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Survey on automation of the building construction and building products industry
A commonly held view is that the construction industry is labour-intensive, project-based, and slow to adopt emerging technologies compared to other "project shop" manufacturing industries [Product-Process Matrix]. A construction site can be regarded as a "project shop", since tools and manufacturing equipment are brought on-site, whereas component prefabrication is a conventional shop, line or cell-structured. There have not been any dramatic changes in construction methods in the last 40 years, although some methods have been developing. The construction Industry is also considered to be a conservative innovator and late adopter of new technology. Therefore, construction is often considered a somewhat old-fashioned industry. However, in the design phase, methods such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Finite Element Method (FEM) are commonly adopted. Also Building Information Model (BIM) is increasingly applied in the design and engineering phase. The construction life cycle includes 1) Requirements identification, 2) Project planning, 3) Design and engineering 4) Construction, 5) Operations and maintenance, and 6) Decommissioning. The operation and maintenance phase is the longest period during the life cycle of a building. Building Information Model (BIM), a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a facility, covers e.g. geometry, spatial relationships, light analysis, geographic information, quantities and properties of building components with manufacturers' details. The model elements, representing the physical building parts, are digitally linked to information relevant to the model users, such as architects, engineers, contractors and owners. BIM can be used to demonstrate the entire building life cycle, including processes of construction and facility operations, and finally to take the advantage of its information in the demolition. From the life cycle point of view, BIM enables all stakeholders to share data throughout the entire life cycle of the building. Currently, ...
Survey on automation of the building construction and building products industry
A commonly held view is that the construction industry is labour-intensive, project-based, and slow to adopt emerging technologies compared to other "project shop" manufacturing industries [Product-Process Matrix]. A construction site can be regarded as a "project shop", since tools and manufacturing equipment are brought on-site, whereas component prefabrication is a conventional shop, line or cell-structured. There have not been any dramatic changes in construction methods in the last 40 years, although some methods have been developing. The construction Industry is also considered to be a conservative innovator and late adopter of new technology. Therefore, construction is often considered a somewhat old-fashioned industry. However, in the design phase, methods such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Finite Element Method (FEM) are commonly adopted. Also Building Information Model (BIM) is increasingly applied in the design and engineering phase. The construction life cycle includes 1) Requirements identification, 2) Project planning, 3) Design and engineering 4) Construction, 5) Operations and maintenance, and 6) Decommissioning. The operation and maintenance phase is the longest period during the life cycle of a building. Building Information Model (BIM), a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a facility, covers e.g. geometry, spatial relationships, light analysis, geographic information, quantities and properties of building components with manufacturers' details. The model elements, representing the physical building parts, are digitally linked to information relevant to the model users, such as architects, engineers, contractors and owners. BIM can be used to demonstrate the entire building life cycle, including processes of construction and facility operations, and finally to take the advantage of its information in the demolition. From the life cycle point of view, BIM enables all stakeholders to share data throughout the entire life cycle of the building. Currently, ...
Survey on automation of the building construction and building products industry
Vähä, Pentti (author) / Heikkilä, Tapio (author) / Kilpeläinen, Pekka (author) / Järviluoma, Markku (author) / Heikkilä, Rauno (author)
2013-01-01
Vähä , P , Heikkilä , T , Kilpeläinen , P , Järviluoma , M & Heikkilä , R 2013 , Survey on automation of the building construction and building products industry . VTT Technology , no. 109 , VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland , Espoo . < https://publications.vtt.fi/pdf/technology/2013/T109.pdf >
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