PERFORMANCE EVALUATION INDEX FOR COMPARING TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION METHODS WITH A ROBOT-BASED AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION METHOD

  • Published : 2009.05.27

Abstract

To improve construction productivity and quality, and to make the construction environment safe, a new system, Robot-based Construction Automation (RCA), is currently being developed in Korea. To determine whether RCA is an improvement over traditional construction methods (TCMs), an evaluation method, called the Performance Evaluation Index (PEI), is suggested for RCA. The PEI considers the relationships among the factors influencing the performance of the system obtained using the Delphi method and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). As the evaluation shows, RCA is much better than TCM except for three factors: the rate of work success, quality improvement by learning experience, and construction duration.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Korean Institute of Construction and Transportation Technology Evaluation and Planning (KICTEP) with the program number of "06-Unified and Advanced Construction Technology ProgramD01."