The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

CIB Working Commissions

• W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building (est. 1998)
  • (PhD) Student Chapter: W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building Student Forum
  • Working Group: International best practices for disseminating new knowledge and technologies to SME’s

Conferences

CIB World Building Congress (WBC)*

The triennial CIB World Building Congress (WBC), formerly the C.I.B. Congress, aims to provide a platform for all building and construction experts in the world, both in and outside the CIB community, to come together and exchange their expertise. Included are contributions and meetings of the CIB Working Commissions (e.g. W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building).

CBI W102 Conferences

• CIB W102 Scientific Session @ International Research Conference 2017, September 11-12, 2017, Salford University, Salford, United Kingdom
  (Organizer: CIB; School of the Built Environment, the University of Salford)

  Part of the 2017 International Research Conference “Shaping Tomorrow’s Built Environment: Construction and Design for the Modern World”, in conjunction with the International Research Week 2017

  SESSION: W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building
  Construction Industry Needs An Airbnb Of Its Own!
  Towards A Framework For Multi-LOD 4D BIM Simulations
  Shaping Tomorrows Built Environment: Driving Innovation Through Higher Education Engagement
  Integrating Facility Management Functions In Building Information Modeling (BIM): A Review Of Key Issues And Challenges
  A Systematic Literature Review On Sustainable Management Of The Post-End-Of-Life (PEoL) Of Buildings
  A Grounded Theory Approach To Mentorship
  Scenario Manager: Innovative Concept For Process And Information Management
  Transferring Knowledge From Building Operation To Design – A Literature Review
  Implementation Of Smart Devices In The Dominican Republic Construction Industry: An Empirical Study
  Knowledge Integration Framework For Traditional Construction Procurement System

  Meetings:
  CIB W102 Commission Meeting on Information and Knowledge Management in Building

• CIB W102 Participation @ CIB 2015 International Conference, 23-25 November 2015, London, United Kingdom
  (Co-Organizer: CBI; School of the Built Environment and Architecture, London South Bank University)

  Part of the CIB International Conference “Going north for sustainability: Leveraging knowledge and innovation for sustainable construction and development”

  Conference program n.a.

  “KNOWLEDGE” Papers:
  Exploring Knowledge Management Principles For Decision-Making In Low-Energy Building For Sustainability In Construction
  Knowledge In The Decision-Making Process For Sustainable Renovation Of Multifamily Houses

  Meetings:
  CIB W102 Commission Meeting on Information and Knowledge Management in Building

• CIB W102 Technical Session @ CIB 2014 International Conference, 4-7 May 2014, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka
  Session Title: CIB W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building
  (Co-Organizer: CBI; School of the Built Environment, University of Salford)

  Part of the CIB 2014 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World, aka CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference…

  SESSION: CIB W102 Information and Knowledge Management in Building
  Improving life cycle management by employing BIM in real estate management – case study
  5D building information modelling in the profession Quantity Surveying in New Zealand
  Condition based maintenance: managerial and/or operational success factors and barriers for implementation of planned preventative maintenance
  Big data and decision support system for climate change and resilience management of built environment

• CIB W102 Symposium @ RICS COBRA 2012, September 11-13, 2012, Las Vegas, USA
  Symposium Theme: Managing Information and Knowledge for Value Creation: Contexts, Conversations and Critiques
  (Organizer: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Host: Arizona State University)

  Part of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference (RICS COBRA 2012)

  Conference program n.a.

  Meetings:
  CIB W102 Commission Meeting on Information and Knowledge Management in Building

• 7th CIB W102 Conference 2011, October 26-28, 2011, Sophia Antipolis, France
  Conference Theme: Computer – Knowledge – Building
  (Co-organizer: CIB W078, TG 83, IDDS, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment)

  CIB W78 (Information Technology for Construction) & W102 2011 joint conference

  Paper Presentations:
  …

  Co-located Conferences:
  28th International Workshop of CIB W78 “Computer Integrated Construction”
  ICT for Sustainable Homes Conference & Exhibition 2011
  Integrated Design & Delivery Solutions Workshop (IDDS)

• 5th CBI W102 Conference 2009, June 17-19, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Conference Theme: Deconstructing Babel – Sharing Global Construction Knowledge
  (Co-organizer: Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), gEU)

  Joint CIB W102 and TIC (Encontro de Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação na Construção) 2009

  Keynotes:
  n.a.

  Full Papers:
  A structural and semantic approach for the assessment of building environmental quality
  A wiki approach to share construction domain knowledge
  Validation of a system for planning and design of construction site layouts
  Knowledge support for collaborative workspaces: the co-spaces approach
  Knowledge management: strategy to face construction challenges, situation in Venezuela
  Knowledge management in constructions: an application in the field of energy control
  Dynamic model of building construction company
  Appraisal of KM competencies to increase the steel structures safety via mitigation of faults of welding due to amplification of technical knowledge
  Knowledge on global strategies in revitalizing construction industry
  BIM and ERP: finding similarities on two district concepts
  Management of innovation to enhance the safety design in tall building projects
  Knowledge and information management in construction contracting firms – the U.S. perspective.

  Extended Abstracts:
  n.a.

  Co-located Conferences:
  IV Encontro de Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação na Construção (TIC 2009)

• Joint CIB Conference 2008, June 3-4, 2008, Helsinki, Finland
  Conference Theme: Performance and Knowledge Management (was: Improving Performance of Construction Organizations)
  (Co-organizer: CBI Commission W096; Finnish Association of Civil Engineers, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences)

  Joint CIB Conference – W102 & W096 (Architectural Management)

  Conference program n.a.

  Conference Themes: (proceedings)
  Knowledge based performance improvement
  Data and knowledge sharing in construction projects
  Architectural design management and knowledge
  Integral Design and knowledge development
  Communicating design
  Role of client in the construction process

• 3rd CIB W102 International Conference 2007, 16-18 October, 2007, Stuttgart, Germany
  Conference Theme: Information and Knowledge Management – Helping the Practitioner in Planning and Building
  (Co-organizer: Fraunhofer Information Center for Planning and Building; Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment )
  Conference program n.a.

  Keynotes:
  Smart and Open Building Information Modelling (BIM) – With a Combination of W3C SW (Semantic Web) and IAI Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
  Capturing and Using Knowledge With Building Information Modelling
  Value Knowledge Management
  E-business and Building Information (PracTrac keynote)

  Conference Sections: (proceedings)
  Design & Knowledge
  Knowledge Management & Models
  Project Management & Information Systems
  Communities of Practice & Knowledge Mapping
  Ontologies & Management
  “PracTrac” – Featured Projects & Solutions: highlighting IT/KM solutions from the practitioners domain (Orga.: Union of Building Centres)

  Co-located Events:
  Annual Meeting of the CIB Working Commission on Information and Knowledge Management in Construction W102
  Annual Meeting & Seminar 2007 of the International Union of Building Centres (UICB)
  Annual Meeting of the ICONDA®Bibliographic Board, the supervisory committee for the bibliographic section of ICONDA® The International CONstruction DAtabase

• 2nd CBI W102 2006, June 14-16, 2006, Montreal, Canada
  Conference Theme: Information and Knowledge Management in Construction

  Part of the (Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering (Common theme: Building on IT)

  “Knowledge” Conference Paper Sessions:
  Design Knowledge Management
  Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Management
  Knowledge Capture and Knowledge Management

  Co-located Conferences:
  ICCCBE-XI: 11th Int’l Conf. on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering)
  ICCC-ASCE: 2006 Int’l Conf. on Computing in Civil Engineering of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
  DMUCE-5: 5th Conference on Decision Making in Urban and Civil Engineering
  CIB-W78: 23rd Conference on Information Technology in Construction

• CIB W102 International Conerence 2005, May 19-20, 2005, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
  Conference Theme: Information and Knowledge Management in a Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Construction Organisations
  (Co-organizer: Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Instituto Superior Técnico, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Glasgow Caledonian University)
  Conference program n.a.

  Conference Themes:
  1. Global Construction Organizations
  – Virtual teams and organisations
  – Managing information on E-markets
  – Global knowledge communities and networks
  – Global corporate knowledge bases
  – Portal and web information brokers in construction
  2. Competitiveness, Innovation, Quality and Change
  – Improving competitiveness in construction global markets
  – Information and Innovation
  – Knowledge management and innovation
  – Quality management and knowledge management
  3. Building- Whole Life Management and Sustainability
  – Building performance and sustainability
  – Information, knowledge management and sustainability
  – Managing Information and knowledge and the ‘whole-life’ concept
  4. Construction Supply Chain Management
  – Construction supply chain integration
  – Managing Information and knowledge throughout the construction supply chains
  – Construction information and knowledge management processes
  – Implications of knowledge management for individuals, managers and organisations
  – Information, knowledge management and procurement methods
  5. Design and Construction Management
  – Managing project information in a global context
  – Project information and knowledge memories
  – Best practices on managing site information: case studies
  – Knowledge communities and networks
  – Information and knowledge management on project sites and in organisations
  6. Risk Management
  – Information and risk management
  – Risk management and knowledge management
  7. Research and Education
  – Innovative processes, techniques and technologies
  – Research agenda and research management
  – Knowledge stocks and flows
  – Knowledge management in Architecture, Engineering and Construction education and curricula

  Keynotes:
  How construction organizations can manage information and knowledge to reap benefits from rapidly developing global markets
  Konwledge-Advantage for construction organizations: concept and framework

CBI W102 at conferences

Meetings

(Annual) W102 Commission Meetings

• 2019: June 18-21, Hong Kong, China-PR (part of CIB World Building Congress)
• 2018: December 19-20, Wolverhampton, United-Kingdom (part of 1st International Conference on Construction Futures
• 2017: September 11 (part of International Research Conference: Shaping Tomorrow’s Built Environment – Construction and Design for the Modern World)
• 2015: November 23-25 (part of Joint International Symposium Going North for Sustainability)
• 2013: May 9, Brisbane, Australia (joint meeting with W117 – Performance Measurement in Construction; part of the 19th CIB World Building Congress)
• 2012: September 11-13, Las Vegas, United-States (part of RICS COBRA 2012 International Conference)
• 2011: 5th!? June 17, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | October 26-28, Sophia Antipolis, France
• 2007: May 14, Cape Town, South-Africa (part of 17th CIB World Building Congress) | October 18, Stuttgart, Germany (part of the CIB W102 3rd International Conference)
• 2006: June 14-16, Montreal, Canada (part of the CBI W102 2nd International Conference)
• 2005: 19-20 May, Lisbon, Portugal (part of the CBI W102 1st International Conference)
• 2004: 29-30 April, Toronto, Canada (part of 16th CIB World Building Congress)
• 2003: June 23-24, Glasgow, United-Kingdom (Joint W102/UICB meeting)
• 2002: June 17-18, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (with Workshop)
• 2001: March 26-27 (23-27), Melbourne, Australia & March 29-31 (29), Auckland, New-Zealand (3rd Joint W102/UICB meeting)
• 2000: June 14-15, Helsinki, Finland (2nd Joint W102/UICB – International Union of Building Centres – Joint Meeting)
• 1999: May 11-13 Canada, Montreal