Design and Construction Support with Object-Oriented Database Kernel Systems
The heterogeneity of tools and their data models in civil engineering is a well known problem. Next generation database technology seeks to offer solutions for the integration of the design...
An OOP Model for Scheduling of Repetitive Projects
Repetitive projects are characterized by the presence of large number of repetitive activities, along with a number of non-repetitive activities. Each of thee two types of activities requires...
Framework for an Automated Quality Control System in Working Drawing Production
CAD use for the planning, design, construction and operation of buildings continues to expand at a rapid pace throughout the industry. While CAD applications include a variety of uses...
Construction and Maintenance Decisions for Multi-Unit Deteriorating Facilities
Facilities that deteriorate over time and use can require maintenance or replacement. Selecting among replacement and maintenance alternatives for large systems of deteriorating facilities...
Benefit-Cost Analysis for Optimal Budget Allocation to Bridges
The funding available for bridge improvements in the United States has been insufficient for many years. The limited budgets granted have generally been allocated based on Sufficiency...
NCHRP Project 12-28(2)A Bridge Management System Software
This paper describes the various features of the bridge management system being developed by NET Corporation as part of a project funded by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program...
Bridge Management System Implementation at CALTRANS
Development of a new generation of Bridge Management System (BMS) capabilities has been a high priority for CALTRANS for the past four years. Although the Department has had a bridge inventory...
On the Usage of AutoCAD as a User-Interface for a Finite-Element-Program
This paper describes the approach used by the author to take AutoCAD as a user-interface for an existing Finite-Element-package. Some principles concerning database management are discussed,...
Technology Framework for Computer Integrated Construction
This paper presents a strategy or overall approach to the integration of the design and construction of facilities. This strategy relies on the use of computers to support the members...
Constraint Management in Distributed AEC Databases
Engineering databases can assist in management of massive amounts of design data involved in Architecture-Engineering and Construction (AEC) process. This data needs to be distributed...
An Environmental Evaluation Learning System
The environmental impact assessment of projects is one of the most common and complex environmental evaluation tasks. The diversity and depth of expertise required for pose major difficulties...
Total Quality Management for Information Technology
Recently, there has been an increased awareness in the AEC firms toward Total Quality Management (TQM). Many AEC firms and the public sector started to look seriously at TQM. The reason...
Incorporating Weather Effects in Project Simulation
Planning of construction operations and projects must take into account weather conditions and the resulting impacts on the project schedule. Predetermination of weather and its resulting...
The Design and Installation of a Distributed Controls System at the Bissell Point Wastewater Treatment Plant: A Case Study
The Bissell Point Wastewater Treatment Plant is undergoing a $210 million dollar change, which includes a new Distributed Controls System (DCS). The new DCS is being installed in phases...
Interference Detection with 3-D Computer Models
Interferences between building components during construction is an inherent byproduct of multiple disciplines designing their components separately. Manual solution techniques for detecting...
The California Smart Traveler 1993 Status Report
California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is teaming with public and private organizations in the research and development of Smart Traveler systems to provide operators, passengers...
Bellevue Smart Traveler: Phase 2
Traffic congestion in urban centers can be attributed to large numbers of workers traveling in single occupant vehicles to densely clustered downtown employment facilities. This project...
Evaluation Plan for AVL Implementations
The Federal Transit Administration, as part of the Advanced Public Transportation Systems program (a component of the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems initiative), is conducting the...
Editing Existing Paper Drawings
In the last five years, developments in creating and managing engineering drawings completely, within a computer environment, have been phenomenal. Computer Aided Design continues to make...
Modular Software for Editing Paper Drawings
Revising, tracking and storing large format engineering drawings has always been an expensive and complex problem for large industries. The management problem became much more complex...
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