Practical Issues in Application of RFID to Pipeline Construction and its Benefit Analysis

Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been applied to the construction industry for improving the efficiency of material and process management. Most RFID-related studies have focused on building or plant construction. The application of RFID has been limited in pipeline construction projects where materials are stored and stacked across a large construction site. This paper investigates practical issues in pipeline construction, improves the read rates of RFID tags, and tests their utility by putting them into practice. This paper demonstrates the benefits that may be expected with the use of improved RFID tags and the development of an automated pipeline construction management system. As a result, pipeline construction management time decreased by 28 hours per month compared to the conventional method. Cost decreased by about 26%.

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“…Similarly, other authors use sensors to overcome inefficient material management on construction sites inside the facilities field ( Figure 1 ). Yun et al [ 40 ] determined the reduction of time and cost by using RFID tags in the development of an automated pipeline construction management system. Likewise, Kim et al [ 41 ] presented technologies such as RFID and 3D digital models on a handheld mobile device as an enabling technology for intelligent management of piping installation, including Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USNs) through Wireless Local-Area Networking (hereinafter WLAN) and RFID to achieve a more efficient task management.…”