Damage Prevention for underground utilities using machine guidance

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of society. Researchers worldwide have been working to provide new solutions to and better understanding of this coronavirus. In this research, our goal was to perform a Bibliometric Network Analysis (BNA) to investigate the strategic themes, thematic evolution structure and trends of coronavirus during the first eight months of COVID-19 in the Web of Science (WoS) database in 2020. To do this, 14,802 articles were analyzed, with the support of the SciMAT software. This analysis highlights 24 themes, of which 11 of the more important ones were discussed in-depth. The thematic evolution structure shows how the themes are evolving over time, and the most developed and future trends of coronavirus with focus on COVID-19 were visually depicted. The results of the strategic diagram highlight ‘CHLOROQUINE’, ‘ANXIETY’, ‘PREGNANCY’ and ‘ACUTE-RESPIRATORY-SYNDROME’, among others, as the clusters with the highest number of associated citations. The thematic evolution. structure presented two thematic areas: “Damage prevention and containment of COVID-19” and “Comorbidities and diseases caused by COVID-19”, which provides new perspectives and futures trends of the field. These results will form the basis for future research and guide decision-making in coronavirus focused on COVID-19 research and treatments.

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Mapping underground utilities within conductive soil using multi-frequency electromagnetic induction and ground penetrating radar

Arabian Journal of Geosciences ◽

10.1007/s12517-014-1358-2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 2341-2346 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mohamed Rashed ◽

Ali Atef

Keyword(s):

Ground Penetrating Radar ◽

Electromagnetic Induction ◽

Underground Utilities ◽

Ground Penetrating

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Major Factors Causing Construction Delays in Mecca

Journal for the Advancement of Performance Information and Value ◽

10.37265/japiv.v7i1.55 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 75 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ghazi Saad A Elawi ◽

Mohammed Algahtany ◽

Dean Kashiwagi ◽

Kenneth Sullivan

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Infrastructure Projects ◽

Average Delay ◽

Gulf Countries ◽

Underground Utilities ◽

Research Findings ◽

Research Gap ◽

Major Factors ◽

The City ◽

Holy City

Delays are a major cause for concern in the construction industry in Saudi Arabia. This paper identifies the main causes of delay in infrastructure projects in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and compares these with projects around the country and other Gulf countries. Data was obtained from 49 infrastructure projects undertaken by the owner and were analyzed quantitatively to understand the causes and severity of delay. 10 risk factors were identified and were grouped into four categories. Average delay in infrastructure projects in Mecca was found to be 39% of the estimated projects schedules. The most severe cause of delay was found to be the land acquisition factor. This highlights the critical land ownership and acquisition issues that are prevailing in the city. Additionally, other factors that contribute to delay include contractors’ lack of expertise, haphazard underground utilities (line services), and re-designing. It is concluded that the majority of project delays were caused from the owner’s side as compared to contractors, consultants, and other project’s stakeholders. This finding matched with the research findings of the Gulf Countries Construction (GCC) industry’s literature. This study fills an important practice and research gap for improving the efficiency in delivering infrastructure projects in the holy city of Mecca and Gulf countries at large.

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