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Effectiveness of Continuous Deflective Separation System to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas (도시지역 비점오염원 관리를 위한 와류필터형 처리시설의 효율성 연구)

  • Park, Jong-Sik;Koh, Jeung-Hyun;Kim, Sang Keun;Chung, Ha-Ik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.88-98
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    • 2007
  • The control of nonpoint source pollution from the urban paved areas with high imperviousness in is required to improve the water quality of aquatic resources. This research investigated the characteristics of urban runoffs and evaluate the effectiveness of the continuous deflective separation systems for stormwater best management practice. The systems were installed in the vicinity of a high-level road, an apartment complex, and the Cheonggye stream. Stormwater runoff was sampled in these sites. Biochemical oxygen demand ($BOD_5$), total suspended solid (TSS), total nitrogen (T-N), and total phosphorus (T-P) were analyzed. The removal efficiency of $BOD_5$, TSS, and T-P for the road was 10.9-81.0%, 11.7-93.4%, 0-37.5%, respectively. That of $BOD_5$, TSS, T-N, and T-P for the complex was 12.5-65.8%, 26.5-77.6%, 1.8-28.7%, and 20.0-37.5%, respectively. The abatement efficiency $BOD_5$, TSS, T-N, and T-P for the stream was 7.2-85.2%, 41.7-98.2%, 11.3-65.6%, and 2.0-71.5%, respectively. This study shows that the systems can be used to remove $BOD_5$ and TSS from urban runoffs efficiently.

Analyzing the Technical Efficiency of Korean Engineering and Construction Firms after the Financial Crisis (외환위기 이후 국내건설회사의 효율성 분석)

  • Kim, Kon-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.6 no.1 s.23
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    • pp.151-161
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    • 2005
  • This paper analyzes the technical efficiencies of 38 Korean engineering and construction firms and the efficiency changes from 1999 to 2003 using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Best practice firms in terms of technical efficiency and profit are identified. For inefficient firms, performance targets to be efficient are suggested. Technical efficiencies had been increased over the five year period, and the efficiency difference between firms had been reduced during this period. The differences in efficiency due to the differences in cooperate governance structures are statistically significant. In addition, the technical efficiency is correlated with product portfolios, degree of subcontract, rates of value added, returns on invested capital, and EBITDA.

A Study on the Problem Analysis and Improvements of Long-Term Maintenance for the Permanent Rental Housing in Korea (한국 영구임대주택의 장기수선 상의 문제점 분석 및 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Hee-Chang;Kim Yong-Su
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.6 no.1 s.23
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    • pp.169-176
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the maintenance condition and cost in the past ten year on the subject of permanent Rental Housing in Seoul and Gyeong-Gi. It also suggests the problems and improvements related to long-term maintenance. The Interviews with thirty experts who have had experience in this area more than ten years and data analysis are adopted as basic methods. The data on the maintenance cost such as a budget in practice by a term and the real cost far the repair are analyzed. The primary findings of this study are as follows : 1) the rate of maintenance cost for 13 years is $4.56\%$ when the prime construction cost is regarded, while the figure is $6.70\%$ when the construction cost is considered 2) it is just of forced the basic lists for repair applied commonly to Rental housing. Hence, individually managers consider the features of housing and determine the detail lists.

Improvement Plans on Defect Consulting Report in an Apartment Building through Analyzing on Formal Index and Quantitative Index (형식 및 질적요소 체계분석을 통한 공동주택 하자감정서의 개선방안)

  • Park, Jun-Mo;Seo, Deok-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.195-206
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    • 2014
  • The main issue of defect dispute is consulting, reviewing, and finally judging as an arbiter. A defect consulting is represented a defect consulting report, but a business custom and a standard of judgment are different each consultants, and have many problems. This study reviews literature studies and institutional researches, set up a research structure. it has 7 indexes that 5 indexes are formal indexes, and the other are qualitative indexed. As a result of case study, formal indexes are respect on the whole. However, each appraiser has different ideas, and, is expected to delay on fixing a construction lawsuit practice. This study suggests to improve a defect consulting report, it is followed. In formal part, suggested to change configuration is adjusted and integrated similar items. In qualitative part, an evaluation system for appraiser and an education program for engineers is suggested.

An Application of Construction Management to Private Infrastructure Projects (SOC 민간투자사업의 CM 업무 수행구조 제안)

  • Park, Young-Min;Kim, Dae-Young;Cho, Hun-Hee;Kim, Soo-Yong
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.7 no.4 s.32
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2006
  • The Korean government is encouraging positively PIP(private infrastructure project) to relieve financial burden and get the facilities in time. The portion of the PIP has grown rapidly into 15% of the whole SOC(Social Overhead Capital) projects. It is estimated that the growth will continue for the present. However, there are still rising problems on efficiency of the project and productivity, properness of the project scale are pointed against surprising growth. In this study, we analyze underlying problems of private infrastructure investment project and suggest CM Models to relieve the problems. To verify the validity of the suggested models, a survey has been conducted through questionnaires and analyzed the taste of the stakeholder. The owner-support Model is chosen as the practical model to apply in time. By applying the suggested model to PIP, it is possible to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the project.

A Study on the Development of real time monitoring system data model in Steel Structural Construction (철골공사에서의 실시간 모니터링 시스템 데이터 모델 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Son, Chi-Soo;Kim, Kyung-Hwan;Lee, Yoon-Sun;Kim, Jae-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.823-826
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    • 2007
  • In the construction project, the efforts to use IT for efficient management and improvement of productivity is gradually increasing. For instance, the cite management model with 3D CAD and RFID shows one of efforts this model define and systematize a variety of data occurred each work unit(design, material and process management information, etc). However, so far, there has been the problem monitoring the site due to the an inaccurate data and low-practice which people should input in manual. In this paper, we would like to establish the data for real time monitoring system with data inputting automatically from RTPM system and the site, and analyze the relationship between tables consist of similar data through RED Diagram.

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Determination of stay cable force based on effective vibration length accurately estimated from multiple measurements

  • Chen, Chien-Chou;Wu, Wen-Hwa;Huang, Chin-Hui;Lai, Gwolong
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.411-433
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    • 2013
  • Due to its easy operation and wide applicability, the ambient vibration method is commonly adopted to determine the cable force by first identifying the cable frequencies from the vibration signals. With given vibration length and flexural rigidity, an analytical or empirical formula is then used with these cable frequencies to calculate the cable force. It is, however, usually difficult to decide the two required parameters, especially the vibration length due to uncertain boundary constraints. To tackle this problem, a new concept of combining the modal frequencies and mode shape ratios is fully explored in this study for developing an accurate method merely based on ambient vibration measurements. A simply supported beam model with an axial tension is adopted and the effective vibration length of cable is then independently determined based on the mode shape ratios identified from the synchronized measurements. With the effective vibration length obtained and the identified modal frequencies, the cable force and flexural rigidity can then be solved using simple linear regression techniques. The feasibility and accuracy of the proposed method is extensively verified with demonstrative numerical examples and actual applications to different cable-stayed bridges. Furthermore, several important issues in engineering practice such as the number of sensors and selection of modes are also thoroughly investigated.

Estimating Risk Interdependency Ratio for Construction Projects: Using Risk Checklist in Pre-construction Phase

  • Kim, Junyoung;Lee, Hyun-Soo;Park, Moonseo;Kwon, Nahyun
    • Architectural research
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2019
  • Risk assessment during pre-construction phase is important due to the uncertainty of the risks that may exist in projects. Risk checklist is a method to systematically classify and organize the risks that have been experienced in the past, and to identify the risk factors that may be present in the future projects. In addition, risk value assessment based on checklists plays a key role in risk management, and various risk assessment researches have been conducted to carry out this systematically. However, previous approaches have limitations in common, this is because risk values are evaluated individually in risk checklists, which ignore interdependencies among risk factors and neglect the emergence of co-occurrence of risks. Hence, when multiple risk factors cooccur, they cannot be far off from the conventional method of summing the total risk value to establish the risk response strategy. Most of risk factors are interdependent and may have multiple effects if occurred than expected. In particular, specific cause can be overlapped if multiple risks co-occur, and this may result in overestimation of the risk response for the future project. Thus, the objective of this research is to propose a model to help decision makers to quantify the risk value reflecting the interdependency during the identification phase using existing risk checklist that is currently being practiced in actual construction projects. The proposed model will provide the guideline to support the prediction and identification of the interdependency of risks in practice. In addition, the better understanding and prediction of the exceeding risk response by co-occurring risks during the risk identification phase for decision makers.

Linking LOD and MEP Items towards an Automated LOD Elaboration of MEP Design

  • Shin, Minso;Park, SeongHun;Kim, Tae wan
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.768-775
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    • 2022
  • Current MEP designs are mostly applied by 2D-based design methods and tend to focus on simple modeling or geometry information expression such as converting 2D-written drawings into 3D modeling without taking advantage of the strength of BIM application. To increase the demand for BIM-based MEP design, geometric information, and property information of each member of the 3D model must be conveniently linked from the phase of the Design Development (DD) to the phase of Construction Document (CD). To conveniently implement a detailed model at each phase, the detailed level of each member of the 3D model must be specific, and an automatic generation of objects at each phase and automatic detailing module for each LOD are required. However, South Korea's guidelines have comprehensive standards for the degree of MEP modeling details for each design phase, and the application of each design phase is ambiguous. Furthermore, in practice, detailed levels of each phase are input manually. Therefore, this paper summarized the detailed standards of MEP modeling for each design phase through interviews with MEP design companies and related literature research. In addition, items that enable auto-detailing with DYNAMO were selected using the checklist for each design phase, and the types of detailed methods were presented. Auto-detailing items considering the detailed level of each phase were classified by members. If a DYNAMO algorithm is produced that automates selected auto-detailing items in this paper, the time and costs required for modeling construction will be reduced, and the demand for MEP design will increase.

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Design on Slopes Revegetation and Tentative Instruction on Construction Work (비탈면 녹화 설계 및 시공 잠정 지침)

  • Jeon, Gi-Seong;Kim, Nam-Choon;Lee, Tae-Ock
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.100-113
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    • 2007
  • In Korea, there has been no revegetation applicable standard for slopes formed by road construction work up to now, so revegetation work has been done using mostly foreign varieties in the manner of early revegetation. However, foreign varieties have some shortcomings; for example, they tend to be dried to death after construction work. Besides, due to the rift in the supporting soil, these revegetated varieties are often displaced from the slopes. Thus, the Ministry of Construction & Transportation on July, 2005 established revegetation standard on the slopes suited for the natural eco-system of Korea and organized positively recommending directions for using self-sewn plants growing near the slopes in overall consideration of soil, weather, regional conditions. The locations specified in this direction are the slopes at the road construction jobsite like the expressway, highways, and local roads. In addition, the Ministry's standard and directions stipulated that damaged slopes's natural environment and eco-system due to various road construction work should be restored, and thus a feeling of stability and pleasantness should be provided to road users as well. Also, the Ministry tried to select seed plants and revegetation measures suited for surrounding environment to put the environment-friendly slope revegetation measures into practice through the test revegetation work in order to prevent illegal construction practices and to improve the quality of revegetation. According to the direction, revegetation districts aimed at the slopes are divided into three ones in consideration of weather environment, regional environment, and forest environment as follows : national territory's core ecological green-land based district centering on the Taebaek Mountains; coastal ecosystem district including islands off the coast; inland eco-system district. The combination of revegetation plants according to environment revegetation districts, should be executed by dividing into herb-oriented type, woody plant colony type, and bio-species versatility restoration type, and the selection of seeding plants should be done in the presence of a supervisor and through test construction results and technology counseling from a specialist in natural eco-system restoration and revegetation measure seed combination standard according to environment revegetation districts. This direction will be executed in the manner of monitoring until the yea 2008 and 2009 it will be finalized and enforced on December, 2009.