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Fall 2017

Jureidini, Jad

This thesis proposes a method for assessing the indoor environment of a library—more specifically, how conducive a library’s indoor environment is to studying. The method involves the integration of tree analysis and the tallying heuristic function. A tree model is necessary in order to establish...

Fall 2023

Kazemi Ashtiani, Mohammadreza

In the context of open-pit mining, the haulage system plays a pivotal role in the overall environmental impact of the operation, particularly concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption. This impact stems from the heavy reliance on trucks for the transportation of materials...

Spring 2012

Hong, Jangmi

Cost and schedule integration can improve efficiencies in construction planning and control since they are key constraints in project delivery and closely related. This research provides a framework for cost and schedule integration, and transforms the model to simulation-based planning in which...

2004

Chehayeb, Amir C

Fall 2011

Azimi, Reza

Off-site structural steel fabrication has become increasingly popular in industrial construction projects over the past decade due to advantages of higher productivity, better quality, better safety and improved time and cost effectiveness. The fast paced nature of off-site structural steel...

Fall 2014

Badiozamani Tari Nazari, Mohammad Mahdi

A strategic mine planning model determines the best order of extraction and destination of material over the mine-life, in a way that maximizes the net present value of the produced minerals. In case of oil sands open-pit mining, further processing of the extracted oil sands generates massive...

2006

Zhou, Fangyi

2009

Hammad, Ahmed Mohamed

Improper management of labour resources causes major problems for companies working on multiple industrial construction projects. To address these problems, an integrated framework is developed based on a five-step knowledge discovery in data model. The framework transfers existing...

2005

Nassar, Nadim Kamil

Spring 2023

Elnady, Ahmed Abdelrady Okasha Mohamed

Workload fluctuation is one of the major challenges facing contracting (project-based) organizations because of the rational decision-making model applied to manage it in current practice. The rational model balances the workload with the capacity required at the level of activity, ignoring the...