• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.543-547
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• 2004

Visualization of construction process simulation and physical modeling were considered to overcome the limitations of current graphical simulation. The output of discrete-event simulation programs which are the most common mathematical statistical simulation tool for construction processes were analyzed for the visualization of earthmoving process that dealing with objects without fixed. Object-oriented models for equipment, material and work environments were devised to effectively visualize the numerical simulation results of the working time, the queuing time as well as the amount resources etc. The oscillation of the crane's cable and the lifted material that should be considered to rationally modeled and simulated by construction graphical simulation. The derived equation of motion was solved by numerical analysis procedure. Then obtained results was used for physical modeling.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.87-93
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• 2009

A construction supply chain needs an integrated information system, as the general contractor and subcontractors must communicate regularly with one another and share a substantial amount of information in their cooperative work. In the construction industry, supply chain management is necessary in the management of a system, including business process improvement, participant-oriented management, and the supply chain. This research proposed a supporting system and developed the prototype focusing on materials that play an important role in the supply chain. Construction projects are managed mainly through schedule management. As such, supply chain management should be linked with schedule management. The research implemented a prototype of the supporting system for construction supply chain management. The prototype was implemented in Microsoft Project using VBA, including a simulation tool based on @Risk for Project.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2010

Deck plates have been widely used for steel framework due to their merits in terms of schedule reduction and work repetition. For this reason, most of the previous studies related to deck plates have focused on the development of form type and their constructability. In this study, through an actual case study and interviews with experts, a simulation model was developed using the CYCLONE method. Based on this model, this study not only analyzed the productivity of the work process of the deck plate in steel framework, but also identified the occurrence of idle time in the work process. In addition, using a sensitivity analysis, productivity and duration could be analyzed according to variation of input resources. Based on the results, this paper suggests a way to improve the productivity of deck plate work in steel frameworks. Using the model, it is expected that project managers would be able to predict the productivity and total duration of the deck plate work in the early project phase, which will enable managers to make an appropriate plan for input resources.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.561-569
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• 2014

In construction site, BIM is used in part of construct-ability review and design mistake checking. However, in a current domestic construction site, except public order project, most of work in private order project has been processing based on 2D work. As an expert resists to certain point in introduction of new technique, it may be shown in the introduction of BIM. For this, We need to analysis construct-ability of introducing BIM, work field of introducing and operational capability about present domestic construction engineers. Therefore, this study solves the problem of existing construct-ability analysis, and it visualizes the various information and objects for an effective job performance. Furthermore, construct-ability analysis by BIM that can use an intergrated management is theoretically examined and practical field-application priority among conclusions is proposed through a survey targeting on the hand-on worker. Therefore, this study suggests a factor supplying for a business-centric introduction plan and support condition.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.631-639
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• 2015

In the unit modular construction, the unit module prefabricated in a factory with a high level of accuracy does not fit completely onto the ground-joint junction due to the low accuracy of the ground work. This difference in the level of accuracy can cause diverse problems, such as twisting the upper unit modules and loosening the connection between the module and the footing. On this background, the aim of this study is to develop a technique for adjusting the height of the prefabricated individual footing. To accomplish the aim, a height adjustment method using bolts and nuts is proposed, and a shop drawing and the construction sequence are also presented in this study. The structural safety is verified through a structure simulation. In the future, research will be conducted on a mock-up test of the height adjustment method developed in this study, and an analysis of economic feasibility will be performed in order to verify its constructability and usability.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.167-173
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• 2009

Underground storage cavern is known as the most complicated underground project because of the complexity of construction schedule, tunnel size, and geological problems. In order to optimize the construction schedule of underground storage cavern, two up-to-date technologies were applied. The first technology was 3 dimensional visualization of complicated underground structures, and the second was 4 dimensional simulation considering construction resources, geological conditions and construction schedule. This application case shows that we can achieve optimized construction schedule in the ways to optimize the number of work teams, fleets, the sequence of tunnel excavation, the commencement time of excavation and the hauling route of materials and excavated rocks. 3 dimensional modeling can help designer being able to understand the status of complicated underground structures and to investigate the geological data in the exact 3 dimensional space. Moreover, using 4 dimensional simulation, designer is able to determine the bottle neck point which appear during hauling of excavated rocks and to investigate the daily fluctuation in cost.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.5 no.2 s.18
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• pp.47-54
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• 2004

Recently, many high-rise buildings have been constructed, and are under construction. And a high-rise building with more than 100 floors is under planning. From site logistics management point of view, it is very important to manage vertical transportation of resource (e.g., material, equipment and construction labors) in high-rise building construction. The higher the building is constructed, the more important it is to manage for vertical transportation of it. In case of labors, vertical movement needs longer time in high-rise building construction than in low-rise. This results in low productivity and work efficiency of the construction. Therefore, this study presents a process of a vertical movement plan for labors using discrete-event simulation. And then the process applies to MT 130 project, which is a virtual high-rise building construction project.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.33-40
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• 2010

Recently, the scale of construction work has been growing, and buildings are becoming higher. To enable greater efficiency of construction work, the use of vertical transportation equipment has been radically increasing. In this context, many studies have been conducted on tower cranes. While these studies have discussed issues such as the selection of tower cranes, the optimization of locations, and the hoisting time of tower cranes, there has been no research on the installation of tower cranes. As such, the installation of tower cranes on construction sites has been accomplished based on subjective judgment and technical assistance, and the experience of workers in equipment companies. Therefore, this study analyzes the productivity of tower cranes using simulation methodology, and proposes a generalized model of the installation process of tower cranes in order to offer a basic resource that site managers can directly utilize.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.377-385
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• 2002

An authentic simulation platform for events situated in spatio-temporal space is presented. The authenticity, i.e., logical fidelity to the reality, of this cyberspace is realized by maximizing the diversity and unpredictability of events occurring therein. The knowledge components and associated schemes required for the simulation of events situated in spatio-temporal space encompass the environmental factors, the objects, the events, and their interrelations. We deviled event activation, triggering mechanism, and cognitive function related to event to realize an authentic simulation of discretionary events. The agents in this simulation environments are autonomous in that they have their own existence and capability of event planning. We focused on identifying basic constructs relevant to authentic simulation of discretionary events whose initiation depends on human intention. Several key ideas are implemented in a typical spatio-temporal situation to demonstrate the viability of our simulation mechanism.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.73-82
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• 2000

This paper presents a significant improvement achieved in the acoustic characteristics of a conference room of I-company originally designed and built without consideration for room acoustic characteristics. The reverberation time of the room was excessive, which resulted in poor 'Definition' for speech. Thus the improvement of room acoustic characteristics was required. In this study, experiments and simulations using the principles of geometrical acoustics were executed to improve the acoustic characteristics in the room. By performing a series of simulation, it has become possible to predict acoustic parameters for an improvement plan. And the improvement plan of room acoustic characteristics was established. And for the verification of the simulation results, the experimental data were compared and evaluated against those from the simulation. Additionally, the proposed method in this paper demonstrated its effectiveness by successfully improving the room acoustic characteristics resulted from repair construction.