The goal of the “Green Building” project is to reduce the impact of construction on the environment. By doing this Intel joins the world’s efforts in sustainable construction. The Green Building project differs from conventional building projects by assigning equal priorities to economical, social, and environmental goals. The new Intel R&D building, located in Haifa, Israel, is designed per th...

Current assessment of progress in construction projects is a manual task that is often infrequent and error prone. Images of sites are extremely cluttered and rife with shadows, occlusions, equipment, and people making them extremely hard to analyse. We present a first prototype system capable of detecting changes on a building site observed by a fixed camera, and classifying such changes as ei...

New practical applications of the Line of Balance technique are presented, introducing simple and transparent tools for initial planning, short term scheduling and production control on multi-storey building construction sites. These developments were being conducted along an investigation on some construction sites on Brazil. The planning methodology is discussed including preplanning details ...

The use of 3D computer-aided design (CAD) models to support construction project planning has been increasing in the previous year. 3D CAD models reveal more planning ideas by visually showing the construction site environment in different stages of the construction process. Using 3D CAD models together with scheduling software to prepare construction plan can identify errors in process sequenc...

Construction quality associated with the life of construction enterprises. Risk assessment of construction quality referred to a comprehensive evaluation of the degree of risk confronting construction units during the construction process. Construction units provide a decision-making basis for employers and supervisors, who considered the evaluations of construction quality and accidents in the...

China is a country which has the largest investment amount in engineering construction in the world and which has the most construction projects. It is a significant subject for the extensive engineering managers to have effective engineering cost management in construction project management and to reasonably determine and control construction cost on the condition of ensuring construction qua...

Waste management in the building industry in Hong Kong has become an important environmental issue. Particularly, an increasing amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is being disposed at landfill sites. In order to reduce waste generation and encourage reuse and recycling, the Hong Kong Government has implemented the Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme (CWDCS) to levy charge...