Clouds4Coordination (C4C): Cloud-based project coordination in the AEC sector

建筑（AEC）行业的项目通常涉及各个参与公司在（建筑施工）生命周期内使用不同系统和存储解决方案进行协作。作为其中的一部分，创建的数据对象的兼容性、控制和访问对于项目的成功至关重要。目前，参与者之间的协调往往是一个劳动密集型的手工过程，可能需要强制执行软件系统的垄断。C4C项目将演示如何在整个生命周期中使用多供应商云计算系统，从而防止单一供应商锁定，并支持以不同成本访问的各种云环境。通过C4C的数据共享将被管理和溯源，以自动协调和分阶段数据验证，这将基于BIM流程模型。这种方法还将为英国BIM议程的实现提供一个实用的，可扩展的交付机制。

Projects in the construction (AEC) sector generally involve collaboration between various participating companies over the (building construction) lifecycle using different systems and storage solutions. As part of this, the compatibility, control and access of data objects created is critical to the success of a project. Currently, coordination between participants is often a labour intensive manual process and can require a monopoly of software systems to be enforced. The C4C project will demonstrate how a multi-vendor Cloud computing system can be used throughout the lifecycle, thereby preventing single vendor lock-in and enabling a variety of Cloud environments, accessible at different costs, to be used. Data sharing through C4C will be managed and provenance-tracked to automate coordination and staged data verification, which will be based on the BIM process model. This approach will also offer a pragmatic, scalable delivery mechanism for the UK BIM agenda to be realised.