Knowledge representation and . reasoning techniques derived from Artificial Intelligence (AI) research permit computers to generate plans, not merely analyze plans generated by human planners. They explicitly represent knowledge about how to generate plans in the form of initial and goal states, descriptions of actions along with their preconditions and effects, and a control structure for sele...

Building information modeling (BIM) has been integrated into many architectural and engineering curriculums over the past five years. It is now being introduced into sustainability education because of its building energy analysis and simulation applications. Preliminary evaluation of the sustainability of buildings is becoming easier, faster, and more accessible to the academic community. This...

The field of building design is complex, and the successful interplay between iterative and interdependent processes, roles and actions can be seen as a foundation of developing good architectural design solutions and building projects. Over the years, the development of ICTM (Informationand Communication Technologies Management) has led to several changes in the AECFM (Architecture,Engineering...

This paper purports to provide answers to the following questions with regard to multi-crane building construction sites: (1) Do such construction sites differ from smaller sites only in magnitude, or are there unique characteristics that stem from the size of the site and the multitude of cranes? (2) Is equipment planning for such projects similar to that of projects serviced by a small number...

Prefabricated construction, a new direction for the future development of the Chinese construction industry, can maximize the requirements of “green”. As a new form of green building, prefabricated construction is of particular interest. On account of the immature development of the green building market in China, the investment risk for prefabricated construction is higher than for traditional...

Selecting construction schemes of the building engineering project is a complex multiobjective optimization decision process, in which many indexes need to be selected to find the optimum scheme. Aiming at this problem, this paper selects cost, progress, quality, and safety as the four first-order evaluation indexes, uses the quantitative method for the cost index, uses integrated qualitative a...

Traditional safety planning methods that rely on manual inspections result in labour-intensive, time-consuming, and inadequate information transmission, which has significant negative social economic effects our society, as well financial schedule losses for construction projects. Building modelling (BIM) is useful analysing workplace issues, preventing risks hazards, improving throughout the p...