Development of Systematic Construction Logistics Using ‘Intelligent Products’

Abstract

A cost-effective transfer of materials and tools from supplier location to construction site along with efficient information flow is defined as systematic construction logistics. Development of appropriate IT mechanisms plays an essential role for simplified production planning and elimination of wastes from broken resource. The contribution of this study in construction supply chain is to design and develop an innovative logistics management framework using context-aware and autonomous product centric system. More specifically, the proposed framework is responsive to real-world circumstances by demonstration of autonomous behaviour, and support several lean principles to improve resource and information flows. This paper addresses (i) an innovative solution for overcoming the construction logistics information flow challenges based on the intelligent product concept, (ii) a requirement analysis phase using "Quality Function Deployment" to turn the product requirements into technical specifications and (iii) implementation of a logistics management framework prototype to develop a first proof-of-concept.

A Conceptual Framework for Personalization of Indoor Comfort Parameters Based on Office Workers’ Preferences

“…In addition to knowledge about the people preferences, the proposed framework is able to create the knowledge related to facility management utilizing the collected sensory data to make informed decisions about the health risks of the occupants. Through Internet of Things (IoT) communication, an infrastructure is developed where the sensor data and user feedback can be collected, and the generated knowledge can be applied for system behavior improvement [36]. BIM can play a vital role in automation and visualization of information for the built facility, and consequently, closing the information gap to provide comfort for building occupants, as shown in Fig.…”