Educational Simulation in Construction: Virtual Construction Simulator

The virtual construction simulator - development of an educational simulation game

The ability to effectively visualize the construction process and make important decisions about resource utilization, sequencing, site layout, and project-related risks are critical skills for design and construction engineering students. The increase in complexity of projects and shorter schedules pose pressure to develop more efficient construction methods, and also many challenges to educat...

Construction of Educational Color Layer for Echocardiography Simulator

There is the educational color layer for CT2TEE, an online transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) simulator accessible at www.ct2tee.agh.edu.pl in the current paper presented. TEE is nowadays one of the most important diagnostic tools in cardiology. Because of the semi-invasive nature of this examination and complexity of heart structure the training process of learning TEE can be long and diff...

Virtual reality simulation for construction safety promotion.

Safety is a critical issue for the construction industry. Literature argues that human error contributes to more than half of occupational incidents and could be directly impacted by effective training programs. This paper reviews the current safety training status in the US construction industry. Results from the review evidence the gap between the status and industry expectation on safety. To...

Rapid Construction of Virtual

Lean Construction and Simulation

This paper explores the relationship between simulation and the emerging topics of Lean Thinking and lean construction. The ideas which have motivated the evolution of lean construction concepts are presented. The use of simulation as a means of evaluating the benefit of using lean construction techniques is discussed. Two examples of lean thinking based re-design of common construction process...