The Iranian construction industry has long been criticized for being inefficient. It has been claimed that 80 percent of all content within the construction process is the same for all projects and there are therefore huge opportunities for improvements. The project manager is essential for the successful delivery of construction projects. The purpose of this paper is to analysis how BIM (Building Information Modelling) can be utilized by project managers as a good tool to simulate project condition to avoid redundant works and waste of time and cost. It was concluded that project managers generally have little knowledge concerning BIM, which makes it hard for them to see its applications. The study revealed that BIM can help project managers in the task of delivering successful projects. BIM a better basis for decisions is provided in comparison with traditional projects.
Undesired oscillations of jacket platform may influence the structural functionality and sometimes fatigue occurs. The main objective of this research is to control wave-induced vibrations of fixed jacket platforms with the use of optimized shape memory alloys dampers. To model the hysteretic behavior of SMA elements and performing dynamic analysis an efficient isothermal idealized constitutive model is developed in this research and direct integration time history analysis is carried out. Dynamic responses of multidegree of freedom system of jacket platform, with 90 m height and equipped with SMA dampers, is estimated and compared with the bare jacket. Furthermore, an optimization algorithm such as Ideal Gas Molecules Movements (IGMM) is implemented in this research to improve the efficiency of the dampers and minimize the deck displacements under the action of extreme wave. The results show that the optimized SMA dampers can improve the structural response by decreasing 47.5 percent of deck displacement, 56.5 percent of deck acceleration and finally 28 percent of base shear. In an SMA damper-equipped platform, reduced wave intensity will reduce the damper efficiency.
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