Abstract: The severity of interface issues and the necessity of interface management (IM) have not received adequate recognition from both industry and academia. The understanding of interface issues is still insufficient and the ...

Abstract: The intense complexity of interfaces in a construction project makes information technology (IT) applications a must for effective interface management (IM). This largely requires a unified, accurate, and efficient way of ...

Abstract: The paper describes a novel strategy for damping of payload motion for various kinds of cranes used in construction, i.e., mobile cranes, boom or tower cranes and so forth, which can be implemented on existing equipment. ...

Abstract: Because of the up-front costs of add-on solar collection systems, the cost-effectiveness of solar energy is still in doubt. Building integrated solar thermal systems may improve the cost-effectiveness of add-on collection ...