Development of a Computerised Cost Indices Forecasting Model for Construction Activities in the Heavy Civil Engineering Industry

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bates ◽  
N. Dawood
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Forecasting Model

scholarly journals Fulfilling the Demand for Workplace Communication Skills in the Civil Engineering Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masadliahani Masduki ◽  
Normah Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Academic Qualifications

Human resources today must be nurtured with the skills needed at the workplace in preparation for future challenges. Many engineering graduates nowadays are facing difficulties in adapting themselves to the workplace. They are highly dependent on academic qualifications and underestimate the need for skilled workers who are not only technically proficient but have high competencies of soft skills, especially communication skills. The ability of graduates to communicate effectively can have a significant impact on their career development. Therefore, technical graduates need to equip themselves with knowledge of their future workplace’s communication needs. The objective of this study is to qualitatively explore the elements of communication skills demanded at the civil engineering workplace. Five participants consisting of experts from academia and industries were involved in semi-structured interviews. Data were hand-transcribed and analysed. Four themes emerged from the data and identified as oral communication, written communication, interpersonal communication, and visual communication. Thirty-four sub-themes appeared from the analysis and have been discussed accordingly.

scholarly journals Panoramic Display and Planning Simulation of Civil Engineering Project Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Bin Song
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Three Dimensional Modeling ◽  
Result Analysis

In the traditional civil engineering industry, only abstract theoretical concepts are applied to express complex realistic contents, but this method of information transmission is sometimes very limited for engineering participants, because its expression is not comprehensive and specific and also makes the recipients have difficulty in understanding its information. The rise and development of virtual reality (VR) technology has become a good assistant to overcome this difficulty, providing an extremely effective means for displaying and simulating civil engineering project in real time. This paper introduced the methods and principles of VR platform system and structure dynamic analysis, conducted virtual scene design and three-dimensional modeling of civil engineering project, analyzed the synthetic debugging and simulation roaming of the virtual environment, proposed the engineering model of virtual construction process and planning structure calculation, discussed the realization method of virtual project management and visualization, and finally performed the simulation and its result analysis of panoramic display and planning of civil engineering project based on VR technology. The results show that the VR technology can simulate various environments and activities of civil engineering projects in advance, analyze the rationality of various schemes, and modify their different functional parameters, so it can achieve the simulation optimization of project planning, design, and construction.

The Assessment of Reaction to Fire of Crushed Straw

2016 ◽  
Vol 824 ◽  
pp. 148-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Teslík ◽  
Martina Vodičková ◽  
Kristýna Kutilová
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Sound Insulation ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Fire Characteristics ◽  
Full Utilization ◽  
Preliminary Classification

To full utilization of crushed straw in civil engineering industry is necessary to know its technical parameters. During previous projects on VŠB – TUO, Faculty of Civil Engineering have found parameters like settlement, thermal conductivity or airborne sound insulation. The research on these parameters have had favorable results, therefore the research is going on and other characteristics of crushed straw are finding out. These days the research team deals with determination of important fire characteristics of crushed straw. Fire characteristics play substantial character by building materials and their design in buildings. Nature materials are generally regarded as flammable. If some material is pressed, the same rule as in the phonebook – if you ignite one sheet of paper, it burns. But if you try to ignite the whole phonebook, it will be not so easy. This article is reported the first step of research on the reaction to fire. This is the preliminary classification of crushed straw into reaction to fire. The test was made according to methods which are described below. There are some changes in methods due to different structures of crushed straw.

scholarly journals Research and Analysis on Present Situation of Desert Sand Concrete

2021 ◽  
Vol 271 ◽  
pp. 02004
Author(s):  
Ji Yanjun ◽  
Liu Chuang ◽  
Ding Zhichao
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Coarse Sand ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Unit Price ◽  
Engineering Properties ◽  
Desert Sand ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Due to the rapid development of civil engineering industry, natural medium and coarse sand resources are increasingly scarce. If desert sand is studied and applied in the field of civil engineering, the shortage of sand resources and high unit price can be greatly solved.Therefore, it is very important to study desert sand instead of ordinary sand. Although the application of desert sand in engineering has made rapid development, many engineers and researchers have done a lot of experiments and in-depth research on the physical and chemical properties, mechanical properties and compaction characteristics of desert sand, and also made a lot of experimental research results. However, at present, because of the different engineering properties, different deserts are used and the test methods are different. Generally speaking, the understanding of this special material with engineering properties is not mature at home and abroad, and it is not widely used in civil engineering.

scholarly journals Experimental modal analysis in research

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 005-012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Żółtowski ◽  
Krzysztof Napieraj
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Experimental Modal Analysis ◽  
Impact Testing ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Vibration Modes ◽  
Modal Parameter ◽  
Excitation Techniques ◽  
Modal Parameter Estimation

Experimental modal analysis has grown steadily in popularity since the advent of the digital FFT spectrum analyser in the 1970’s. This days impact testing has become widespread as a fast and economical means of finding the vibration modes of a machine or structure. Its significantly use ascending roles can be seen also in the civil engineering industry [6]. This paper reviews the main topics associated with experimental modal analysis including making FRF measurements, modal excitation techniques, and modal parameter estimation from a set of FRFs.

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