• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3D
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• pp.353-359
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• 2006

Image frame analysis is a conventional way of evaluating loop detector's performance. In image frame analysis, the time to evaluate performance is linearly proportional to the number of evaluated subjects, and the results can be subjective, depending on operator's personal evaluation standards and physical condition. Also, this method is often inferior in accuracy to that provided by the evaluated devices. Therefore, it is critical to develop a portable standard system which has better accuracy and more objectivity in evaluating vehicle detectors. This paper discusses function and reliability of tape-switch detector, which can be a replacement for image frame analysis, for effectively measuring traffic volume, speed, and occupancy.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.14 no.4 s.39
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• pp.421-431
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• 2006

Nowadays, the importance of safety monitoring for facilities is increasing. Therefore, the introduction of ubiquitous technology to replace the existing manually-operated methods is required. In this study, a web-based GIS system that provides monitoring information of bridges in real-time for the application of a bridge management system through the use of ubiquitous technology is constructed. Particular attention is given to the effective interconnection of bridge monitoring information and bridge management system and, through a ubiquitous environment, how to connect this with the UFID and the GIS-based bridge management system (BMS) operated by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation. In addition, data expression methods are also suggested that state the detailed locations and attributes of structures in bridge management by using GIS.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.55-55
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• 2023

물 인프라 시설물은 다양한 산업 및 지역 사회에 필요한 물 공급과 이와 관련된 인프라를 제공하는 현대 사회의 중요한 구성 요소 중 하나이다. 이러한 시설이 노후화 되면서 안전과 신뢰성에 대한 우려가 커지면서 과거 건설, 개발 중심에서 유지, 관리 중심으로 패러다임이 변화하고 있다. 이에 물 인프라 시설물의 상태를 정밀하게 조사하고, 정확한 계측하는 기술에 대한 수요가 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 최근, 드론에 초분광 센서를 탑재하여 초분광 영상을 수집할 수 있는 기술이 개발되고 있으며, 물 인프라 시설물에 대한 원격탐사 및 모니터링이 이러한 수요를 만족시킬 수 있는 유망한 해결책으로 부상하고 있다. 특히, 이러한 초분광 영상 수집 기술을 이용하면 물 인프라 시설물 주변의수심, 수질, 온도 등 환경적 요인 뿐만 아니라 재료에 따른 상태를 파악할 수 있어, 잠재적으로 구조 결함을 감지하는데 필요한 상세한 분광 정보를 수집할 수 있다. 또한, "저수지·댐의 안전관리 및 재해예방에 관한 법률"에서 정기적인 정밀안전진단을 요구하고 있으며, "중대재해처벌법"에 따라 인력중심의 조사, 계측 방식의 어려움이 있는 상황에서 드론 기반의 초분광 원격탐사 기술은 매력적인 선택지이다. 본 연구는 안전과 신뢰성에 대한 우려가 커지고 있는 물 인프라 시설물에서 드론 기반 초분광영상 기술이 제공하는 새로운 해결책에 대한 연구로, "저수지·댐 안전관리 및 재해예방에 관한 법률"에서 제시하는 물 인프라 시설의 정기적인 검사 및 유지보수에 대한 중요성을 더욱 강조하는 것으로, 물 인프라 시설물을 정확하게 모니터링하고 조사, 계측하는 능력의 중요성을 증가시킬 수 있는 기술이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 드론 기반의 초분광 영상 수집 기술을 활용하여 물 인프라시설물의 원격탐사 및 모니터링에 대한 적용성을 검토하고자 한다. 이를 통해 드론 기반 초분광영상 기술이 물 인프라 시설물의 조사 및 계측, 유지 보수에 대한 새로운 해결책이 될 수 있는지 검토한다. 또한 이 기술의 잠재적인 이점과 한계를 탐구하고, 정확하고 신뢰성 높은 계측, 조사 기술에 대한 증가하는 수요를 충족시키기 위한 능력을 평가 하고자 한다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.213-224
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• 2016

Non-conventional resource and alternative energy were researched for predicting oil peak. In this study, one of many non-conventional resources, specifically oil-sands, was investigated due to the increasing interest of oil-sands plant modularization in permaforst areas for reducing the construction periods through modular transportation while limiting local construction workers. Hence, tehcnological trends were analyzed for oil-sand plant modularization. Data used were between 1994 and 2015 for patent analysis while targets included Korea, US, Japan, Europe and Canada. Technology classification system consisted of mining, steam assisted gravity drainage(SAGD), separation/upgrading/tailors ponds, module design/packaging, module transportation and material/maintenance. Result of patent analysis, patent application accounts 89% in US and Canada. The main competitive companies were Shell, Suncor and Exxon-mobil. Unlike other oil developments, oil-sands have a long-term stable production characteristic, hence, it is important to ensure the competitiveness of oil-sands for obtaining a patent in the long run.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.1087-1093
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to present an empirical analysis of determinants of the amount of orders received in construction technology engineering industry sector. Regression model was applied for 5 years from 2010 to 2014 to find out how the factors affecting the amount of orders received each year are different and what trends are observed. Although common significant variables were identified that there is a difference in the impact on their orders received. Specifically, the increase in the number of orders received while reducing the impact on orders received from 2010 to 2013, 2014 showed a slight tendency to increase. And increase in the number of employees shows that the influence of order received is higher in 2014 than in 2010. In addition, the gap between the metropolitan area and the non-metropolitan area has doubled in 2014 compared to 2010, but it is also confirmed that the metropolitan area is still strong. On the other hand, in the case of licensed technology, the only statistically significant variable was the negative correlation between the amount of orders received. Although the influence declined in 2014 compared to 2011, it still had a large impact on the amount of orders received.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.30-40
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• 2021

This paper compares the annual energy performance of four different types of air-conditioning systems in a medium-sized office building. Chiller and boiler, air-cooled VRF, ground-source VRF, and ground-source heat pump systems were selected as the systems to be compared. Specifically, the energy performance of the GSHP system and the ground-source VRF system were compared with each other and also with conventional HVAC systems including the chiller and boiler system and air-cooled VRF system. In order to evaluate and compare the energy performances of four systems for the office building, EnergyPlus, a whole-building energy simulation program, was used. The EnergyPlus simulation results show that both the GSHP and the ground-source VRF systems not only save more energy than the other two systems but also significantly reduce the electric peak demand. These make the GSHP and the VRF systems more desirable energy-efficient HVAC technologies for the utility companies and their clients. It is necessary to analyze the impact of partial load performance of ground-source heat pump and ground-source VRF on the long-term (more than 20 years) performance of ground heat exchangers and entire systems.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.597-601
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• 2006

There are considerable amount of man power and time spent for analysis and selection of various materials due to the inadequate application system and rapid searching process of material related information in each stage of building production process. Also, due to the insufficiency in recycling system of important information created for each process, they are hoarded at each task stage and project completion. As a result, because of the repetition of the similar/identical tasks on each process, it is the major reason for impeding the efficient employment of manpower of the company and decreasing competition of the company. Moreover, in selecting finish material in the project field, there are many difficulties due to the lack of technical information such as product characteristics and field applications. The construction quality also affects the profit and loss of the product which calls for a need to develop continued information management system that the finish material related examples could be shared in real time. The objective of this study is to propose a building finish material information which the real time research and application is possible to raise the productivity. TO do this, the current material information task status analysis and questionnaire research should be conducted to understand the demand of system development and reflect the result onto the system for easy access and application. Therefore, the building finish material information system for enhancement of productivity of construction task proposed in this study is expected to be utilized in enhancement of construction quality, maximization of company profit, and strengthening of company competition.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.138-147
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• 2020

The construction field is one of the most representative job creation businesses, but it has been pointed out that the overall quality of the jobs is low because of the nature of the order-made production industry, such as unstable employment structure, aging workforce, etc.. Accordingly, the government plans to implement the "prevailing wage system" that guarantees a minimum wage for construction site workers. In reality, however, only a market wage could be used for a construction cost estimation because there was no standard for the prevailing wage. A comparative analysis of the prevailing wage and market wage was performed. This paper proposes a framework for estimating the reasonable prevailing wage in the construction industry. The results showed that the prevailing wage was estimated to be 4.7% lower than the market wage when the proposed framework is applied to the carpenters' case. This suggests that the proposed model could be used as an alternative for market wage considering the original purpose of the prevailing wage. This study will construct the basic data for scientific analysis on the wage, and finally, help estimate the reliable prevailing wage in the future.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.94-105
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• 2010

Recently, resettlement problems of low income groups in the urban regeneration area have been issued in Korea because they have no capability to purchase (or lease) redeveloped housing (or apartment). There are several approaches for supplying affordable housing and one of these is the bidding system which can reduce construction cost. However, the lowest bidding system has many problems such as dumping and substandard quality. In this context, this study proposed bidding system based on technical proposal applying the concept of the lowest total combined bid price for optimization of bid price, reduction of construction cost and period, and maintenance of suitable quality. This bidding system embraces the best value and cost plus time concept on the basis of an improved lowest price bidding system. It consists of the following components: work unit based, project unit based, and period reducing technical proposals. The proposed bidding system for determining bidders are designed to evaluate the adequacy of each technical proposal in the order of the combined minimum price in an effort to effectively optimize bid prices and reduce the construction periods, as well as to maintain a minimum appropriate quality.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.927-939
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• 2015

It appears that the rapid advance in technology has allowed to broaden the variety of rail systems technology, thereby fostering new business opportunity in rail industry. The direction of rail systems operations is mainly two fold. In one direction, long distance operations between mega cities are pursued with help of high speed trains under development. In the other case, relatively short distance operations for covering intra-city or suburban area are becoming popular. A good example of the latter case is light rail transit (LRT) systems. Due to the short distance operation, it is thus expected that both the development and operation cost for LRT systems be reduced to some extent. The cost reduction desired in there can be gained by scaling down the sizes of both the trains and stations as compared to those of normal rail systems. However, it is not well known how the LRT stations can be scaled down. The objective of this paper is to study on how to slim down the stations (particularly, the functions room) of LRT systems. To achieve the objective, an approach is studied based on a modified method of design structure matrix (DSM). Specifically, using the enhanced DSM method, an integrated architecture is developed for the functions room, in which equipments are housed to perform the functions of electricity, signaling, and communication for LRT stations. The use of the result indicates that the desired reduction can be obtained with the approach taken in the paper.