Though the current wave of electric vehicles is transforming on-road passenger and commercial vehicle fleets, similar attempts in off-road equipment sector appear to be lacking. Because diverse categories varied applications, electrifying requires significant research development. A successful electrification such can offer an array benefits, including reduced air noise pollution, higher energy...

The use of robotics and automation technology in the manufacturing industry has become very much accepted. In recent years, interest on the use of robotics technology in agriculture and on-site construction has been on the increase with several working prototypes being actually deployed in farms and on construction sites. This paper presents a comparison between the equipment used in the manufa...

This paper presents research that led to the design and implementation of efficient interference detection methods that can be used to identify and report undesirable conflicts that occur among static (e.g. structure in-place, idle equipment), dynamic (e.g. active machines and workers), and abstract (e.g. hazard spaces) construction resources in 3D animations of discrete-event simulation models...

ALTHOUGH MANY STUDIES HAVE SHOWN an association between operating heavy construction equipment and symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), little research has been performed that systematically characterizes the exposure of operating engineers to ergonomic hazards. This study evaluated: 1) vibration at the seat/operator interface; 2) transmissibility of vibration in the Z-axis; 3) psy-cho...

The purpose of this paper is to review recent developments to use RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for supply chain logistics in the construction industry and identify potential applications of this technology for disaster recovery in construction operations. Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and extreme weather conditions can cause significant damage to local communities and disruptio...

Tower cranes are major and expensive equipment that are extensively used at building construction projects and harbors for lifting heavy objects to demand points. The tower crane locating problem to position a tower crane and supply points in a building construction site for supplying all requests in minimum time, has been raised from more than twenty years ago. This problem has already been so...