Abstract: A framework for a pavement-management system is presented, which employs mechanistic performance submodels to predict pavement behavior. These performance submodels predict the development of pavement distresses in terms ...

Abstract: This paper is set in the context of constraint-based construction alternative scheduling with complex temporal constraints. In construction schedules, the relationships among constraints directly impact the scheduling ...

Abstract: Prefabrication is a form of industrialization that transfers some stages of the construction project from fields to an off-site production facility. The most widely used form of prefabrication in construction is the use ...

Abstract: There are temporal relationships other than the precedence ones between construction activities. Many of these relationships are related to the perspective of intermediate function requirement. The construction industry ...

Abstract: Evaluating construction requirements should be an indispensable part of improving the constructability of a facility project. However, a number of existing function analysis approaches focus mainly on the final functions ...

Abstract: Construction requirements represent the key preconditions for construction. These include topological precedence, key resources, space requirements, etc. Consequently, identifying them is necessary for feasible construction ...

Abstract: Many existing resource-constrained scheduling tools may be inadequate for representing and evaluating intermediate functions, a major category of construction requirements, with respect to availability time-windows and ...

Abstract: Crane selection and location planning exists as part of a series of critical decisions faced by construction managers. As today’s construction projects grow increasingly complex and complicated construction schemes involving ...

Abstract: This paper further develops the models proposed by prior research in the field of workspace conflict using four-dimensional computer-aided design. The approach developed here analyzes spatial demand and supply from the ...

Abstract: Building façade inspection and maintenance needs to be carried out periodically, and the detection of cracks is a core component of the inspection process. The current inspection procedure is labor-intensive and time-consuming ...