Automation in Construction toward Resilience by Noroozinejad Farsangi, Ehsan; Noori, Mohammad; Yang, Tony T.Y.;

Short description:

This book presents all aspects of automation in construction pertaining to the use of information technologies in design, engineering, construction technologies, and maintenance and management of constructed facilities.

Long description:

While the word "automation" may conjure images of robots taking over jobs, the reality is much more nuanced. In construction, for instance, automation is less likely to diminish employment opportunities than it is to increase productivity. Indeed, automation alongside the global need for new and updated infrastructure and better and more affordable housing can help shape the direction of the construction industry. The key will be anticipating and preparing for the shift, in part by developing new skills in the current and future workforce. This book presents all aspects of automation in construction pertaining to the use of information technologies in design, engineering, construction technologies, and maintenance and management of constructed facilities. The broad scope encompasses all stages of the construction life cycle from initial planning and design, through the construction of the facility, its operation, and maintenance, to the eventual dismantling and recycling of buildings and engineering structures.

Features:

• Examines Building Information Management systems, allowing on-site execution of construction more efficient, and for project teams to eliminate mistakes and better coordinate the workforce


• Presents the latest information on the automation of modular construction, production in factories, including 3-D printing of components such as facades, or even load-bearing and essential components

Table of Contents:

1. Autonomous Inspection and Construction of Civil Infrastructure Using Robots.  2. Robotics in 3D Concrete Printing: Current Progress & Challenges.  3. Reinforcement Learning-Based Robotic Motion Planning for Conducting Multiple Tasks in Virtual Construction Environments.  4. The Impact of Smart Materials on Structural Vibration Control. 5. Green Construction Workforce Training using Virtual Reality.  6. Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Geotechnics and Infrastructures. 7. Building Information Modeling Implementation in the UK Construction Industry: A Commercial Perspective.  8. Towards Automated Quality Assurance: Generating Synthetic Images of Building Components for Vision-based Semantic Segmentation.  9. Truss Bridge Construction Using Self-Propelled Modular Transporters Compared to Traditional Bridge Building Methods. 10. Bacteria-Based Self-Healing Concretes for Sustainable Structures. 11. Structural Health Monitoring as a Tool toward More Resilient Societies.  12. Toward More Seismic Resilient Construction via Risk-Based Application of Smart Vibration Control Systems.  13. Decision Systems to Support Cost-Benefit Analysis Toward Railway Infrastructures Sustainable Rehabilitation.  14. Adaptive System Supervising the Response Control for Smart Structures.  15. SiDMACIB: A Digital Tool for Automated Structurally-Informed Design of Interlocking Masonry Assemblages. . 16. Parametric Study of Low-Rise Buildings Using a Smart Hybrid Rocking Structural System with Vertical Dampers.  17. Review of the Use of Waste Resources in Sustainable Concrete: Aggregate Types, Recycling Procedures, Fresh and Hardened Properties, Structural Characteristics, and Numerical Formulation.  18. Seismic Multi-Hazard Risk and Resilience Modeling of Networked Infrastructure Systems.  19. A Novel Design Method of Single TMD Exposed to Seismic Effects.  20. Intelligent Controller Optimizing Structural Performance and Control Devices.  21. Rapid Discrete Optimal Design of High-Damping Rubber Dampers for Elastic-Plastic Moment Frames Under Critical Double Impulse.  22. Damage Detection in Reinforced Concrete Structures using Advanced Automatic Systems: An Overview.  23. Efficient Representation of Random Fields for Training the Kriging Predictor in Adaptive Kriging Reliability Assessment of Civil Structures.  24. Intelligent Systems in Construction: Applications, Opportunities and Challenges in AR & VR.  25. Smart Control of Flutter of Suspension Bridges Using Optimized Passive Tuned Mass Damper.  26. A Chronological Review of Construction Progress Monitoring Using Various Sensors and Remote Sensing Techniques.  27. Review of Novel Seismic Energy Dissipating Techniques Toward Resilient Construction.  28. Application of Machine Learning in Design of Steel Plate Shear Walls.  29. Blast Mitigation of Irregular Buildings Equipped with Resilient Passive Control Systems. 30. Fragility, Resilience, Development and Investment: Two Decision-Making Tools to Advance Economic and Social Development in Border Towns.