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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"construction technologies"”.
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Automated construction technologies : analyses and future development strategies
… and the lack of skilled workers in the construction industry have led major corporations all over the world aiming to produce various types of automated construction technologies. During the process, novel ideologies of design and construction techniques have been realized and the push …
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Case study for identification and evaluation of construction innovations: the Hotel Georgia project
Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) projects are becoming more complex in terms of client requirements, stakeholder issues, physical, budget and time constraints, and safety and environmental concerns. These constraints have spawned ad-hoc innovations in some AEC projects, without …
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Curved brick design methodology and manufacturing system
… in developing contexts, the financial expense of construction can be overwhelming. There is a need for more appropriate technologies for low-cost construction. This thesis presents a concise review of construction technologies and then offers a design methodology for creating curved, interlocking …
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Connected by Nature: The mediation between biology and technology, history and modernity, and nature and humanity
… weaving in nature and in traditional vernacular construction to uncover how these construction methods and their social connections can be translated into modern construction technologies whilst preserving the ecosystems they inhabit. I aim to investigate the theoretical and technical method of …
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Multiplicity in aggregated built form
Although the economic efficiency of industrial construction technologies based on long production runs of similar manufactured components i s well known, strict dimensional considerations and repeated use of a limited number of form work types tend to result in "built-modules" of excessive …
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Instructional Video Object-Based Learning in a Flipped Construction Management Classroom
… the primary way instruction is delivered in construction management (CM) classrooms. This is true despite a growing body of literature promoting more contemporary, student-centered pedagogies that offer improvements over traditional teaching models. One of these is object-based learning …
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Constructing the Navajo Capital: Landscape, Power, and Representation at Window Rock
… spatial relationships throughout the site, and construction technologies were used to establish cultural hierarchies and reinforce discrimination against Navajos in their own homeland, despite other attempts by that administration to promote cultural pluralism. I contend that the design of …
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BIM-Based Turnover Documentation and Information System for Facility Management
… compared to the fast-changing building and construction technologies. With its popularity in facility design and construction, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is promising to reform the information and communication needs of facility managers. Yet there are still a lot of untapped …
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Processing The Program: Considering The Architectural Brief
… should address topics such as transforming construction technologies, the individual site as it changes over time, or patterns of bodily inhabitation and imagine possibilities for a project . As a building's purposes change, at varying rates, so will certain aspects of architectural …
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Technological Innovation in Architecture: The Role of the Aberrant Practitioner
… architect and define a unique role within the construction industry. The published works survey and explore atypical and innovative technologies and working practices in relation to architecture. The ‘McLean’s Nuggets’ column presented a series of short articles, factual and outliers …
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The design of a panelized roof system for residential construction
… income. Innovative building materials and construction technologies have the potential to reduce housing construction costs. One strategy to do this is componentization. There is a longstanding trend towards the increased use of components in U.S. residential construction. One such type of …
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Grid Structure and Space
… role in modern architectural history. Now, construction technologies are improving and hundreds of structure types can be used. Architects have more power to build various kinds of amazing space. For instance, TWA terminal of J.F.K. International Airport. However, the grid structure still …
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Life, Living, & Space
… and design a house by utilizing modernized construction technologies. From a single cell, a man grows up into a complex creature with an independent life. A livable space for a person starts from the mother's womb, then moves on to a crib, a full-size bed, a room, and finally a house. We can …
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Technological Transitions in the Far North: Yukon People’s Difficult but Transformative Relationship with Technology
… Yukon Territory investigates the impact of technologies introduced into Yukon. It examines the capacity of governments, businesses and citizens to adopt and adapt new technologies beginning in the early 20th century and carries the examination through to Yukon's contemporary construction and …
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The Impact of Different Passive Roof Construction Types on Building Thermal Performance / Experimental Method for Optimizing the Thermal Performance of Building Enclosures
… investigation that examined four passive roof construction technologies as a means of improving the indoor thermal conditions under summer conditions. Five identical Smart Test Cells (STCs) representing a section of a typical Iraqi dwelling unit were constructed for the experimental research of …
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From Lunar Modules to In-Situ Habs: Conceptualization & Considerations of a Developing Lunar South Pole Base
… how in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies could be used to construct more robust and protective habitation that integrates with existing prefabricated modules for supporting large-scale surface operations. This ties into an exploratory conceptualization of how an example base …
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Ground improvement using PET bottle waste as a potential reinforcement material for granular columns: an experimental approach
… the need to develop environmentally sustainable construction technologies, the study incorporated Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle waste as a reinforcement material for these columns. Several laboratory experiments were conducted to improve the load carrying capacity and settlement …
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Base isolation benefits of rocking and uplift
… benefit from rocking and uplift. Therefore, new construction technologies may be developed to use rocking and uplift as a means of base isolation. Previous works on the rocking and uplift problem were conducted primarily to study the criteria of overturning, uplift ratio, maximum displacement, …
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Adaptive exoskeleton for the integrated retrofit of social housing buildings
… structural envelope, the exoskeleton, using a construction process able to limit interferences on the use of the building and on the life of its inhabitants. The exoskeleton is an independent frame, carefully designed at the joint-scale to achieve awareness of the constructive sequence and of …
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Strategic framework for advancing digital talent management in the UK construction sector
… strategies that refute the numerous barriers the construction industry constantly faces. Now, whilst the world has entered a new digital era targeting Industry 5.0 technologies, there is a greater need to enhance digital talent management strategies throughout the UK construction industry to …
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