A multi-objective mixed integer nonlinear programming model for construction site layout planning to minimise noise pollution and transport costs

Hammad, Ahmed W. A.; Akbarnezhad, Ali; Rey, David

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2015.10.010

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“…This is despite the fact that a great deal of literature exists on multi-objective optimization of concreting and lifting operations to minimize various conventional objectives including costs, and other sustainability objectives including safety and security [110,111]. Addition of carbon emission minimization objective to conventional objectives considered in the optimization of construction operations can provide a new approach to minimizing the carbon emissions of the construction phase.…”

Section: Construction Optimization Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, a considerable reduction in the carbon emissions of construction may be achievable through optimizing the location of supply and demand points on a construction site to minimize the operation time of the crane [111]. Apart from this, minimizing the on-site transport on a construction site through optimizing the layout of construction facilities on a construction site, which has been widely investigated previously as a potential cost reduction strategy, is likely to result in considerable carbon emission reductions [110].…”

Section: Construction Optimization Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The carbon emissions of the construction phase can be minimized through different approaches including optimizing the construction operations to reduce the idle time of equipment, selection of optimal equipment for a construction operation, optimizing the operation of equipment, and minimizing the on-site transport including both horizontal and vertical transport [105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112]. Among the different construction operations, earthmoving, concerting, and lifting operations have been identified as the primary contributors to carbon emissions in the construction phase [5,103,104].…”

Section: Construction Optimization Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Estimation and Minimization of Embodied Carbon of Buildings: A Review

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Building and construction is responsible for up to 30% of annual global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, commonly reported in carbon equivalent unit. Carbon emissions are incurred in all stages of a building's life cycle and are generally categorised into operating carbon and embodied carbon, each making varying contributions to the life cycle carbon depending on the building's characteristics. With recent advances in reducing the operating carbon of buildings, the available literature indicates a clear shift in attention towards investigating strategies to minimize embodied carbon. However, minimizing the embodied carbon of buildings is challenging and requires evaluating the effects of embodied carbon reduction strategies on the emissions incurred in different life cycle phases, as well as the operating carbon of the building. In this paper, the available literature on strategies for reducing the embodied carbon of buildings, as well as methods for estimating the embodied carbon of buildings, is reviewed and the strengths and weaknesses of each method are highlighted.

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“…More and more enterprises begin to pay attention to the facility layout; they set up efficient facilities layout optimization models with some goals, such as minimization of material handling cost [13][14][15][16][17], restructuring cost [13,16], logistics handling distance [18], average WIP [16,18], number of material handling equipment [18], noise pollution [14], and safety cost [15] and maximization of facility proximity [13,17]. After that, the problem of enterprise facility layout has entered a new period.…”

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Research on Dynamic Facility Layout Problem of Manufacturing Unit Considering Human Factors

Tan

2018

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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As many said, industry 4.0 is an epoch-making revolution which brought the manufacturing market much faster changes and severer competitions. As an important part of the manufacturing system, facility layout has direct impact on business benefit; at the same time, despite the intelligent factory, intelligent production has its own characteristics. However, there is one point on which industry and academia have basically formed a consensus: it is not true that industry 4.0 does not need human beings; on the contrary, human initiative plays an unabated role in the development of industry 4.0. This paper will focus on the dynamic facility layout of the manufacturing unit. Based on the system above and the traditional optimization model, a mathematic model is built to find the best solution combining safety, sustainability, high efficiency, and low cost. And penalty function with adaptive penalty factor and advanced artificial bee colony algorithm is used to solve the constrained model. In the end, by studying few cases, the model is proved to be effective in both efficiency improvement and the implementation of safe and comfort human-machine interaction.

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“…Recently, several studies researched and established strategies to reduce the embodied carbon of buildings by the utilisation of low-carbon materials, material reuse, recycling and minimal usage, selection of optimal structural system and structural optimisation, and optimisation of construction operations [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. In conjunction with these strategies in building and construction, various studies examined material selection and replacement in concrete.…”

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The Reduction of CO2 Emissions by Application of High-Strength Reinforcing Bars to Three Different Structural Systems in South Korea

Cho

2017

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Abstract:The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry consume approximately 23% of the national energy annually, and are considered among the highest energy consuming industries. Recently, several studies have focused on establishing strategies to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide in the AEC industry by utilisation of low-carbon materials, material reuse, recycling and minimal usage; selection of an optimal structural system and structural optimisation; and optimisation of construction operations. While several studies examined material selection and replacement in concrete, there is a paucity of studies investigating the replacement and implementation of high-strength re-bars to lower the carbon dioxide emissions in buildings. To fill this research gap, the purpose of this study involves calculating the emissions of carbon dioxide by applying high-strength reinforcement bars in three different types of buildings. The input-output analysis method was adopted to compute the emissions of carbon dioxide by using the yield strength and size. This study showed that the application of the high-strength re-bars is beneficial in reducing the input amount of materials, although the quantity of reinforcing bars on the development and splice increased. Furthermore, the application of high-strength deformed bars is also advantageous as a means of carbon dioxide reduction in the studied structural systems. In this study, the CO 2 emissions of three different structural systems indicated that implementing SD500 re-bars is the most effective method to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

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A multi-objective mixed integer nonlinear programming model for construction site layout planning to minimise noise pollution and transport costs

Cited by 119 publications

References 50 publications

Estimation and Minimization of Embodied Carbon of Buildings: A Review

Estimation and Minimization of Embodied Carbon of Buildings: A Review

Research on Dynamic Facility Layout Problem of Manufacturing Unit Considering Human Factors

The Reduction of CO2 Emissions by Application of High-Strength Reinforcing Bars to Three Different Structural Systems in South Korea

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