a r t i c l e i n f o Accurate information of working locations is vital for efficient resource planning, safety of the construction site and monitoring the weekly progress of earthworks, which is missing in the existing linear scheduling methods. Construction managers have to depend on the subjective decisions for resources allocation and progress monitoring from location aspects. This has cau...

Planning for construction projects faces challenges due to complexity in design and short deadlines. Further, very limited tools are available to planners for integrating the visual representations of site with the progress of time, which results into their relying on experience and imagination to decide the appropriate sequence of construction plan. In the study, the 4D Model has been develope...

In this study, optimal layout design approach was used to solve problems related to site layout design of agricultural facilities such as refrigeration house, grading and packing house and warehouse. A basic program to support the rational construction of such facilities using Simulated Annealing (SA), one heuristic algorithm and one solution for combinatorial optimization problems, was coded i...

Construction workspace is regarded as one of the main constraints on construction sites. Construction workspaces are generally difficult to proactively plan and manage due to the dynamic nature of a site where workspace requirements keep changing as time evolves. However, project managers are looking for ways to develop proactive site plan for the workspaces required for construction activities...

Visual simulation has emerged as a key planning tool in built environment because it enables architects, engineers and project managers to visualize construction process evolution before the project starts. This provides an efficient technology for reducing time and cost through planning and controlling resources, machines and materials. On the other hand, construction industry has evolved from...