Stockyard is a hob of information that reflects the production, stock and sales of precast concrete products. The stockyard layout plays an important role in storage and retrieval of the products. Stockyard layout planning offers a complex task as large number of products are involved with different handling and storage requirements, and large stock is inevitable due to seasonality of demand. T...

Resource scheduling of construction proposals allows project managers to assess resource requirements, provide costs and analyse potential delays. The Manufacturing, transportation and Assembly (MtA) sectors of precast construction projects are strongly linked, but considered separately during the scheduling phase. However, it is important to evaluate the cost and time impacts of consequential ...

Over the past two decades, precast concrete members have been utilized in seismically resilient structures. In developing these structures, different techniques used for connecting to foundation. building construction, unbonded post-tensioning (PT) tendons can anchor a wall foundation, resulting so-called rocking system. The system develops dry connection with foundation and provides moment res...