| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N00906/01 |
| Title: |
THE VIRTUAL CONTRUCTION SITE: A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANNING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Mahdjoubi, Professor L |
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Sch of Engineering and the Built Env |
| Organisation: |
University of Wolverhampton |
| Scheme: |
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| Starts: |
01 June 2000 |
Ends: |
28 February 2002 |
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54,547
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| Construction Ops & Management |
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The building block of construction planning methodology is the task. The array of tasks provides the the work breakdown structure; the temporal sequencing of tasks is the core of critical path analysis; and the resourcing of tasks provides the input costs of the works. However, what is usually ignored in current's methodologies is the fact that task execution occupies space on site, and spaces occupied by one task are often not available either for the execution of other tasks, or the movement of resources between different task execution spaces. VR techniques offer considerable potential for visualising and analysing.; the spatial and temporal distribution of tasks to inform the decision making process.The proposed research will build upon work by the collaborators and elsewhere which has advanced the visualisation of task sequences beyond the Gantt chart, while adding a new dimension to construction planning - that of critical space analysis. The aim will be to provide a desktop strategic decision support tool which will allow planners to trade off the temporal sequencing of tasks with their spatial.': distribution. The result would be a more robust and rehearsed project schedule.Keywords describing areas of proposal.Building; desktop virtual reality; construction planning; critical path analysis; critical space analysis.
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