Construction Site Utilization Planning (CSUP), also known as jobsite layout planning, has the potential to improve the efficiency of the construction process, enhance the schedule and budgetary performance of a project, and improve the safety of construction operation. Traditionally, this planning has been done using two dimensional paper based design or AutoCAD / PDF files. The data rich three...

Among other concerns, construction planning involves the choice of construction technology, the definition of work tasks, the estimation of required resources and durations, the estimation of costs, and the preparation of a project schedule. A prototype knowledge intensive expert system to accomplish these tasks, CONSTRUCTION PLANEX, is described in this paper. This system generates project act...

Virtual prototyping (VP) technology has been regarded as a cost-effective way of envisaging real circumstances that enhance effective communication of designs and ideas, without manufacturing physical samples. In the construction field, although a large number of digital technologies have been developed to visualize the innovative architectural design, few VP systems have been developed to faci...

Current construction worksite layout planning heavily relies on 2D paper media where the worksite planners sketch the future layout adjacent to their real environment. This traditional approach turns out to be ineffective and prone to error because only experienced and well-trained planners are able to generate the effective layout design with paper sketch. Augmented Reality (AR), as a new user...

Construction field operations are markedly inefficient in terms of where and how materials get stored and handled. This is often due uncertainty at the time of advance planning, the difficulties associated with achieving real-time coordination, and the lack of control in the field, as materials get delivered and used by many different people throughout the construction process. At any given poi...

The choice of good construction site layout is inherently difficult, yet has a significant impact on both monetary and time saving. It is desirable to encapsulate systematically the heuristic expertise and empirical knowledge into the decision making process by applying the latest artificial intelligence technology. This paper describes a prototype knowledge-based system for the construction si...

As a result of automated construction methods, which many construction companies have worked on these days. Consequently, the following construction planning systems are needed .1) the best framework partition plan, 2) the best layout plan of the hardware and the best usage plan of workers at the construction site, 3) the output of the stage of execution works, in a short period of time. This s...