Research and development of expert systems for the construction industry

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Brandon
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Construction Industry

scholarly journals Drivers of Productivity: a Case Study of the Australian Construction Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Chancellor
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
New South ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Construction Productivity ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Construction Activity

Australian construction productivity has grown slowly since 1985 and remains arguably stagnant. The importance of this study is therefore to examine several factors through to be drivers of construction productivity and to understand possible avenues for improvement. The drivers tested are research and development, apprentices, wage growth, unionisation and safety regulation. Expenditure on research and development and the number of apprentices were found to be drivers of productivity growth in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. These findings are important because collectively, these three states account for a majority of construction activity in Australia.

scholarly journals Standardized design in Western Siberia late in the 1950–60s

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
S. S. Dukhanov
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Regional Factors ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Design Projects

The paper deals with the problems of standardized design in civil construction in the cities of Western Siberia during the architectural reform late in the 1950–60s and is based on archival sources.First, the development continuity of design and civil engineering industry was broken that time, thereby reducing to nothing the accumulated positive experience in standardized design and sharply limited the adaptation of design projects to regional conditions. Second, the methods of standardizing generated by the architectural reform were based on the universal factors and numerical criteria. That approach was aimed at centralizing the management of the design and construction industry, but did not take into account the leading regional factors and sharpened their adverse impact. It was impossible to develop projects on this basis that would meet local climatic and socio-economic conditions. Large local design organizations created during the architectural reform were forced to develop standardized projects for the conditions of Western Siberia, contrary to the main trends of the architectural reform. As a result, research and development played catch-up the civil construction and prolonged until the early 1970s.

scholarly journals Research and Development Status of Grouted Splice Sleeve in Precast Concrete Structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 03034
Author(s):  
Ying Chang Wu ◽  
Liu Peng Sheng ◽  
Wei Jian Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Precast Concrete ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Key Technologies

The development of precast concrete structure is an effective way to promote industrialization of construction industry and housing industrialization, and is also a inevitable choice for green development. Grouted splice sleeve connector, regarded as one of the key technologies of precast concrete structure, has the advantages of high strength and good seismic performance. In this paper, the development of grouted splice sleeve connector is systematically summarized both home and abroad, existing problems in the domestic research of sleeve are evaluated and analyzed, and corresponding countermeasures are also further proposed.

Construction Robotics

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bock ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Growth Phase ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Single Task ◽  
Construction Robotics ◽  
Robot Systems ◽  
Construction Efficiency

[abstFig src='/00280002/01.jpg' width=""300"" text='A humanoid robot riding an excavator' ]The following article reviews past and current tendencies and derives and describes opportunities for construction robotics and automation. There substantial evidence in the construction industry, that conventional construction methodology has reached its limits. Although approaches of construction robotics are still in an innovation or seed phase, it can be expected that with continuous effort put into research and development these approaches may soon enter a growth phase and encounter adoption on way larger scales. Furthermore, the article describes the different application of construction robotics, proving the ability and efficiency of robot systems in diverse fields. Currently, it can already be observed that single task construction robots, on-and-off site construction robots and automated construction sites are becoming even more and more crucial factors, in order to enhance the overall construction efficiency and building sustainability.

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