Abstract: Oil prices may continue to rise indefinitely until alternative fossil fuels or renewable energies are commercialized. In this sense, general contractors who have the responsibility of delivering construction materials ...

Abstract: In developing an intelligent mobile construction robot, a navigation system that can provide an effective and efficient path-planning algorithm is a very important element. The purpose of a path-planning method for a mobile ...

Abstract: The use of design-build project delivery in the public sector has increased rapidly since the early 1990s due to its advantages over traditional delivery methods, particularly in terms of shortening the overall project ...

Abstract: Existing studies on the performance evaluation by the delivery method generally indicate that the design build (DB) method is superior to the design-bid-build (DBB) method in terms of construction duration, cost, and ...