge renommierter internationaler Gastredner auf den Gebieten der Fasern und Textilien. / For more than a decade, the collaborative research centres 528 and 532 of the Deutsche For-schungsgemeinschaft (DFG) have worked on the application of textile fabrics in civil engi-neering. The RWTH Aachen (CRC 532) first and foremost dealt with the innovative composite “textile reinforced concrete” with the aim of developing thin-walled concrete components with a heavy-load capacity. The TU Dresden (SFB 528) concentrated on re-search into the strengthening and restoration of reinforced concrete load-bearing structures or timber components to provide an economically and technically attractive alternative for the current challenges in civil engineering. The sixth colloquium on textile reinforced structures (CTRS 6) is part of a series of colloquia which has been alternately organized by the collaborative research centre 528 (Dresden) and 532 (Aachen).After the DFG’s grant had come to an end, the joint sixth and final colloquium of both collaborative research centres, which was this time organized by the CRC 528 from Dresden, took place in Berlin due to its more central location. The scientists from both col-laborative research centres presented their current results which were explained by young scientists from the individual subprojects. The programme was complemented by presenta-tions by renowned international guest lecturers from the field of fibres and textiles.

In my thesis I aim on design of front loader, which is most adapted to human operator. Human needs, repairman needs and requirements of civilization are fully respected. Loader is designed for near future.

Byggbranschen har flertalet gånger blivit kritiserad för att inte uppnå samma utveckling och produktivitet som andra sektorer. Visionen om ett effektivt samhällsbyggande är ändå positiv och en av de stora nämnarna för framgång är BIM, Building Information Modeling. Arbetsmetoden, som handlar om att effektivt tillhandahålla information, tillämpas redan i relativt stor utsträckning på hussidan. Samtidigt ligger bro- och anläggningssidan i startgroparna för att följa efter husbyggnad i utvecklingen. NCC Montagebro är en prefabricerad betongbro som utvecklades på 80-talet och som återigen lyfts fram för utveckling. De tidigare standardmåtten har avskaffats för att i högre grad möta kundens önskemål om längd och bredd. Problemet med de fritt valbara måtten är att det inte finns något underlag att utgå ifrån vid prissättning i ett anbud. Syftet med detta arbete var därför att undersöka möjligheten med att upprätta en parameterstyrd BIM-modell att använda för mängdavtagning. Genom att belysa hinder och möjligheter var målet att resultatet skulle kunna användas för fortsatt utveckling av produkten. Studien utfördes med hjälp av intervjuer med verksamma personer i branschen och en praktisk fallstudie. Resultaten från dessa diskuterades utifrån de uppställda frågeställningarna och den tidigare redovisade litteraturstudien. En viktig aspekt som framkommit under studien är att möjligheten att effektivisera och standardisera prissättningen går hand i hand med graden av standardisering för brokonceptet som helhet. För att kunna göra en generell och anpassningsbar modell måste det utredas vilka mått och parametrar som ska vara standard och vilka som kan justeras fritt för varje nytt projekt. Detta och alla övriga erfarenhetsdokument borde samlas i en egen tekniska plattform för NCC Montagebron. Studiens slutsats är att det går att effektivisera prissättningen av NCC Montagebro med hjälp av BIM men det är inte ett tillräckligt argument för att skapa en BIM-modell. Förslagsvis bör modellen uppdateras med mer information så att den kan utnyttjas i fler delprocessen för annars går en stor del av syftet med BIM förlorat. / The Construction Industry has been criticized several times for their slow development and for not being as productive as other industries. In orderto achieve an efficient Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Industry, Building Information Modeling, BIM, is one of the most debatedtopics in the field. The work process, which is about to efficiently provide information about a project, is already applied in the building construction. On the other hand, bridge and civil construction are just about to start the implementation of BIM. NCC Montagebro is a prefabricated concrete bridge which was developed in the 1980s and is once again up-to-date for product development. Theprevious standard dimensions have been removed in order to meet the customers’ requirements for length and width. A problem that occurs when allowing the customers to choose the dimensions is that there is no corresponding documentation to base the pricing on. The aim of this work was to investigate the possibility of establishing a parametric BIM model to use for quantity take off. A goal was to facilitate the continuing improvement of the product by highlighting obstacles and opportunities. The study was carried out through interviews and a practical case study. The results of these were discussed from the stated research questions andthe previously reported literature review. An important aspect emerging from the study is that the ability to rationalize and standardize the pricing depends on the degree of standardizationof the whole bridge concept. To make a general and flexible model it is necessary to examine which dimensions and parameters that should be set to default and which can be freely adjusted for each new project. These decisions and all other documents of experience should be gathered in a special technical platform for the NCC Montagebro. The study concludes that it is possible to rationalize the pricing of NCC Montagebro by using BIM but the arguments may not be enough to design a BIM model. The model should be provided with additional information so that it can be used in several sub-processes because otherwise, a large part of the purpose of BIM is lost.

The National Museum of Australia (NMA) (1997- 2001) by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM) in association with Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan was commissioned by the Australian Commonwealth Government for the Centenary of Federation in 2001. It was conceived as a gift to the people of Australia and now stands on Acton Peninsula in Canberra, the nation's Capital. It is a visually complex manifestation of the design architects' (ARM) dialogue with the ambiguities of Australian history and national identity. The architectural realisation of these complexities was facilitated through advances in computer technologies and a complementary non-traditional procurement method, both at the leading edge of Australian architectural practice of the time. Completed three years earlier was probably the most debated work of architecture of the 1990s, the Guggenheim Museum (GMB) (1991-98) in Bilbao, Spain, by Frank O. Gehry and Associates (FOG&A). This satellite museum of the Guggenheim Foundation of New York was heralded as the quintessential example of a kind of architecture only possible because of advances in computer technologies. Both visually complex museums were conceived as flagship projects and consequently share many political, functional, and cultural expectations. Both were procured outside the usual adversarial designer/builder paradigm of western architecture and featured the innovative use of three-dimensional (CAD) software for design, documentation and analysis. The NMA project used a government instigated procurement method which was embraced by a group of design and construction companies who formed a joint venture known as the Acton Peninsula Alliance. This non-traditional or relationship-based procurement method required ARM to reassess their approach to generate and disseminate design data and their traditional relationship with other design and construction professionals. As part of this process, ARM were required to devolve some of their design authority to a project delivery team via a Design Integrity Panel and an Independent Quality Panel; both innovations integral to the Acton Peninsula Alliance. The NMA project reframed many of the enduring professional relationships of Australian architecture and in so doing extended the skill set and expectations of the architects and others to include a more substantial engagement with 3D CAD and a procurement system which was less subject to many of the common impediments inherent in the more traditional processes. Through a series of interviews with the architects and other stakeholders, a qualitative methodology was used to investigate the NMA as a case study which uses the GMB as an internationally recognised comparison. This thesis examines how these two projects have been successfully completed within time and budgetary constraints in an environment where flagship projects have had a history of highly publicised difficulties. It reveals that the successful realisation of the NMA was due to the relationships built or reframed as a result of this cooperative approach in conjunction with high levels of engagement with computer technologies. This is in contrast to the seamless flow of data and high levels of prefabrication integral to the success of the GMB. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1255317 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, 2006.

The National Museum of Australia (NMA) (1997- 2001) by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM) in association with Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan was commissioned by the Australian Commonwealth Government for the Centenary of Federation in 2001. It was conceived as a gift to the people of Australia and now stands on Acton Peninsula in Canberra, the nation's Capital. It is a visually complex manifestation of the design architects' (ARM) dialogue with the ambiguities of Australian history and national identity. The architectural realisation of these complexities was facilitated through advances in computer technologies and a complementary non-traditional procurement method, both at the leading edge of Australian architectural practice of the time. Completed three years earlier was probably the most debated work of architecture of the 1990s, the Guggenheim Museum (GMB) (1991-98) in Bilbao, Spain, by Frank O. Gehry and Associates (FOG&A). This satellite museum of the Guggenheim Foundation of New York was heralded as the quintessential example of a kind of architecture only possible because of advances in computer technologies. Both visually complex museums were conceived as flagship projects and consequently share many political, functional, and cultural expectations. Both were procured outside the usual adversarial designer/builder paradigm of western architecture and featured the innovative use of three-dimensional (CAD) software for design, documentation and analysis. The NMA project used a government instigated procurement method which was embraced by a group of design and construction companies who formed a joint venture known as the Acton Peninsula Alliance. This non-traditional or relationship-based procurement method required ARM to reassess their approach to generate and disseminate design data and their traditional relationship with other design and construction professionals. As part of this process, ARM were required to devolve some of their design authority to a project delivery team via a Design Integrity Panel and an Independent Quality Panel; both innovations integral to the Acton Peninsula Alliance. The NMA project reframed many of the enduring professional relationships of Australian architecture and in so doing extended the skill set and expectations of the architects and others to include a more substantial engagement with 3D CAD and a procurement system which was less subject to many of the common impediments inherent in the more traditional processes. Through a series of interviews with the architects and other stakeholders, a qualitative methodology was used to investigate the NMA as a case study which uses the GMB as an internationally recognised comparison. This thesis examines how these two projects have been successfully completed within time and budgetary constraints in an environment where flagship projects have had a history of highly publicised difficulties. It reveals that the successful realisation of the NMA was due to the relationships built or reframed as a result of this cooperative approach in conjunction with high levels of engagement with computer technologies. This is in contrast to the seamless flow of data and high levels of prefabrication integral to the success of the GMB. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1255317 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, 2006.

The National Museum of Australia (NMA) (1997- 2001) by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM) in association with Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan was commissioned by the Australian Commonwealth Government for the Centenary of Federation in 2001. It was conceived as a gift to the people of Australia and now stands on Acton Peninsula in Canberra, the nation's Capital. It is a visually complex manifestation of the design architects' (ARM) dialogue with the ambiguities of Australian history and national identity. The architectural realisation of these complexities was facilitated through advances in computer technologies and a complementary non-traditional procurement method, both at the leading edge of Australian architectural practice of the time. Completed three years earlier was probably the most debated work of architecture of the 1990s, the Guggenheim Museum (GMB) (1991-98) in Bilbao, Spain, by Frank O. Gehry and Associates (FOG&A). This satellite museum of the Guggenheim Foundation of New York was heralded as the quintessential example of a kind of architecture only possible because of advances in computer technologies. Both visually complex museums were conceived as flagship projects and consequently share many political, functional, and cultural expectations. Both were procured outside the usual adversarial designer/builder paradigm of western architecture and featured the innovative use of three-dimensional (CAD) software for design, documentation and analysis. The NMA project used a government instigated procurement method which was embraced by a group of design and construction companies who formed a joint venture known as the Acton Peninsula Alliance. This non-traditional or relationship-based procurement method required ARM to reassess their approach to generate and disseminate design data and their traditional relationship with other design and construction professionals. As part of this process, ARM were required to devolve some of their design authority to a project delivery team via a Design Integrity Panel and an Independent Quality Panel; both innovations integral to the Acton Peninsula Alliance. The NMA project reframed many of the enduring professional relationships of Australian architecture and in so doing extended the skill set and expectations of the architects and others to include a more substantial engagement with 3D CAD and a procurement system which was less subject to many of the common impediments inherent in the more traditional processes. Through a series of interviews with the architects and other stakeholders, a qualitative methodology was used to investigate the NMA as a case study which uses the GMB as an internationally recognised comparison. This thesis examines how these two projects have been successfully completed within time and budgetary constraints in an environment where flagship projects have had a history of highly publicised difficulties. It reveals that the successful realisation of the NMA was due to the relationships built or reframed as a result of this cooperative approach in conjunction with high levels of engagement with computer technologies. This is in contrast to the seamless flow of data and high levels of prefabrication integral to the success of the GMB. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1255317 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, 2006.

The diploma thesis deals with the design of an additional device for the application of glass grid rolls GlasGrid® and functional calculations. Diploma thesis was created in collaboration with company Saint-Gobain ADFORS. The designed equipment must be able to lay all the currently produced sizes of the rolls, connectable to the widest possible range of laying machines and must be possible to transport the equipment over a longer distance. The laying equipment must also comply with the strength analysis and functional calculations.

The thesis contains the design and assessment of three-aisled steel building for small metal production. Supporting span of construction hall is 9, 18 and 9 m. In the middle wing is situated bridge crane with capacity of 2 tons. The estimated location of the object is Luhačovice. The initial design concept was specified by supervisor (as the idea of the investor/architect), for which was did static and structural solution and assembly details. For selected option was made a calculation of supporting structures and selected assembly details. The hall has a rectangular floor plan of 36x36m and ridge height is 9 m. The central wing is made of steel and side extensions are made of glued laminated timber.