Performance of short and long range wireless communication technologies in construction

Zekavat, Payam R.; Moon, Sungkon; Bernold, Leonhard E.

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2014.07.008

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“…Dainty et al (2007) summarised the importance of communication in construction when they wrote, ‘superior performance demands superior communication’. Reports and research publications continue to highlight the effect of communication on project outcomes in construction (Moon et al, 2016; Zekavat et al, 2014a and Zekavat et al, 2014b). However, Bernold and AbouRizk (2010) and others point to the many obstacles faced by the industry in connecting the ‘Islands-of-Information’.…”

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Process-waste reduction in the construction supply chain using proactive information network

Moon

Han

Zekavat

et al. 2016

Concurrent Engineering

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Construction projects require the generation and communication of an ever-larger amount of information. Unfortunately, present project organisations do not foster proactive approaches to preventing costly production waste derived from communication problems. To address this, the effective exchange of information needs to be performed across all different parties, as the construction project commonly includes concurrent progresses along its supply chain. This article proposes a new concept that integrates feed-forward control with the principle of network science. Referred to as supply-chain information network, it aims to comprehend the correlations within a sequenced supply chain network, in order to identify the critical communication links supporting a preventive control. Its effectiveness was verified by applying the model to an actual case: the rebar supply chain from a multi-story building in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The analysis recognised four problematical players in the supply chain: (1) rebar factory linemen, (2) radio crew, (3) senior steel fixers and (4) steel fixers, based on four centrality measurements. Consequently, the experimental data confirm the hypothesis that proactive management of the supply chain will produce drastic improvements, achieving up to 23.3% reduction in waste time during placement. The relevance of this research lies in the operational introduction of network science to the construction supply chain, and its proactive culture resulted in significant improvements of process performance. In addition, the developed communication backbone suggests an actualised test bed of concurrent information exchanges that tried to escape the spatiotemporal limitation in a chained attribute in the construction industry.

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Process-waste reduction in the construction supply chain using proactive information network

Moon

Han

Zekavat

et al. 2016

Concurrent Engineering

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“…This was considered adequate for analysis based on the assertion by [10] that the result of a survey could be considered as biased and of little importance if the return rate was lower than 30-40%. [11,16]. In this study, the values of Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient for the construct ranged from 0.783 to 0.867.…”

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Impacts of Effective Communication towards Performance of Construction Organization

Leje

Kasimu

Kolawole

2019

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The purpose of this study is to examine the significant impacts of effective communication towards the performance of the construction organization. The objectives of the study include to identify impacts of effective communication and evaluate the degree of agreement to which effective communication influence construction organization from construction contractors and consultants' viewpoint. A sample of 200 construction contractors and consultants were randomly selected from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) database, out of which the responses rates received were 160 (80 %). Data analysis include Relative Importance Index (RII) for ranking comparison among the construction professionals on a scale range from 1-5 for rating their responses. Kendall's coefficient of concordance was used to evaluate the degree of agreement between construction professionals related to the ranking of each group of the practices. The results of RII revealed that improve productivity in the organization, reduce project delay, better safety precautions on construction sites, better use of materials and equipment and improve professional commitment to the organization are the top five impacts of effective communication towards the performance of construction organization. The results of Kendall's coefficient of concordance revealed that a high agreement between construction professionals occurred in the ranking of the impacts of effective communication towards the performance of the construction organization. The findings revealed that effective communication help to facilitate better understanding among all parties in the construction organization. It was recommended that stakeholders in the construction organization should adopt the use of effective communication tools and instruments for organizational performance.

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“…Over the years, studies have tried to implement indirect methods of evaluating the strength performance of concrete, developing sensor-based systems to monitor environmental conditions and identifying the parameters affecting concrete's performance [23,[26][27][28][29][30]. For example, temperature data can be collected while the concrete is forming by using temperature sensors and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or resistance rigidity thermometers [31].…”

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Extending BIM Interoperability for Real-Time Concrete Formwork Process Monitoring

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The concrete formwork process is a critical component of construction project control because failing to gain the necessary concrete strength can lead to reworks and, consequently, project delays and cost overruns during the project’s execution. The goal of this study is to develop a novel method of monitoring the maturity of concrete and providing reduced formwork removal time with the strength ensured in real-time. This method addresses the wireless sensors and building information modeling (BIM) needed to help project management personnel monitor the concrete’s status and efficiently decide on the appropriate formwork removal timing. Previous studies have focused only on the monitoring of concrete’s status using sensor data or planning the formwork layout by integrating the BIM environment into the design process. This study contributes to extending BIM’s interoperability for monitoring concrete’s maturity in real-time during construction, as well as determining the formwork removal time for project control. A case study was conducted at a building construction project to validate the developed framework. It was concluded that BIM can interoperate with the data collected from sensors embedded in concrete, and that this system can reduce formwork removal time while retaining sufficient strength in the concrete, rather than adhering to the removal time given in building code standards.

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Performance of short and long range wireless communication technologies in construction

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Process-waste reduction in the construction supply chain using proactive information network

Process-waste reduction in the construction supply chain using proactive information network

Impacts of Effective Communication towards Performance of Construction Organization

Extending BIM Interoperability for Real-Time Concrete Formwork Process Monitoring

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