Poor scope definition is recognized by industry practitioners as one of the leading causes project failure, adversely affecting projects in areas cost, schedule, and operational characteristics. Unfortunately, many owner contractor organizations do a poor job adequately defining project's to design basis. A research team constituted Construction Industry Institute (CII) has developed Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) address building sector. The PDRI for buildings comprehensive,...

The importance of preproject planning in the capital facility delivery process and its potential impact on project success has long been recognized by industry practitioners. Nevertheless, varies significantly throughout construction from one organization to another, business sector another. This paper will summarize lessons learned five research projects conducted during past 14years regarding process. These were based data more than 200 projects, representing approximately 8.7 billion U.S....

Traditionally, departments of transportation (DOTs) have dispatched probe vehicles with dedicated and drivers for monitoring traffic conditions. Emerging assisted GPS (AGPS) accelerometer-equipped smartphones offer new sources raw data that arise from voluntarily-traveling smartphone users provided their modes can correctly be identified. By introducing additional raster map layers indicate the availability each mode, it is possible to enhance accuracy mode detection results. Even in its...

With the wave of Fourth Industrial Revolution, construction industry is also witnessing application numerous state-of-the-art technologies. Among these, augmented reality (AR) technology has advantage utilizing existing 3D models and BIM data thus an area active research. However, main research to date either been in visualizing information during design phase, where architects project stakeholders can share viewings, or confirming required for management through visualization phase. As...

The safety of workers at construction sites is one the most important aspects that should be considered while performing their required tasks. Many rules and regulations have been implemented in UAE to reduce injuries fatalities jobsites. However, number accidents continues increase. For instance, an accident category fall-from-height as top cause fatalities. Thus, this paper develops a novel technique monitors whether they are complying with standard Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS). This...

Machine learning models have been widely adopted in several fields. However, most recent studies shown vulnerabilities from attacks with a potential to jeopardize the integrity of model, presenting new window research opportunity terms cyber-security. This survey is conducted main intention highlighting relevant information related security context machine (ML) classifiers; more specifically, directed towards training procedures against data poisoning attacks, representing type attack that...

The construction industry is actively adopting building information modeling (BIM) concepts and technologies to benefit from the resulting improved communication productivity, better coordination of drawings, faster delivery, reduced costs, safer jobsites. This requires professionals understand how best utilize BIM become proficient in new innovative skills involved. Consequently, engineering programs need introduce courses that equip their students with relevant knowledge make them aware...

Thousands of vessels travel around the world every day, making safety, efficiency, and optimization marine transportation essential. Therefore, knowledge bathymetry is crucial for a variety maritime applications, such as shipping navigation. Maritime applications have benefited from recent advancements in satellite navigation technology, which can utilize multi-spectral bands retrieving information on water depth. As part these efforts, this study combined deep learning techniques with...

Recently, the construction industry has benefited from increased application of smart led by core technologies fourth industrial revolution, such as BIM, AI, modular construction, and AR/VR, which enhance productivity work efficiency. In addition, importance “Off-Site Construction (OSC)”, a factory-based production method, is being highlighted increases in domestic market means enhancement. The problem with OSC that quality inspection Precast Concrete (PC) members produced at factory brought...

In the construction industry, process of carrying heavy loads from one location to another by means a crane is inevitable. This reliance on cranes carry more obvious when it comes high-rise building construction. Depending conditions and requirements on-site, various types lifting equipment (i.e., cranes) are being used. As off-site (OSC) gaining traction recently, becoming important throughout project as precast concrete (PC) members major components OSC calling for work. result increased...

With the advancement of state-of-the-art technologies, semiconductor industry plays a key role as an essential component in manufacture various electronic products. Since manufacturing goes through very sophisticated and complex processes, efficient accurate work management are design, construction, operation stages fabrication (FAB) plant. Recently, combined application building information modeling (BIM) augmented reality (AR) technology has gained increased attention this FAB advanced way...

A number of recent research studies have proven the importance preproject planning phase construction life cycle. Specifically, a complete scope definition improves project performance in area cost, schedule, and operational characteristics. The building industry, however, has lacked publicly available tool for determining adequacy during this critical stage project. Aiming to develop generic, user-friendly tool, multi-disciplinary team at Construction Industry Institute (CII) developed...

The proposed paper intends to provide a technical review between BIM and GIS measure the different strengths weaknesses of each approach. Then, project aims present newly developed data integration approach in facilitating continuous work processes two distinct environments. This research utilizes based (IFC) system store road components highway construction then import such as land boundaries, topographic data. In order retrieve integrate types formats, this uses concept semantic web RDF...

Accurate prediction of the construction duration is imperative to reliable cash flow analysis during project planning phase when feasibility carried out. However, lack information and frequent changes that occur as a result negotiation process between owner designer in defining scope make it difficult compute real-time duration. Domestic foreign models for calculating durations cannot be readily applied computation general office buildings Korea specifically there limit its applicability due...

Building Information Modeling (BIM)-Based Design of Energy Efficient Buildings Chung-Suk Cho, Don Chen, Sungkwon Woo Pages 1079-1084 (2011 Proceedings the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea, ISBN 978-89-954572-4-5, ISSN 2413-5844) Abstract: With increased awareness energy consumption as well environmental impact building operations, architects, designers and planners are required to place more consideration on sustainability performance building. To ensure most those considerations reflected in...

The authors of this paper introduced junior (3rd year BSc) students for the first time to principles and practices innovation entrepreneurship in engineering design at Khalifa University United Arab Emirates, 2014. This included an overview techniques that managers organizations startup entrepreneurs use initiate manage effectively. course introduces four main phases entrepreneurship: (i) identification a new need or want; (ii) invention technological solution; (iii) testing implementing...

The recent fourth industrial revolution and the era of post-COVID-19 have ushered in a series technologies including 5G network online systems, such as cloud computing technology. In other industries, extensive studies on platforms utilizing were conducted. Although environment has taken greater importance construction sector well, it was used only for servers, failing to fully reflect characteristics system. particular, compared large architectural design firms, is challenging small...