There is a growing global interest in low/zero carbon buildings in response to the increased CO2 in the atmosphere, nearly half of which comes from building energy consumption. Buildings are built for a considerably longer lifespan and enhancing energy efficiency in buildings can play a significant role in reducing CO2 emissions. Energy efficiency features need to be incorporated at the earlies...

We propose a new class of artiicial neural networks for regression tasks and its construction algorithm. These networks have two diierent but isomorphic layouts. The tree-structured layout is used and built up during the construction phase and it can be used for accelerated serial evaluation of the network. The three-layer layout can be derived from the tree-structured layout by a simple mappin...

Problem statement: The process of network planning is divided into two sub steps. The first step is determining the location of the Multi Service Access Node (MSAN). The second step is the construction of subscriber network lines from MSAN to subscribers to satisfy optimization criteria and design constraints. Due to the complexity of this process artificial intelligence and clustering techniqu...

Due to the complex and dynamic nature of the construction industry, construction material management faces many unique challenges from material planning, ordering, receiving and storing, handling and distribution, site usage and monitoring (Johnston and Brennan 1996). Poor material management has been identified as a major source for low construction productivity, cost overrun and delay (Fearon...

Chalk lines are used to print layouts in construction sites indicate the location of attaching or cutting objects; printing depends on skills workers and is suitable for small-scale work. Moreover, this type work requires a precise measurement process, which time-consuming, avoid errors. Thus, discrepancies between blueprints site can occur if plans management not uniformly aligned. To improve ...

The thesis focuses on evaluating and improving the transport efficiency of two types of logistics operations in the supply chain. One research area is the production of raw material in heavy construction operations, which takes place early in the construction supply chain. The production of raw material, specifically earthmoving operations, involves the moving and processing of the soil surface...