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...

This paper addresses research issues and describes a prototype implementation for the computation of schematic maps. The generated layout mainly depends on two parameters, namely the shape of the schematic connections and the distance between connections. The quality of the results as well as different issues regarding its construction are discussed. Additionally several extensions that can be ...

background and purpose: in a recent century, the amount of construction waste has increased significantly. although the building industry has a considerable role in the development of a society, it is regarded as an environmentally destructive. source reduction is the highest goal in the waste management hierarchy and is in priority. it also has economic benefits by reducing costs associated wi...

This study presents an investigation into the extent to which emerging building information modelling (BIM) can be applied construction logistics management (CLM). Given specialist nature of domains, employed in-depth qualitative interview, whereby six experts were interrogated about their experiences BIM for CLM. The found main applications on CLM creation three-dimensional (3D) site layout pl...

Introduction: Decentralized wastewater treatment facilities are an expensive approach for developing countries. Decentralized wastewater treatment plants (DWWTPs) are a flexible technology. They have low construction and operational costs. Site selection is the most significant stage in the implementation of a DWWTPS. Therefore, the present study aimed to perform a site selection among the prop...

This paper outlines an overview of the SPACE project. SPACE (Simultaneous Prototyping for an Integrated Construction Environment) is a rapid prototyping environment which supports a subset of a construction project life cycle. Its main objective is to develop a future intelligent integrated design and construction system for the civil and building domain through which a number of solutions can ...