Lately, the built environment has been witnessing a lot of hazards ranging from collapsed buildings and bridges,
floods and typhoons, droughts and landslides, as well as fire, tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes. Others are
hazards launched through technology such as bio-terrorism and cyber-terrorism. Thus, necessity is place on
Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry to prevent the "sick building" syndrome and make the
built environment safe, secure, and healthy for mankind. This paper attempts to examine the immediate and remote
causes of fail and sick buildings with a view to proffering solutions through the use of technology. Furthermore, the
paper presents the application of the available technologies such as e-construction, Geographical Information System (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD) and the Global Positioning System (CPS) to the built environment. An integrated design environment within the AEC industry is proposed to allow for modeling, designing, analyzing, and visualizing structures. Thus, the behaviour of structures can be modeled through "virtual reality", leading to the creation of "smart buildings", which are design concepts for this generation
