[Steven McCable] Benchmarking in Construction

... warmer climates are not entirely exempt from such worries, however: certain soils will expand and contract when moisture is added or taken away, and engineers must factor in such movement ... is added or taken away, and engineers must factor in such movement when considering where and how to lay a foundation

Ngày tải lên: 07/06/2014, 11:44

... prices in the EU have decreased and their number has increased (Fig 2) 1, 40 1, 35 1, 30 Automobile Industry 1, 25 1, 20 Construction industry 1, 15 1, 10 1, 05 1, 00 0,95 0,90 19 91 1992 19 93 19 94 19 95 19 96 ... 19 91 1992 19 93 19 94 19 95 19 96 19 97 19 98 19 99 2000* Fig Number of industrial robots (IR) in EU and its price in US$ (source: IFR) Robot...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... automation and robotics in Germany To compare the status of automation in housing construction in Japan with the situation in Germany and to derive further findings for possible development in ... being developped and construction workers being further trained and educated they subcontract to low cost / low wage companies 30 Robotics and Automation in Con...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... research 4. 1 Previous research in experience management In the construction industry Experience management (EM) deals with collecting, modeling, storing, reusing, evaluating and maintaining experiences ... Engineering, 23(1), 40 -49 Kamara, J.M., Augenbroe, G., Anumba, C.J., and Carrillo, P.M (2002), Knowledge management in the architecture, engineering and construction ind...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... confusions and conflicts in complex engineering projects Innovations in engineering design, construction and operational processes along with increasing regulations have significant contributions in ... (20 05) Integrated framework to investigate value innovation, Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol 21, No 2, pp 81-90 138 Robotics and Automation in Construction...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... 0, 763 58 76 0. 763 1243 0. 762 57 86 0. 762 1289 0. 761 97 86 0. 761 94 56 The availability of the railway system A 1.00000000 0.92171802 0.778889 46 0.7024 760 5 0 .67 581225 0 .66 55 363 1 0 .66 131243 0 .65 970171 0 .65 8 760 05 ... man-machine interface plays a great part in the throughput increase of the FCRS’s The incorrect conception of the interface for presenting the inform...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... Reality-based Construction Training Platform.” Journal of Information Technology in Construction, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), Rotterdam, Netherlands, ... information on RFID and also discussed potential construction applications and conceptual design systems including concrete processing and handling, cost coding f...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... Geometry Truss Proceeding of 23th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, pp.704-709, Oct 2006, Tokyo, Japan 272 Robotics and Automation in Construction Inoue, F (2007) ... loading, Lowering the bucket and running the vehicle forward, Determining the starting point of loading action, Executing the motion for the bucket, Sensing whether motion i...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... Korea Gambao E and Balaguer C (2002) Robotics and Automation in Construction, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Vol No (March 2002), ISSN 1070-9932 306 Robotics and Automation in Construction ... Switzerland Gambao E., Hernando M., Hernỏndez F and Pinilla, F (2004) Cost-Effective Robots for Faỗade Cleaning, Proceedings of the 2004 Inernational Symposium of Au...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... were defined and also the boundary conditions and limits 390 Robotics and Automation in Construction It was defined three surfaces outlines S1, S2, S3, belonging the calculus frontier domain, with ... discontinuous measuring methods, which are described in corresponding national guidelines and standards Continuous measurement is primarily used for dust, NOx and SO2, while...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... Challenges of the Robotics and Automation in Construction Trends in Robotics and Automation in Construction 001 Carlos Balaguer and Mohamed Abderrahim Construction Automation and Robotics 021 Thomas ... performing in real-time and in automatic way (Lipman & Reed, 2000) Trends in Robotics and Automation in Construction 11 Fig 14 FutureHome integrated...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 06:20

... problems in inspection and maintenance regarding to data capture and sharing are as follows: (1) the efficiency and quality are low, especially in the inspection and maintenance progress in facility ... capturing and sharing the inspection and maintenance information when facility staff members need to handle inspection and maintenance work Therefore, to capture data effec...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 06:20

... on innovation in construction have pointed out that general and speciality contractors are important sources of innovation, particularly for innovations that involve the integration and interaction ... corporate strategy and structure Although the national systems of innovation literature include the internal organization of firms and financial institutions as factors which shape lea...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 16:20

... Modeling of recycling and environmental waste management in constructions Taking action on waste is essential, since we are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate and contributing ... www.intechopen.com Environmental Waste Management in Construction Industry 51 waste Waste Management includes the collection, movement, processing, and disposal of waste, a...

Ngày tải lên: 27/07/2014, 22:54

... of the powerline cables that are present in every dwelling and in every building Even if there 68 Robotics and Automation in Construction are some problems of noise and possible interferences, ... building model software and analytic applications, including energy simulation, cost estimating, and construction scheduling Indeed the main objective and task of the Inter...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22