MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION.

Using broadband technology to enhance construction communications is the subject of a major EU-funded research programme. Early indications are that applications such as video conferencing, shared-screen computing and remote multimedia links on construction projects could have a significant impact on inter-professional communications and informal exchanges of information. The findings of an initial study in the UK, in which the design and construction teams on a major power station project were linked via ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines are presented