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- 4Bouferguene, Ahmed (Campus Saint-Jean)
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- 2Bouferguene, Ahmed (Campus Saint Jean)
- 2Chen, Yuxiang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Fall 2012
Crane lift path planning is time-consuming, prone to errors, and requires the practitioners to have exceptional visualization abilities, in particular, as the construction site is congested and dynamically changing. This research presents a methodology based on robotics motion planning to...
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BIM-based Automated Planning for Panelized Construction in the Light-Frame Building Industry
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Building information modelling (BIM) has been recognized as an information technology with the potential to profoundly change the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, and has drawn attention from numerous scholars within the construction domain. Despite the reported...
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A METHODOLOGY FOR CODE-COMPLIANT DESIGN BASED ON LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS FOR HOUSING IN COLD CLIMATES
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Well-designed walls and windows play a major role in reducing heating energy usage in the home in cold climates. There are also different design options to improve home energy efficiency which have different cost impacts. This study presents a methodology to determine code-compliant...
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Integrating Solar PV Systems into Residential Buildings in Cold-climate Regions: The Impact of Energy-efficient Homes on Shaping the Future Smart Grid
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The integration of solar energy systems into residential buildings is an emerging trend worldwide and is an important method of mitigating the impact of housing on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To achieve optimal energy performance, the generating capacity of solar photovoltaic systems (PVs)...
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Integrated Production Planning and Control System for Prefabrication of Panelized Construction for Residential Building
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Panelized construction has been recognized as a promising approach to residential construction. However, its full potential in terms of productivity improvement has not yet been realized due to the absence of an automated production planning and control system. This research thus conceives an...
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Vision-assisted behavior-based construction safety: Integrating computer vision and natural language processing
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Background: Construction sites can be hazardous places. Behavior-based safety is a method to optimize workers’ behaviors and improve site safety. Previous behavior-based safety has been criticized for their low efficiency because of manual observation. The community has conducted enormous studies...
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A Framework for Improving the Productivity of Operational Preventive Maintenance Activities for Wastewater Collection System
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Operational maintenance of the wastewater collection system is an important part of urban infrastructure management. It involves various activities, such as visual inspection, low-pressure flushing (LPF), high-pressure flushing (HPF), catch basin cleaning, and hydro-mechanized cleaning. Large...
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Competitive Analysis and Value Proposition of Frozen Silt Mats as an alternative to Crane Timber Mats
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The construction industry is adopting the modular construction paradigm with the integration of heavy crane usage. Because of the weight of the modules that are to be lifted, which currently can reach as much as hundreds of tons, ensuring proper ground integrity under the lifting equipment is...
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Spring 2011
The growing interest in the industrialization of construction process; promotes opportunities for automation. Automation brings improvement in quality and productivity, while reducing worker’s exposure to hazardous work environments. The integration of robotics in interior finishing works, such...
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BIM-based Automated Design Checking for Building Permit in the Light-Frame Building Industry
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Automation of the code compliance checking process has been explored extensively, particularly in recent years with the emergence of building information modelling. Still, automated code compliance checking has not yet been fully realized, as there is no standardized method for rule...