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: Construction simulation can be a very tedious task requiring expert knowledge of simulation modeling. Furthermore, construction projects are relatively short lived. As a result, the use of simulation to analyze and improve ...

Abstract: Simulation techniques have been used for modeling design process in the construction industry. Nevertheless, developing a simulation model is a great challenge and knowledge demanding. Moreover, unlike the manufacturing ...

Abstract: Discrete-event simulation is an effective approach to analyze construction operations. However, it is usually time-consuming and knowledge demanding to develop a practical simulation model, and thus not cost-effective due ...

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: The adoption of building information modeling (BIM) in construction has led to greater integration of architecture, engineering, construction/facility management (AEC/FM) stakeholders at the project design stage; the result ...

Abstract: One important input in a pavement‐management system is the matrix of transition probabilities. A methodology is proposed that employs mechanistic distress submodels for evaluating pavement distresses in terms of fundamental ...

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 ...