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The computer in the construction industry

open access: yesComputers & Structures, 1991
Abstract Computer technology in the 1980s has changed drastically. Microcomputers perform functions that only large and expensive mainframe computers performed a decade ago. Computers are used today by a rapidly growing majority of construction firms.
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida Well Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A. ( host institution )   +1 more
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Deconstructing Practice. Industrialized Construction System Prototype. Casablanca, Chile, 2021 [PDF]

open access: yesARQ, 2022
If the ways of doing persist over time, it is due not only to their initial effectiveness but also to inertia. However, when they cease to be helpful in practical terms, it becomes necessary to dismantle them and rethink them depending on the context ...
Ignacio Rojas, Cristián Domínguez
doaj   +1 more source

Circular information flows in industrialized housing construction: the case of a multi-family housing product platform in Sweden

open access: yes, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to conduct a qualitative assessment of synergies between information flows of a multifamily product platform used for industrialized housing and materials passports that can promote a circular economy in the construction industry.
Kedir, Firehiwot,   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Timber Construction Regulations in Brazil: A Perspective from Its National Industry of Timber Houses

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Codes of practices and standards for products and activities are available regulations for global sectors, although they are dedicated to national scopes such as civil construction in Brazil.
Victor De Araujo   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Construction Industrialization in China: Current Profile and the Prediction

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2017
The ongoing undertaking of construction industrialization in China is redefining the industry and creating a new era for building construction. In order to identify the construction industrialization status and progress, a national survey is conducted ...
Yingbo Ji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison Study on the Learning Effectiveness of Construction Training Scenarios in a Virtual Reality Environment

open access: yesVirtual Worlds, 2023
While VR-based training has been proven to improve learning effectiveness over conventional methods, there is a lack of study on its learning effectiveness due to the implementation of training modes.
Yee Sye Lee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Conceptual Model for Transformation of Bill of Materials from Offsite Manufacturing to Onsite Construction in Industrialized House-building

open access: yes, 2020
Lending inspiration from the manufacturing industry, industrialized house-builders have adopted some of its characteristics such as high standardization of configurable products and manufacturing processes. Standardization of product and information flow
Hussamadin, Raafat   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Industrialization of construction: Implications on standards, business models and project orientation

open access: yesOrganization, Technology and Management in Construction: An International Journal, 2020
Digitalization has the potential to radically change the way buildings are designed, produced, and operated. In this digital transformation, the establishment of information standards play an important role.
Andersson Niclas, Lessing Jerker
doaj   +1 more source

Mixed Production Line Optimization of Industrialized Building Based on Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2022
Prefabricated components production line optimization is critical for improving industrialized building construction efficiency; however, few studies focus on the production line optimization problem in context of industrialized building construction. In
Xiaobo Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Major blocking factors affecting the application of industrialized building system

open access: yesAin Shams Engineering Journal, 2023
Industrialized construction continues to emerge globally. Developing countries like Malaysia are still unable to increase industrialized building system (IBS) implementation significantly, demonstrated by the low IBS percentage of less than 3%. Therefore,
Al-hussein M.H. Al-Aidrous   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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