Automated Real-Time Monitoring System to Measure Shift Production of Tunnel Construction Projects

Ranaweera, Kamal; Ruwanpura, Janaka Y.; Fernando, Siri

doi:10.1061/(asce)cp.1943-5487.0000199

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“…In the early utilization of images for progress monitoring in construction, a single pre-calibrated camera at a fixed location and orientation was adopted to report the level of completeness of building columns [32,33] as well as pre-cast concrete tunnel liners [34]. A single camera exposure is, however, insufficient to generate 3D point clouds (at least two exposures is necessary to recover depth [35]), which is desirable for dimensional quality checks.…”

Section: Photogrammetry In Constructionmentioning

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Towards automatic digital documentation and progress reporting of mechanical construction pipes using smartphones

Maalek

Lichti

Maalek³

2021

Automation in Construction

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Section: Photogrammetry In Constructionmentioning

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Towards automatic digital documentation and progress reporting of mechanical construction pipes using smartphones

Maalek

Lichti

Maalek³

2021

Automation in Construction

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“…Presently we use several asynchronous communication tools like text messaging, e-mails and still photography but these tools are stand-alone packages and not integrated into a comprehensive system that would enhance their effectiveness for construction monitoring. Integrated asynchronous communicated tools that use computer imagery exist and they have been posited to improve PME (Ranaweera et al, 2013).…”

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Drivers and Barriers of Using Web-Based Asynchronous Communication Tools for Monitoring Construction Projects

2023

EPPM-Journal

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Construction project monitoring (CPM) is becoming more expensive and error-prone for clients with multilocation projects and consultants. The persistent problem of late decisions that occur on-site, mostly reported after significant time has elapsed further reduces monitoring efficiency. This study examines drivers and barriers to the use of Web-based asynchronous communication tools (WACT) for CPM in the Construction Industry. Copies of structured questionnaires were administered to 485 construction professionals on active construction sites comprising construction managers, architects, quantity surveyors, and engineers in Lagos and Abuja who are involved in CPM and 256 (53%) were returned. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) extracted 5 drivers and 4 barriers to the use of WACT for CPM. Factors were ranked using mean and standard deviation. The degree of agreement between the two domains was compared using the Kendall coefficient of agreement. Results show that project monitoring efficiency (PME) factors ranked highest amongst drivers for use of WACT for CPM. Other drivers, that equally ranked high, are project monitoring cost (PMC) and project monitoring time (PMT) factors. Construction industry culture (CIC) factors ranked highest as a barrier with organisational personnel (OP) and technology adoption (TA) factors equally of significant rank. The Study identified latent drivers and barriers to the use of WACT for CPM. Results also revealed construction professionals are willing to use WACT for CPM but are skeptical about its seamless use to take over the traditional monitoring methods. It is recommended that client agencies that fund multi-location projects like the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) or Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in Nigeria should develop models for the use of WACT for CPM. Similarly, consulting firms can reduce overhead on travel expenses and improve monitoring efficiency by hosting such tools on their projects.

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“…Due to the harsh environment in the tunnel, web service based on the internet becomes an optimal carrier of the data interchange and transmission due to its flexibility and high efficiency. Over the years, many scholars have done a lot of research on the Internet-based tunnel web monitoring system (Ranaweera et al 2013;Zhai et al 2016;Bossi et al 2017;Liu et al 2020). Wei proposed a novel web-based visualization platform to help TBM operators efficiently manage, process and visualize the TBM parameters (Wei et al 2019;).…”

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Development of tunnel intelligent monitoring and early warning system based on micro-service architecture: the case of AnPing tunnel

Liu

Huang

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Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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Along with the development of computer science and communication techniques, tunnel monitoring has been digital and intellectualized gradually. In recent years, traditional tunnel monitoring systems have been becoming powerless to deal with huge amounts of data as the number of tunnels and monitoring sensors surge. In this study, an innovative and comprehensive intelligent tunnel monitoring system was designed based on micro-service architecture. Various function modules were distributed to multiple service instances to get the computing pressure decentralized. The system offered powerful massive data processing support, flexibility, and extensibility. For a certain tunnel, the system could acquire the monitoring data in real-time using wireless sensors deployed on its surface. When data reached the early warning threshold, the system would immediately transmit the warning message to users. Besides, an app was developed to offer support for wireless communication between the monitoring apparatus and watchers. The application of the Anping case, one of the monitoring targets, proved the high efficiency of data transmitting and effective emergency response of the developed system. The results indicated that the microservice architecture could facilitate algorithm development, decentralize calculation pressure, and promote the service capacity by decoupling components and distributing loads.

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Automated Real-Time Monitoring System to Measure Shift Production of Tunnel Construction Projects

Cited by 18 publications

References 20 publications

Towards automatic digital documentation and progress reporting of mechanical construction pipes using smartphones

Towards automatic digital documentation and progress reporting of mechanical construction pipes using smartphones

Drivers and Barriers of Using Web-Based Asynchronous Communication Tools for Monitoring Construction Projects

Development of tunnel intelligent monitoring and early warning system based on micro-service architecture: the case of AnPing tunnel

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