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- 4Bouferguene, Ahmed (Campus Saint-Jean)
- 2Ahmad, Rafiq (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Behzadipour, Saeed (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Bouferguene, Ahmed (Campus Saint Jean)
- 2Chen, Yuxiang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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A Framework for Design of Panelized Wood Framing Prefabrication Utilizing Multi-panels and Crew Balancing
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The construction industry is highly competitive and continually striving towards improving its performance in terms of time, cost, quality, and safety. Improved performance is essential to survival in today’s construction market. In this regard, measuring productivity can facilitate improved...
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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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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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A framework to quantify the economic impact of changing the road pavement standard and related municipal bylaws on housing affordability in cold weather regions
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Jurisdictions in winter regions impose restrictions on asphalt paving of neighbourhood roadways based on severity of cold weather. These limitations are imposed mainly to avoid the inadequate compaction of asphalt that results in poor performance of roads. Paving restrictions during the weather...
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An integrated approach to assessing mobile crane mat requirements based on a novel approach to ground bearing pressure calculations and a redefining of crane mat selection and optimization
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Modular construction is adopted to increase construction efficiency and curtail waste. The fortitude of modular construction is high-capacity mobile cranes, of which hydraulic and crawler cranes are the most widely used. With the surge in weight of modules, the mobile crane's ground bearing...
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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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Production Improvements in Offsite Construction Facilities Using Simulation and Lean Principles
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To capitalize on the efficiency observed in the manufacturing sector, the industrialization of construction has been used to update traditional construction methods. By applying manufacturing principles to the construction process in offsite construction facilities it is possible to transform...
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Fall 2020
The municipal drainage system is a key component of every modern city’s infrastructure. However, as the drainage system ages, its pipes gradually deteriorate at rates that vary based on the conditions of utilization (i.e., intrinsic conditions) and other extrinsic factors such as the presence of...
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Automation of design and drafting for wood frame structures and construction material waste minimization
DownloadFall 2009
With the creation and continuous enhancement of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, innovations in the area of computer modeling for the construction industry have brought numerous benefits in terms of precision, operability, extensibility, and time-cost savings, among others. Nevertheless, the...
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Lean-Mod: An Approach to Modular Construction Manufacturing Production Efficiency Improvement
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Modular construction manufacturing (MCM) is superior to the current on-site construction system which is hampered by inefficiency and material and process waste. Modular buildings are potentially built through a more efficient and cost-effective method, but in the current manufacturing-based...