Supporting Collaborative Working of Construction Industry Consortia via the Grid

In the AEC (Architecture / Engineering / Construction) industry, large projects are tackled by consortia of companies and individuals, who work collaboratively for the duration of the project. Such projects are complex and the consortia members provide a range of skills to the project from its inception to completion. This document is intended to describe the design for Grid-enabling of the Product Supplier Catalogue Database (PSCD) application. As part of the Grid-enabling process, specialised metadata will be developed to enable PSCD to more effectively utilise Grid middleware such as Globus and Java CoG toolkit. We also describe our experience in designing, developing and deploying the application using the Globus Security Interface (GSI).