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...

The layout or stake-out is one of the most important assignments surveying engineer, and it vital importance in building process, as designed geometries structure ensure verticality correct positioning inside terrain. mission engineer involves both legal technical aspects, planning process must take into consideration aspects regarding site conditions, instrumentation used, required achievable ...

One emerging strategy in industrialized construction is the use of mass customization to increase product efficiency without sacrificing design flexibility. Effective implementation can be done through a platform, i.e. configurator. However, existing configurators often lack integration knowledge from downstream supply chain such as manufacturing. This paper proposes conceptual framework for co...

Rapid increasing logistics demands call for high efficiency delivery in cities. Effective city planning of distribution centers is crucial. This paper first analyzes the current situation and constraint of Shanghai distribution centers. Then investment proposal is made for Shanghai distribution center relocation. The facility site selection and layout plan are proposed, and the commitment is ca...

To plan and visualise routes of materials movement in complex construction site is an important consideration in construction project management. The unique complexity of routing materials is burdens on planner and site manager. To address this issue, an study was taken to develop a PC based software tool, named Virtual Construction Material Router (VCMR) that produce sequences of materials rou...

This research investigates the effect of urban design factors on summertime urban heat island (UHI) intensity. Ten high-rise residential quarters in the inner city of Shanghai were empirically investigated during mid July to mid August in 2008. On-site design variables were developed to quantify the thermal impacts from density, building layout and greenery. The design variables that weremeasur...

SUMMARY No RCC dams have been built in Germany to date. HRB Waldbärenburg could be the first one. This project is part of the national flood control programme of the Federal State of Saxony in Germany and will go into the approval procedure at the end of 2012. The RCC dam technology has been chosen as it provides environmental advantages against other design alternatives: essential lower impact...

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 ...

At the beginning of the design and construction of the STAR Detector, the collaboration assigned a team of physicists and engineers the responsibility of coordinating the construction of the detector. This group managed the general space assignments for each sub-system and coordinated the assembly and planning for the detector. Furthermore, as this group was the only STAR group with the respons...