We like to share our knowledge. Our consultants publish in international journals and lecture around the globe. Below you can find a selection of our publications suitable or otherwise interesting for English readers.
This video has been made for the Construction Innovation Prize 2006. ArchiSelect is widely applicable for various selection procedures. How the selection procedure can be made simpler, more objective and more transparent is explained in this video. The simplification does not only concern the client, but it also concerns the bidders. Both parties can establish significant time saving, throughout the entire selection procedure. Selection commissions are now enabled to focus primarily on the content: selecting the best suitable architect.
This video was part of the Construction Innovation Prize 2005. The video explains briefly and clearly what specification management is about.
Whoever wants to quickly and transparently select an architect can use ArchiSelect. A digital procedure, invented by Daan Oostinga and Herman Hoekman. For this publication in Aspecs, Dirk van Ginkel interviewed several people who are regularly involved or participating in Architect selection processes.
What is ArchiSelect and does it deliver what is promised? Is it, as the Minister claims, 'a system to quickly and simply select an architect based on rational factors'?
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Daan Oostinga has written this publication for the hospital and care edition of Real Estate Magazine
"Public Private Partnership is a collaboration of a public client and one or more private parties. The responsibilities of design, construction, financing, maintenance and services is partly or fully contracted out to the market for a period of 15 years and longer. The client renounces from its traditional role but just defines and checks the desired quality of future accomodation."
Daan Oostinga and Frank Hoekemeijer describe a recently developed quality control system for PFI projects. Closely involved with the redevelopment of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, ICOP was asked to ensure that all biddings accurately meet client specifications. In order to meet this demand, ICOP and PKM Solutions developed a verification model. By intelligently relating bidding specifications to client specifications, the model indicates to what extend bids comply with requirements. The quality control model is currently in use by both clients and bidders.
Published in Cobouw January 28, 2007
In this issue of Building Innovation, the whereabouts of ICOP and PKM Solutions as winners of the 2005 Construction Innovation Award are described. Highlights are positive feedback from clients using our methods and methodology.
Recently, ICOP won the Construction Innovation Award for a second time with Archi-Select, a method to select the right architect based on verifying design solutions against client specifications.
Check (www.buildinginnovation.nl) for more articles (Dutch).
In close collaboration with the Dutch Government Buildings Agency, ICOP has been responsible for modelling output specifications for various PFI projects. In this article, Daan Oostinga highlights the benefits of the approach taken and the tools used.
"In this paper we present a new tool called BriefBuilder for managing client specifications in construction projects. BriefBuilder is a web-based tool that has been developed in the Netherlands by a multidisciplinary group of researchers, software developers and construction experts for Dutch PFI-projects."
Using the PKM methodology for identifying, communicating and testing client specifications in construction projects
Published in Office, 2005
Authors: M. Bult-Spiering and G. Dewulf
This book provides a theoretical basis for examining public-private partnerships (PPPs) so as to give researchers a better understanding of PPP and to develop a more strategic approach to the subject. It analyses the various characteristics and approaches of PPP, drawing on a number of international studies, particularly from Europe and the USA, and it provides a thorough review of the literature. It looks, in particular, at two main PPP procurement systems: concessions and joint ventures.
ISBN 1-4051-3475-5
Author: Juriaan van Meel
Published in English and Chinese ISBN 90-6450-382-6 / ISBN 7-80198-027-1
Juriaan van Meel is co-author of this book.
ISBN 90-76133-01-8
Juriaan writes columns for Aspecs; "Ahrend’s international digital news letter for dealers, architects, designers and clients. Aspecs will keep you informed of: trends in the market, products and innovations, vision and strategy, international events, projects all over the world."
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"Specifications management is about creating successful buildings that match client needs and objectives. It starts with identifying specifications concerning quality, costs and time. It continues throughout the project with evaluating whether design proposals and solutions meet these specifications.
ICOP can help you with your specifications management. Using advanced data modelling tools, our approach provides unparalleled possibilities for developing, communicating and testing project specifications."
You are planning a new construction project and you are looking for an architect. Choosing an architect is a crucial step and has major implications for the rest of the project and the quality of the eventual building.