Knowledge Issues in Modeling
This paper aims at stressing the importance of the goal of modeling in identifying the underlying bodies of knowledge. It briefly describes the progression in complexity of modeling and...

Issues and Experiences in Developing Shared Object Models
Effective communication of data among work processes is key to the successful operation of an Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) project. However, communicating this data is...

Multimedia Technologies for Civil and Construction Engineering Professional Practice
Multimedia can be classified as any experience or application that uses two or more media to convey a message or achieve a given purpose. Some of the main types of possible applications...

Strengthening the Design/Construction Interface Using Electronic Imaging, Document Management and Work Flow Technologies
The paper describes a conceptual approach for the implementation of document imaging systems as a mechanism for strengthening the design/construction interface. The paper discusses some...

Applying Multimedia Technology to Project Control
Construction project control and documentation require an accurate, complete, and efficient way of collecting, storing, and retrieving project information. This information contains construction...

Capturing As-built Project Information for Facility Management
Complete, accurate, and timely provision of as-built information plays a critical role in the optimal upkeep of a facility. Facility operators/maintainers usually are delivered a constructed...

A Decision Support System for the Expansion of International Operations of A/E/C Firms
The changing trend of the construction industry will require A/E/C firms to consider expanding operations in the international construction market arena. This paper presents a conceptual...

An Integrated Computer Model for Project Schedule Updating
Current schedule updating techniques rely mainly on field reports to specify completed work. Information provided in these reports are then manually summarized, analyzed, and input to...

Overlaying Digital Images with 3-D CAD to Document as Built Construction
A persistent problem in construction has been documenting changes which occur in the field and preparing as-built drawings. The accuracy and completeness of field measurements is often...

Graphic Visualization for Planning Heavy Lifts
The application of graphical visualization to construction can serve a wide variety of objectives and offers many significant benefits. Heavy lifts are an important component of industrial...

Building Product Model, A First Brick in Computer Integrated Construction
This paper describes the development of a product model as a basis for an information system. This new approach is based on modelling functions of building units rather than physical entities...

Developments to the IRMA Model of AEC Projects
The rapidly advancing fields of information technologies (IT) for AEC and computer-integrated construction (CIC) rely on the ability to represent and exchange information about AEC projects...

Information Modeling and Applications
The objective of this paper is to describe events and findings in the development of a comprehensive information architecture for a building. The information architecture has a goal of...

Transactional Support for Concurrent Finite Element Analysis & Design
The finite element (FE) analysis and design process deals with large amounts of complex engineering data. Although sophisticated techniques have been developed for computer-aided FE analysis,...

Utilizing Mathcad for Hydraulic Design of Stormwater Pump Stations
This paper describes how the software Mathcad was used for hydraulic design of three pump stations (i.e. select pumps and size forcemains). The pump stations are part of a complete stormwater...

SCADA System Controls Combined Sewer Overflow Regulation System to Optimize Wastewater Collection
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's Overflow Regulation System (ORS) project uses computer control of a wastewater collection system for the purpose of combined sewage overflow...

Sewers and Computers
The following is a description of a project performed to reduce excessive infiltration and inflow in a municipal sanitary sewer system and to provide the municipality with a computerized...

Towards Practical Machine Learning Techniques
Most research on the application of machine learning to engineering problems have solved artificial problems. While research claimed to have reached results that would improve practice,...

Machine learning Applications for Automated Constructability Reviews
Knowledge acquisition of the project design and construction site conditions is essential for determining construction project complexity. An effective knowledge acquisition method is...

An Artificial Neural Network Approach to Allocating Construction Resources
This paper presents an approach to alleviate the problem of depending upon human expert in allocating construction resources. This approach is using artificial neural networks to capture...

 

 

 

 

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