Real-Time Progress Management System for Steel Structure Construction

Abstract

Progress management is demanding because of the volume of information exchanged among the various parties involved in a project. In particular, steel structures for high-rise construction projects are among the major work items that require more intensive progress management. This research aims at developing a real-time progress management system through an automated module for scheduling estimates and using an RFID system for real-time construction progress. We propose a new technique that preconstruction engineers can use to build a schedule estimation using 3D-CAD and a Database. By using these tools, engineers can visualize then analyze real-time, actual construction progress with on-site RFID and robot systems. The realtime progress management system developed in this study maintains the continuity of the information from 3D design, the accuracy of lists of materials, the automation of expected progress, and the management of actual progress.

Performance assessment model for robot-based automated construction systems

“…In the monitoring and control system, the data from the system sensors are gathered using the integrated system protocol. Then, the real-time progress management system and the real-time visualization system [16], which are subsystems of the monitoring and control system, examine the construction progress and display its status in three dimensions.…”

Activity-Based Data Fusion for Automated Progress Tracking of Construction Projects

“…Their study was among the more sophisticated existing models that have been developed in an attempt to capture an accurate estimate of the progress at a site using material tracking technologies. They concluded that by using their proposed model, precise material quantities could be estimated and that material production, shopping, and onsite warehousing can be monitored in real-time (Kim et al, 2009). However, as with other studies that employed similar technologies, the most significant weakness of their proposed system remains the inability of the progress estimation model to measure other activities on construction projects.…”

“…These models are incapable of dealing with many other activities on a site that are not directly associated with the movement of physical objects on a site, including some piping work, inspection, concrete curing, and interior finishing. Kim et al (2009) developed a system for the real-time progress management of steel structure construction projects by using an RFID system combined with a 4D model of the site. Their study was among the more sophisticated existing models that have been developed in an attempt to capture an accurate estimate of the progress at a site using material tracking technologies.…”

Analysis of the Schedule Risk of Prefabricated Buildings Based on ISM and Research of Transfer Path

“…Scheduling involves the important and complex process of coordinating activities in construction projects [5]. Progress management, as a critical task of project management [6], is one of the indicators to directly measure and evaluate the success or failure of the project. Therefore, fully and systematically identifying the risk factors of assembly construction schedule under the general contracting mode, clarifying the relationship between factors, and studying the transmission path of risk factors can effectively assist managers to make objective and scientific decisions and improve the management level of assembly construction schedule under general contracting mode.…”